@Waplummer - I'm so envious! I've been meaning to buy sanguinaria and cimicifuga for my garden (rather shady) but even 5" pots are quite pricey. Now that I've heard that they may spread, maybe I'll give in and buy one of each. My garden is relatively new, but I put down a columbine last year, and it somehow succumbed to rot or something and died...I was pretty upset cause it was a great color. Actually just today, I noticed tons of little seedlings around the area where the mother plant was!! I'm excited to see what color combinations I may get! I'm surprised no one has mentioned convallaria, although I suppose it's not really a self-sower. My neighbor has beds planted right next to the fence and I've started discovering that her lily of the valley are spreading under the fence into my yard! I suppose that means that I can dig em up and plant them where I want to! I love getting free plants! :D

I planted out - 4 o'clocks - lost to frost :gaillardia, CA poppies, amaranth - lost some to frost, sweet peas - doing great, also cypress vine doing great. BTW-re CA poppies - one container I dug up small HOS and planted them. The other container, I cut the container, and slid the whole thing out and planted it intact. The latter is doing MUCH better. My poppies still look invisible, I have to get real close to see them. However, they are definitely alive, so I will leave them and see what happens. Interesting, I gave some to my friend, (from the same container), she planted them about 2 days later than I did, and hers are doing much better. I've sowed some more poppies, and will let them get larger before I plant out. I've also sowed more 4 o'clocks, more cypress (for friends) more gaillarda (for friends). Actually I just keep sowing things because I've got the seeds, and the containers are already prepared, and I am sure I will find some soul to take them off my hands. I'm using a different potting soil, I got tired of buying the stuff, and the cheap stuff I was buying dries out REALLY fast, so now I'm trying my own compost to see how that works. also sowed some morning glory. would love some hyacinth bean seed if anybody has some laying around that they don't know what to do with! I went to Rutgers plant sale yesterday in the cold windy driving rain just for a hyacinth plant, when they produced it for $5.50 I decided I didn't want to spend that much for ONE plant, and passed it up. Heck, I'm used to getting my plants for free! I've also thought about ordering some Lady in Red Salvia seeds, but don't feel like waiting, so will leave that for next year. If I see a Salvia plant in my nursery travels, I'll pick it up. oh, and sowed more amaranth. still have 11 containers germinating. So far have had very good germination over-all. ellen

Oooooh - verbascum!! There's another thing, for sure. And they aren't that easy to pull, unless you get them really little. They have a tap root that goes down to China. LOL And you know, i've taken their seed heads and shaken seeds down the side of our road - nothing. Same with poppies. We have a field just up from us that looks awesome when the daisies and buttercups are blooming but no poppies or verbascum have ever shown up. Go figure.

Michelle, I got my package today. I am very happy with all the seeds I got. Thanks for sending me lot more extras than what I sent. Wow! lots of petunia which are my favorites. I love all the seeds. Can't wait to start them. Thanks everyone for sharing. My special thanks to Michelle.