Here are my results from Bluestone on what was delivered this year (this doesn't count hostas, etc., where the bloom is unimportant): Bloomed ASTILBE White Gloria ASTILBE Rheinland BUDDLEIA davidii Harlequin COREOPSIS verticillata Alba DIANTHUS gr. Bewitched (PP# 13,159) BUDDLEIA davidii White Ball HYDRANGEA Sadie Ray (one bloom) MONARDA Aquarius (one plant out of three) ERYNGIUM Sapphire Blue (bloomed until eaten by a groundhog) LYCHNIS coronaria Angel Blush (2 out of 3) HEUCHERA Chatterbox SEDUM spectabile Brilliant GERANIUM striatum Lancastriense (sparingly) Hasn't Bloomed/Doesn't Have Buds ARUNCUS sinensis Zweiweltenkind ALCHEMILLA Mollis ECHINACEA White Swan HYDRANGEA macrophylla Mariesii Variegata

Some of mine came up rather sparsely so I waited until they got large enough to have some root mass, am too afraid to stick those tiny seedlings in the ground. Some surprise you they take to transplanting pretty readily, but with all the rain here, I'm glad I waited. I like sowing my own seeds because there are too many places to run around to looking for plants in the spring, despite my failures, plus I try to grow some varieties that I don't see in the nurseries and other sales outlets. Only if I stumble across something in the course of going for something else have I bought any, and the irony is what I've spent on seeds, I could have bought quite a few plants. I did order quite a few online, some are doing ok, and some not so good. I wanted to finish my planting out but we've had so much rain here, still, the ground is saturated, with more rain forecast. I set a deadline for July 1, hope I make it, not too much left to go, but what there is I spent a lot of time and effort on. Got 8 salvias in yesterday that I had transplanted from deli containers into oversize 6 packs, roots massed at the bottom, much better looking than the salvias I just stuck in the ground, the soil was just too wet to deal with and clay in that spot, usually I have to soak there before I can plant anything the ground is so hard. The rain last night doesn't seem to have hurt the salvia I did get in. I used my bulb planter, and it was hard to pack those soil mixed with clay gobs in, so I hope the rain last night got rid of some of the air pockets I surely left. Salvias did very well there last year or I wouldn't mess with that area. Sure glad I didn't plant 300 jugs like some did. I did enough for me this year until I see where I want to go with this, what is working the best, and what is still needed for fill ins. Still, it's so inspiring to see some of the results some of you have achieved.

Here ya go then! LOL! Sorry but the pics are a little blurred this morning. Here's a Hyssopus officinalis....I'll obviously need to plant something with brighter/darker broad leaves near them next year. I didn't expect anything this year! another shot... Agastache foeniculum.... Magic Carpet Thyme....still in container...

Hi Terrene: When I started WSing, I was fairly new to gardening and got quite impatient waiting until the second year to get lots of colour from my garden. During the second year, I found a document called 'First Year Blooming Perennials' and used that to select my perennials for last year. So I had lots of colour in my garden both from the second and first year bloomers. This year the only one I sowed was Heliopsis 'Summer Sun', but I don't have a pic. to share with you. You will find that the first year flowerers get larger and may produce bigger and more blooms the next year. For example my Heleniums which grew to 18 inches last year, were over 5 feet tall this year!! If you wish I could e-mail you that list. I still have it online. Northerner