Thanks,lycopus. I didn't plant verbena hastata but that's what it is. I did plant agastache from a commercial seed packet which never showed so I'm wondering if the seeds were mispackaged.

For this tray, I used reg. printer paper. I printed them out and then sprayed the sheet with a clear finish, any kind will work (this keeps the ink from running. I then put my verses on with YES Glue and press them down real well with my fingers and I let this dry. Then put yes glue in the area that you want your flowers (I always lay out my flowers and play before hand-so when you start the glueing you know right where it will go. Do not worry if the glue shows even after it dries-when you put the resin on it will not show. On other trays that are not white, I use clear sticker paper. I seal the ink with a clear spray also. Really need to press this on well. Sticker paper works best on really smooth surface and sometimes wood is not the smooth, but on tiles the sticker paper works very well. Let everything dry well, blow on the flowers and if I pedal lifts, see if you can get a smidgen of glue under it with a tooth pick (be careful). When everything is good and dry I then mix my resin and pour. I put on a fairly heavy coat. You can use a brush to move resin into corners and you tilt the tray and it will run in the tilt direction. You can also add a second coat of resin if you need to. I use Envirotec from Michael's. I have used the same thing on wall tiles, but if you do wall tiles you have to keep cleaning the edges for about an hour, as the envirtec will drip over the edge, where with the tray, the sides of the tray stop that part. Here is one of the tiles I made This next one is just flowers very lightly glued (just a tiny spot of glue) to mulberrry paper and placed in a frame with glass.

Beautiful flowers & beautiful pictures. I had nasturtium a long time ago & thought that it was delicious in salads and made a lovely-looking salad to take to covered dish affairs. Congratulations on your success, Sara!

I had some poppies last winter/spring that did well. Can't remember exactly what kind they were but they were single and red. I don't know if it would be so great for winter but Nasturtium are good flowers for neglect. I've also had some snapdragons survive all summer being pretty ignored but they would probably be happier in a sunny winter situation. Many of the standard northern annuals will do fine down here in winter. Pansies, violas and violets but they probably want a little more attention and richer soil than sand. There are probably many edible plants that would also make lovely winter "ornamentals" Stuff like Red Kale, and ornamental cabbage would probably be worth a look. There was one variety of Kale in the package of Mesclun mixed greens I planted once that was really pretty and I tended to leave it growing for the visual interest more than I wanted to eat it. Here is a link that might be useful: TCLynx