PM2, are you missing any zinnias. They kind of look like some of my seedlings that are still in their WS containers.

Will try and get some pics of them tomorrow.

Fran

Sorry Fran, that photo is really not clear. I didn't sow any zinnias so it can't be that. I will try to get a better photo.

Thanks :-)

The sorta remind me of how my Shasta Daisy looked when they first started out. Did you do any daisies?

Vera

I did sow Shastas, but I think they are all accounted for. Let's see...just reviewing my winter sowing list..here are a few things I am missing...

Aconitum
Penstemon
Campanula Jingle Bells
Filipendula
Veronicastrum
Phlox paniculata

Could it be any of those?

If no one else recognizes these plants I will try to take a new photo tomorrow. Any of these possible plants ring a bell?

Thanks :-)

From your list I would choose penstemon.

Thanks Trudi..I should have asked...what would you do with seedlings this size at this point of the summer? Would you leave it in the container it is in to grow a little larger before planting it in the garden when it gets cooler?

PM2, I would separate them into individual seedling if possible, or make as small an hunk as you can and pot them up in 4 inch pots using miracle grow potting mix. Give them another week or 2 after doing that I you will be surprised how fast a big they will get.

I did that with some cleome seedlings 2 weeks ago that where still so small, they looked like pathetic little things. 2 weeks later they had grown 4 inches and I planted them in the garden this past Saturday.

Fran

PM2,

Penstemons grow quit well in part shade. I would simply make a hole the size of that entire flat of soil, lift out the seedlings and soil in one piece and plant that in part shade. Water it well and mulch lightly with about an inch of grass clippings. Water it well during the heat wave and then fade back on the waterings. You can divide it later in autmun or spring, or let it grow as one nice clump.

T

Thank you Fran and Trudi. I don't know why I didn't think of those ideas. I think I am getting lazy. [g] I had a slow start this spring and I still have at least a couple of dozen ws containers out there. I have them all along a fence in part shade and I am going to try to get at least some of them in the ground this weekend. Glad to see I am not the only one with ws containers left Fran. :-)

I didn't realize you could grow Penstemon in part shade, Trudi. Thanks.