Annuals: Rudbeckias, 0 by kqcrna

kqcrna wrote:
Good luck with them Tropicanna. In your zone they'll probably sprout soon!

BTW, snapdragons also do extremely well with wintersowing. Most people up here grow them as summer annual bedding plants, yanking them in the fall. Mine often winter over for me. The tops of the plant, upper foliage, die out but the roots and base of the plant survive. I lose some in winter but most survive at least 2 or 3 years.

Even my zone 6 summers are a little hot for snaps. They bloom and do well in early summer but pout in the hottest part of summer. In fall they bloom again. I love snapdragons, and seeds are so easy to collect and save. If left on the plant, they reseed a lot too. In this spot I had a few snaps in 2008. In '09 all these volunteered, and some were transplanted elsewhere.

Karen