Hardy Annuals for Winter Sowing Bachelor Buttons "What is a hardy annual?" A hardy annual is typically tolerant of colder temperatures and is generally capable of reseeding in most gardens. ================================================== Here's a list of hardy annuals suggestions for winter sowing! Abronia umbellata (sand-verbena) Adonis aestivalis (pheasant's eye) Ageratum Houstonianum (floss flower) Agrostemma githago (corn cockle) Alonsoa acutifolia (maskflower) Amaranthus caudatus (love-lies-bleeding) Amberboa moschata (sweet sultan) Anagallis indica (blue pimpernel) Anchusa (bugloss) Alyssum maritimum (sweet alyssum) Antirrhinum majus (snapdragons) Argemone mexicana (prickly poppy) Asperula azurea (woodruff) Brachycome iberidifolia (swan river daisy) Browallia demissa (bush violet) Bupleurum rotundifolium (ox-eye daisy) Calandrinia grandiflora (red-maids) Calendula (pot marigold) Callistephus (China aster) Campanula (annual Canterbury bells) Celosia (cockscomb) Centaurea (cornflower) Centranthus macrosiphon (valerian) Chrysanthemum paludosum (mini-marguerite) Clarkia elegans Collinsia bicolor (Chinese-houses) Collomia coccinea (mountain-trumpet) Consolida ajacis (Larkspur) Convolvulus (dwarf/bush morning glory) Coreopsis tintoria (calliopsis) Cosmos bipinnatus (tall cosmos) Cosmos sulphureus (sulphur cosmos) Crepis rubra (hawks-beard) Cuphea ignea (fiery cuphea) Cynoglossum (Chinese forget-me-not) Datura species (thorn-apple) Delphinium (larkspur) Dianthus chinensis (China pinks) Diascia barberm (twinspur) Dicranostigma franchetianum (bright-yellow poppy) Dimorphotheca aurantiaca (Cape marigold) Dracocephalum moldavica (Moldavian dragonhead) Echium creticurn (bugloss) Emilia javanica (tassel flower) Eschschlotzia californica (California poppy) Fagopyrum esculentum (buckwheat) Felicia bergeriana (kingfisher daisy) Gaillardia pulchella (blanket flower) Gilia (bird's-eye) Godetia (fairyfan, farewell-to-spring) Gypsophila (baby's breath) Helianthus (sunflowers) Helichrysum (strawflower) Helipterum (paper daisy) Hunnemannia fumariifolia (Mexican tulip poppy) Iberis (candytuft) Impatiens (balsam) Ionopsidium acaule (false diamond-flower) Lathyrus odoratus (sweet peas) Lavatera (annual mallow) Leonorus (lion's paws) Limnanthes douglasii (poached-egg plant) Limonium sinuatum (statice) Linaria bipartita (toadflax) Linum (flax) Lobularia (alyssum) Lupinus (lupine) Lychnis (catchfly) Malcomia maritima (Virginian stock) Malope trifida (malope) Malva (mallow) Matthiola bicornis (night-scented stock) Mesembryanthemum (ice-plant) Myosotis dissitiflora (forget-me-not) Nemesia strumosa (Cape jewels) Nemophila (baby blue-eyes) Nicandra (shoo-fly) Nicotiana (flowering tobacco) Nigella (love-in-the-mist) Osteospermum (Star of the Veldt) Papaver (poppy) Petunia hybrida (petunias) Phacelia (scorpion weed) Phlox drummondii (drummon phlox) Portulaca grandiflora (portulaca, moss rose) Rehmannia angulata (Chinese foxgloves) Reseda odorata (mignonette) Rudbeckia bicolor (gloriosa daisy) Salpiglossis sinuata (painted tongue) Salvia splendens (scarlet sage) Sanvitalia procumbens (creeping zinnia) Saponaria vaccaria (soapwort) Scabiosa (pincushion flower) Schizanthus pinnatus (butterfly flower) Senecio elegans (ragwort) Silene Armeria (none-so-pretty) Specularia speculum (Venus' looking glass) Tagetes (marigold) Thunbergia alata (clockvine) Tithonia rotundifolia (Mexican sunflower) Torenia Fournieri (wishbone flower) Trachymene caerulea (laceflower) Tropaeolum (nasturtiums) Ursinia anethoides (dill-leaf ursinia) Vaccaria (cow soapwort) Venidium fastuosum (Cape daisy) Viola tricolor (pansy) Viscaria (rose-of-heaven) Xeranthemum (everlasting flower) Zinnia elegans (common zinnias) Entered by trudi_d this is a great list to print out and keep handy it helped me a lot michelle

Fantastic list of seeds! I think it is just great that you have focused your life on nature at such a young age. I too would love to have 10 (maybe 5) acres someday to plant a wonderland of natives plants, and am already doing that on 1.25 acres. Difference is, my interest didn't come into sharp focus until age 45. :) There are quite a few seeds on this list I am interested in, and I checked your want list and I have a few on that list. Maybe we can do a trade this fall? Just a note - on your want list is Cynanchum louiseae - this is an extremely invasive non-native vine that is becoming a serious problem in the Northeast US. And it has the additional problem that Monarch butterflies will "sense" it is in the Milkweed family, lay eggs on it, and then it will kill the caterpillars because it is toxic to Monarch larvae.

