All ok to sow now in z6. The only annuals I might wait on in z6 until perhaps late March or early April would be dahlias, cosmos, and zinnias. I personally think snaps germinate better with a touch of cold. I've had sunflowers germinate fairly early in the past and not succumb to late season frosts.

In garden beds a good heavy mulch will help control these and repeated applications of strong vinegar on those growing in the cracks between the pavers will, eventually, control the growth.

I an happy to hear that the law has been clarified and that P. somniferum can be grown freely, but I'm not convinced all rural police departments necessarily are up to speed on this issue. The last time we had a long thread on growing poppies on this forum, we eventually got some inquiries from people who were wanting to grow poppies for illegal purposes and I generally just avoid discussing them for that reason. That was probably 6 to 8 years ago. Do you have a source for seeds of the Armenian poppies? I think they are beautiful but haven't ever seen the seed listed anywhere. For some reason I have it in my head that they are perennial but I don't know why I think that. A friend of mine says her mom used to grow a wide variety of poppies of many colors here in OK a long time ago, including orange ones, and she doesn't think they were California poppies because they had better cold tolerance. We've about decided they probably were Alpine poppies. I haven't grown those either, unless they came in a Poppy mix that I bought and sowed here in either 1998 or 1999. That one did have a lot of colors I've never had in a Poppy mix since then. Unfortunately they didn't seed well and come back heavily like many of the other types. Nothing has given us more garden bang for the buck than poppies. I love them so, but I'm still careful about discussing them too openly. I've seen too many shady-looking characters stop and help themselves to the poppies growing in the front pasture between our house and the road. I don't think they're cutting a bouquet to take home and put in a vase, and seeing them stop and help themselves to flowers they didn't plant and care for sort of irritates me too. I had to promise my DH I wouldn't shoot the people who were stealing my poppies. (If they'd ask, I'd tell them they could cut a bouquet if they wished, but I think I'd also warn them that if they are thinking they'd get high off of corn poppies, they are just wrong about that.) Drug use is epidemic in my county as are the types of property crimes that support addicts' habits and we are in a fairly remote area, so I am extra cautious about not doing anything that would entice the criminal types to come onto our property. Life here has changed in the last 10 years or so, and not for the better. I don't want someone hanging around thinking they will cut any of my poppies and use them for an illegal purpose, so all my double, peony or carnation type poppies aren't visible from the road. Years ago one of our neighbors warned us we needed to keep our driveway gate closed and locked at all times, which I steadfastly resisted doing for about the first 15 years here. They said we'd have all sorts of potential criminal types lurking about and up to no good, but I didn't really believe them. You know, it isn't that I didn't believe them. I did. I just felt like they were closer to main roads and not as off-the-beaten-path as we were and I thought we wouldn't have the same issues in our more remote area. Lo and behold, they were right and now we keep the driveway gate locked all the time. I don't like it, but I got tired of having strangers creeping me out by roaming around on our property without permission. There is no reason for them to be there and I suspect when I spot them that they are up to no good. So, I just figure that having P. somniferum/paeoniflorum/laciniatum out front to lure in even more of that type of people probably isn't smart in my particular situation. I'd love to have the front pasture filled not only with corn and Oriental poppies but also with all the others, but it isn't likely to happen.

Dottersccv list (edited Friday June 11/3:09) Available - Blue Fescue ornamental grass - Serendipity 44, Tulip. Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) Signet (1) Lilacs – Purple -Signet (1), Pink/white -Signet (1) I may have some spare Pink with white edge, purple, if the cuttings succeed.The odd branch is a renegade white branch. Woolly Thyme (thymus pseudolanuginosis), – cutie, fuzzy, flat cover -Signet (1) Hosta, tall green, plain, sorry I don’t know name - Tulip (2) Spurge (euphorbia) – one young starter pot. Oregon grape holly young’uns (mahonia aquifolium) – hoping to have 3 pots. Not a true holly but beautiful leaves, flowers, berries. ------------------------------ Hoping for - Snow-in-summer.(Cerastium_tomentosum) ------------------------------ Receiving from - Signet – 7 sisters rose Tulip - colchicum Flowergirl_on - Helianthemum (rock rose) Flowergirl_on - “Golden” California poppy (Eschscholzia californica golden color) Wood Poppy - Signet_GW - thank you all