You have a short season. plant the cool crops that: -- do not need to get to a mature shape, like brocollies, cabbage, beets.. --plant things that you can pick at any stage, like collards/mustard greens, aurugula, garden cress, lettuce -- plant things that can stand frost , even light freez; like turnips, Asian radish, garlic, onions.., chives, cilantro,

Bachelor buttons and poppies are very hardy. I had a wildflower mix in which some plants were growing out the top hole of the milk jug! I figured those should go out now. I am thinking about planting out snapdragons soon as well, once I figure out where I want to put them. They're really tough. Alyssum and Aster Crego are great too. I would be interested in hearing what others have to say. There may be more things I could plant out that I've been waiting on. Karen, have you had good luck planting out petunias early? Last year, I had petunias survive extremely low temps in containers, but they weren't planted out yet.

I grew clary sage from seed... after the last frost. I don't have frost, but after the last frost is good. I'd buy a young plant in the spring if I were you, unless your main goal is to get the flowers, then you could purchase one now and over winter it. It's pretty easy to grow from seed, just press the seed into the soil, keep moist and 1 to 2 weeks later you will have a baby! hope that answers your questions.

Most definitely Carya laciniosa.Very bizarre looking.Is the orange skin the remains of the seed case, or do mature plants also have them in the spring? Im not familiar with hickories, but I saw one coming up from seed as a kid and thought it also was bizarre looking.Their seedlings put on an almost unbelievable amount of growth the first year, don't they? Probably so the plant can reach more sun.The seedlings I saw must have been planted by a squirrel.It was in the middle of a privet hedge and was almost taller than the privet in first year. With the leaves not yet unfolded, it looks like something out of little shop of horrors with sharp fingers and thumbs.