bumping this post up, it may be valuable to others as well What is the concensus on WS Gallardia; will it bloom the first yr? Making a bed in the front and want everything I put there to bloom. One of the commenters said WS perennials are more likely to bloom, I'm hoping that is true for Gallardia and many of my other perennials. Can anyone add to this list. I've been away for awhile but sowed 350 jugs this yr. I'm very busy potting things up. Thanks to all the posters here for all your help, enthusiasm, and encouragement. thanks also to trudy who sent me heirloom seeds twice ( I gasve a set away to a blind man who wanted to sow them; cool huh?), so needed another. I love WSing and will always do it every yr. I've never ever had this kind of success. Went from being a beginner perennial sower to a pro over night, LOL thanks to WSing. Hope everyone is enjoying their Spring and everything is germinating. One more ques, SORRY. When do we give up on a jug? I've put them all together, and have little activity out of about 30 out of the 350, I'd say thats pretty good. They are in a sunny locationa nd kept watered. They are under cold frame at night and to watrm up the jugs in the morning and top lifted during the warm days. I know the Trees will take longer. I had a few trees germ for me already. Catapala, 1 Locust Germ and Golden Chain tree. Having fun yet? Micki

No. If you'll notice; Dames Rocket has totally different leaves... Flowers are pretty similiar, although Lunaria has somewhat of streaked effect from center of petal ;) Here is a link that might be useful: Dame's Rocket

Last year, my bulbs were in lawless conditions. I bought a children pool and put them in it in their pots. It was easier to water them this way. I just poured the water in and they all got some. But then some rains came and completely drenched the bulbs. They were neck up to the water and they stayed that way for a long time by the time I noticed it and let the water away. So I ended up with most of the bulbs shrunk to tiny bulblets that I didn't think would even survive. Then I had to move to the new house, so I unpotted them, cut the leaves and put them in the new wine cooler I bought for this purpose to make sure that the bulbs do not freeze down. A month later I noticed that the wine cooler froze down and even killed about 10 bulbs. I returned it to the store and just bought a huge standing fridge that had the freezer part separately. I kept my bulbs in that fridge. Then I planted them up from Summer, hoping that they would still come back to me. And to my amazement: More than 50 percent FLOWERED! They shrunk, they were sitting in water, they froze down, they were in dormancy for a half a year or LONGER, and they BLOOMED! I am still floored by some of them. Now, they are out in the flower bed, fattening up. I hope they enjoy the situation. So you see, once they want to bloom, they just bloom, even if they kill themselves.

None of my perennials are blooming - some of them will take several years to bloom, probably. I've planted out a few in the gardens, but most of the perennials have been potted in small nursery pots to get a little bigger (I have to figure out where a lot of these are going!). Some of them are still only 2 or 3 inches tall and I'm afraid I'd lose them, forget to water them, step on them, or get eaten when they're so tiny. Some of the WS Rudbeckia hirta and the annual Gaillardia are making buds. The perennial Gaillardia is still pretty small.