I'm hoping that some of my mature four o'clocks will overwinter in the soil. They've got some big tubers so we'll see.

Just to be on the safe side, though, I've saved plenty of seed and sent special 4 O'clock "Clownie" and a few of his friends to go live in zone 7B with Gnomey. :)

Lynda

The one I wish for the most is Lavender.I love this plant,have planted seeds 3 yrs with no results.I have bought the plants and they died.I don't have a clue what I am doing wrong.But I will be wsing again.
moonphase

Well, everything really! hee!

I was so happy that the cardinal lobelia bloomed a bit this year! If that little guy can make it to next year, Ill be thrilled.

I grew a lavender from seed but the durn thing is only 5 inches tall, how on earth that will make it, I dunno.

Emily's foxgloves are a really nice bushy plant and we're looking forward to blooms next year.

I have a Domino Nicotiana which behaves as a perrenial--each winter the top dies back but the following spring it sprouts from its roots. It's finally starting to expand as a clump--I really would like this to survive.

I bought a couple of Mango echinaceas off the 'nearly dead and/or wounded' table at the local fancy schmancy nusery; they were nothing but crunchy leaves and brown stems when I got them and I've been able to get them settled into the garden and making some new leaves. If only for the effort I have put into resurrecting these, I would like them to survive winter and bloom for me next year.

My sister is redoing her garden and has told me that I will be getting all the plants she herself doesn't have the heart to compost. She said "oh, you have a big garden, we'll find room for them." I would like some of them to survive--but just only some ;-)

T

I ws that pretty blue flax that was always calling to me from Vera's garden pictures and even got a few blooms this year by mid-summer. But then other plants grew and bloomed around it (I have things way way to close in that bed)and I hope the blue flax is still there and makes it through the winter! Also, I have 4 crape myrtle seedlings that are going in the ground today.I am proud of how healthy and full the seedlings look (did some pinching back) and hope they come back nicely in the spring.

if I come here and wish for the creeping charlie to make it, do ya think it my jinx itself and die? hee!

I have a small rosemary plant that I would like to keep alive! But it's supposed to be a harsher winter than last year, so fingers crossed. Of course, who really know what will happen. :)

Lynda,

I've never tired those. Will have to this coming season. Maybe a good mulching will help them?

Moon phase,

I'm a bit puzzled. I always thought Lavenders did better in zones warmer than mine with soil on the alkaline side which I believe yours might be. I have many plants and this year my whites bloomed and were beautiful. I would try sowing the Spanish Lavender but know they won't make it in my zone. Maybe that's the one you should try? Hope you meet up with better success this year!

Doris,

Yes! Everything!! :O) My CLs got eaten by slugs for the second year in a row. I won't be trying again, so grow them for me, eh?

Your Lavender should make it. Mine were only tiny the first year I planted them. I have loads now and offered quite a few at a plant sale earlier this year.

I love Foxgloves and this year sowed the Spanish Foxglove. It looks great and the winter will tell. This is a perennial so I'd really like to see it. The biennials are fussy in my gardens though and will only grow where they want to grow which changes from year to year.

Oh, and in regards to the Creeping Charlie, best of luck with that too!! LOL! I have my PITAs in the gardens too.

Trudi,

Nicotiana - another I've yet to grow. I know for sure they wouldn't overwinter here. The best of luck with yours!

I'm also having difficulty with the new Echinaceas. It's to the point now that I won't put out any $$$ for them. But I did winter sow some last winter that look like winning purples/pinks. Looking forward to seeing them next year.

Overflow from friends and family? Sure! If there's no room they'll get potted-up and sold in June. :O)

Nan,
That Blue Flax is really pretty. It grows wild alongside the road in one area of our province and looks lovely!

Crape Myrtle! You are so lucky. Beautiful tree - one I cannot grow. I envy you!

Leisa,

I think you'll be stretching it with that one but you never know until you try. I have some Asclepias Curassavica that I will be leaving in the soil and mulching quite well, but others will be potted and brought in to overwinter in the basement. I don't usually go through such a fuss but raise Monarchs and this plant got me through the summer when I was running low on other Asclepias. Like I said, you never know until you try!

I'm with Doris - everything! I started SO many perennials and vines from seed, and some are still so tiny!

My Asclepias syriaca, purpurascens, and variegata are either still small seedlings or have been completely munched by slugs or something. They all had good root systems when planted out so I hope at least a few make it.