Bachelor Buttons "What is a hardy annual?" A hardy annual is typically tolerant of colder temperatures and is generally capable of reseeding in most gardens. ================================================== Here's a list of hardy annuals suggestions for winter sowing! Abronia umbellata (sand-verbena) Adonis aestivalis (pheasant's eye) Ageratum Houstonianum (floss flower) Agrostemma githago (corn cockle) Alonsoa acutifolia (maskflower) Amaranthus caudatus (love-lies-bleeding) Amberboa moschata (sweet sultan) Anagallis indica (blue pimpernel) Anchusa (bugloss) Alyssum maritimum (sweet alyssum) Antirrhinum majus (snapdragons) Argemone mexicana (prickly poppy) Asperula azurea (woodruff) Brachycome iberidifolia (swan river daisy) Browallia demissa (bush violet) Bupleurum rotundifolium (ox-eye daisy) Calandrinia grandiflora (red-maids) Calendula (pot marigold) Callistephus (China aster) Campanula (annual Canterbury bells) Celosia (cockscomb) Centaurea (cornflower) Centranthus macrosiphon (valerian) Chrysanthemum paludosum (mini-marguerite) Clarkia elegans Collinsia bicolor (Chinese-houses) Collomia coccinea (mountain-trumpet) Consolida ajacis (Larkspur) Convolvulus (dwarf/bush morning glory) Coreopsis tintoria (calliopsis) Cosmos bipinnatus (tall cosmos) Cosmos sulphureus (sulphur cosmos) Crepis rubra (hawks-beard) Cuphea ignea (fiery cuphea) Cynoglossum (Chinese forget-me-not) Datura species (thorn-apple) Delphinium (larkspur) Dianthus chinensis (China pinks) Diascia barberm (twinspur) Dicranostigma franchetianum (bright-yellow poppy) Dimorphotheca aurantiaca (Cape marigold) Dracocephalum moldavica (Moldavian dragonhead) Echium creticurn (bugloss) Emilia javanica (tassel flower) Eschschlotzia californica (California poppy) Fagopyrum esculentum (buckwheat) Felicia bergeriana (kingfisher daisy) Gaillardia pulchella (blanket flower) Gilia (bird's-eye) Godetia (fairyfan, farewell-to-spring) Gypsophila (baby's breath) Helianthus (sunflowers) Helichrysum (strawflower) Helipterum (paper daisy) Hunnemannia fumariifolia (Mexican tulip poppy) Iberis (candytuft) Impatiens (balsam) Ionopsidium acaule (false diamond-flower) Lathyrus odoratus (sweet peas) Lavatera (annual mallow) Leonorus (lion's paws) Limnanthes douglasii (poached-egg plant) Limonium sinuatum (statice) Linaria bipartita (toadflax) Linum (flax) Lobularia (alyssum) Lupinus (lupine) Lychnis (catchfly) Malcomia maritima (Virginian stock) Malope trifida (malope) Malva (mallow) Matthiola bicornis (night-scented stock) Mesembryanthemum (ice-plant) Myosotis dissitiflora (forget-me-not) Nemesia strumosa (Cape jewels) Nemophila (baby blue-eyes) Nicandra (shoo-fly) Nicotiana (flowering tobacco) Nigella (love-in-the-mist) Osteospermum (Star of the Veldt) Papaver (poppy) Petunia hybrida (petunias) Phacelia (scorpion weed) Phlox drummondii (drummon phlox) Portulaca grandiflora (portulaca, moss rose) Rehmannia angulata (Chinese foxgloves) Reseda odorata (mignonette) Rudbeckia bicolor (gloriosa daisy) Salpiglossis sinuata (painted tongue) Salvia splendens (scarlet sage) Sanvitalia procumbens (creeping zinnia) Saponaria vaccaria (soapwort) Scabiosa (pincushion flower) Schizanthus pinnatus (butterfly flower) Senecio elegans (ragwort) Silene Armeria (none-so-pretty) Specularia speculum (Venus' looking glass) Tagetes (marigold) Thunbergia alata (clockvine) Tithonia rotundifolia (Mexican sunflower) Torenia Fournieri (wishbone flower) Trachymene caerulea (laceflower) Tropaeolum (nasturtiums) Ursinia anethoides (dill-leaf ursinia) Vaccaria (cow soapwort) Venidium fastuosum (Cape daisy) Viola tricolor (pansy) Viscaria (rose-of-heaven) Xeranthemum (everlasting flower) Zinnia elegans (common zinnias)

Sheri, the Amaranth has been added to your package. Dawn, I am giving away my extra commercial seeds. I'll add the peppermint stick zinnias to your package. I think you should send xtra postage. I have a lot of collected seeds from your list that I will send if a commercial packet doesn't come in. These DO NOT count towards your swap seeds, they are freebies. If you don't care to receive wish list collected as extra please let me know.