thanks janbanks! I hadn't thought about day length, just temp, good thought. I will def talk to someone at my local nursery, but all the good ones were closed Sunday! What? Here's the list of what's started, what is still in the ground from last year (which was our first yr in this house), and what's left to be started from seed. I am gonna not going to start anything else inside, unless it has to be, because I've run out of space under the lights and I haven't even thinned out yet ( I'm scared to, I'm not sure if they're ready, or exactly how to do it, or where I'm gonna put em. I'm a virgin when it comes to growing from seed). I'm going to try to wintersow the rest of what I've got. Does it look like all my seeds can be wintersown? I'm hoping to get to to them this week, but I have a 1 yr old, and a daycare, so it's not looking good this week. Already Sprouted: Columbine Portaluca Tobacco Snapdragons coneflower-white swan Petunia Scabiosa Ranunculus Bee Balm Astilbe Dahlia Angelonia Serena Tomato Swt banana pepper Sweet Pea Left to Sow: canterbury bells alyssum yarrow nasturtium 'milkmaid' bells of ireland impatiens Columbine 'Alpine''Maxi Star''mckanna's giant mix''crimson star' Larkspur 'salmon beauty''Blue Cloud' Delphinium Burpee's Cutting mix Lobelia 'crystal palace' white swan coneflower monarda red Scabiosa 'summer berries mix' Astilbe Snapdragon 'frosted sunset' 'pink rocket' 'rocket lemon''rocket white' Impatiens Athena 'red flash' Ranunculus 'magic mixture' Stock 'vintage white''vintage lilac' Angelonia Serena white, lavender, purple Dahlia 'double extreme' nicotiana 'jasmine' moonflower sweet peas 'royal pink''elegance white''high scent''royal wedding''everlasting peas''frolic''mollie rilestone' Sunflowers (11 different kinds) Marigolds (9different packets, inc vanilla & snowman) Cosmos 'rose bonbon''sea shell mix' celosia cockscomb bombay mix Poppies 'imperial pink''pink peony''fluffy pink'shirley poppy zinnia 'purity''envy''giant lime' 4 different mixes Hollyhock four o clock 'Alba''tea rose' Pearly gates morning glory calendula In the yard already: a peony a lilac some hosta a few sedum snaps that should reseed a fountain grass rudbeckia echinacea (1 white swan and 1 purple) a daylily mums a couple of SAD roses I got sucked in at kmart and boought a few (or twelve) more packs of seeds. I am obsessed! And I can't stop looking in my neighbors recycling bins! ;)

This is surely a bunch of beauties and it's hard to pick a favorite because they are all so different. Oh, which to choose... OK it's Fairy Firecracker. I can just imagine this one planted near some yellows, it would be stunning. Christine

What a great bunch of blooms today. I love the photo of Dancing With Deric and Gudrid, but Major General is my favorite daylily. It is such a wonderful color. Great looking seedlings too.

Yes, I'm definitely getting passiflora obsessed. I just hope they do well in AZ. Otherwise, I'll have to look into the AZ natives, which aren't quite as nice. Still hunting for purple passion fruit. How big of trellises and pots should I plan on? I need to plant these vines this weekend and will go buy some pots today. I'll eventually put some in the ground along my fence but want to be able to move these around, at least until I know where they like to live as far as sun amounts during our wicked summer heat. Pots will also give me the option of bringing the more tender varieties in the house or at least under the porch roof during light freezes, as well. Anything special I need to do when potting up? They look like such delicate little vines.