One of the Baptisia australis I planted out last week already got munched. I also have 3 lovely Baptisia leucantha (white Baptisia) seedlings that aren't planted out yet, hope they make it.

I've got small seedlings of Aristolochia tomentosa (Dutchman's Pipevine) and Clematis virginiana (Virgin's bower) - some planted out, some not. Both are native vines and I hope they are big and hardy enough to make it through the winter, even if they are still in pots! Yikes.

I was thrilled that many of the WS perennials actually bloomed in the first year - especially the Asters. But can't wait to see how big and beautiful they get in future years!

I hope my Amonsia blue star makes it. It is so small compared to the one at my favorite area garden. I'm going to mulch it good.

I hope my ipomopsis rubra comes back again. Hummingbirds loved it!
Duane

HI,
Drippy's Yellow verbascum! She placed on my seed packet plant and pray. I thought is was the koolest seeds I got all winter. It grew! I dont know if it will survive our winter. Oh I hope so. Shs did our RR last year and really helped a lot of people out. Especially me just starting. I consider it a special plant..... Dont we all just have those special plants..... Barb

Barb, I'm glad that verbascum sprouted for you - it's a real pretty one! They are somewhat short-lived perennials here - I'm not sure what the variety is I sent you (it came from a mix), but it's a domestic one (as opposed to the wild mullein, which is a biennial here, and reseeds like crazy). You might want to read up on it - you could use Southern Charm as a reference - you might want to try mulching it in z4 (brr!)

I have 2 flats and a few pots of seedlings I am hoping will winter over. As winter gets closer and I am still in southeast MA, the stakes are a little higher, and I'll have to do a little finagling to keep these alive - I was assuming I'd be in SC with a couple of extra months of warmth. No such luck yet! But of that group of about 30 plants, the ones I'm most hoping will make it are: the cuttings I rooted of "Sonny's hydrangea" (a memorial lacecap given to me when my nephew passed away), my Beach Plum - 1 seedling in 4 years of trying!, my dictamnus alba - another difficult germinator, and my red twig dogwood - which I have no more seeds for.

Yipe, 39 degrees here this morning! I better figure out a space to protect my babies fast!

Mostly my 2 lavender munstead. Two have survived summer well despite being buried under much taller plants and not getting proper sunshine. I need to move those to a sunnier spot. I have been waiting for rain to return but have decided to give up on that front. Seems dry weather will be around for a while and I have to get busy as so many plants need to be transplanted.

My goal for next year is to have less plants in the same space, thinning out my jungle-type beds so that you can actually see the plants. I have promised many plants to friends. There are 2 downsides to this: (1) lots of work and (2)if I move lots of things and they don't make it through winter, my beds will go from jungles this year to empty space next year.

Karen
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karen! That's GORGEOUS!

I must agree with Doris - that is beautiful!! I love the tall grasses. Just started some and am looking forward to them.

Terrene,

I have a few Asclepias which were munched too, but some of them are showing new growth at the base. I'm also going to try and overwinter the Curassavica indoors in the basement. Hope it works.

Oooooh, White Baptisia! Hope it gets through!

Etravia,
That Amsonia should do well for you. Mine has returned well, but I've yet to see flowers. Maybe next year, eh?

Duane,
Don't know what happened, but the IR that I sowed and which germinated 'disappeared'. When I looked, the pot didn't even show roots?!?! I'm trying it again this year.

Barb,
Those are pretty tough but sometimes they take a couple of years to show you what they can do. Maybe it's just my soil... I had one which took three years to flower, but when it did, WOW!! It is still with me after five years.

Drippy,
I love those big Verbascums (Common Mulleins), and this year ordered one from Garden's North called Verbascum Olypicum. I just have the one plant growing and it's enough right now. :O)

I truly hope your Dictamnus makes it. Out of five seedlings, none of mine made it through last winter. But you are a bit more south, so it should be fine. Just keep it away from the slugs!!

Hope you make it to the Carolinas soon...

Karen,
I doubt that there will be too many spaces in your gardens next year because of your success at winter sowing. :O) I will be moving more things around in the next while where I didn't pay attention to height. Can't see any of my Liatris anymore because the Lynchnis Chalcedonica Salmon now grows to 5 feet hiding them all!

I have a beautiful Lantana I'm going to try & overwinter in the basement. Any advice?
Several ws foxglove plants are so big and lush I really hope they make it so I can see the blooms.
Annette