Go ahead, admit it. You've never grown ______________.

In digging through my old seed box to find what
I can toss to chance this spring, I found several
packages of Dahlia seeds.

Oddly enough, I know Dahlias are popular and
grow in many zones, yet I have never planted one,
looked at one, or even thought about planting
any until I found these packages. I found
Unwin's Ideal Mix and Mignon Dwarf Mix.
(Dahlia variabilis)

So tell us. What common seed item have you
never planted? I'm not referring to wild, exotic
or odd hybrids, but standard things one would assume
almost every garden has had at one time or another.

Basically, a thread calling for "Haven't gotten around
to it yet" types instead of 'Don't want".

Have fun!

WUVIE, I think the plants that propagate easily by division or tuber are often the last we try from seed. I'm an avid seed collector and planter, so I usually do it the hard way and start plants from seed. For instance, chives, iris, lily, sedum.... and, yes, dahlia! I started my dahlia seeds (cactus and Unwin's) about 6 weeks ago.

I've never planted marigolds. Does that count?

I've never grown corn. This will be my first year planting it.

I've never grown Sweet William or Yarrow, but all that's about to change :-) I have winter sown both this year, figuring that they were a safe thing for me to try first time out. After all, if I've never had or even thought about having them I can't exactly miss them, right?

I've never grown zinnias even though everyone says that they're easy and butterflies love them. None of the ones I've seen growing have seemed at impressive as some of the photos I've seen.

I've NEVER eaten anything I've grown, unless you count mint. I've visited a farm where I gorged on corn, melons, squash (all types), tomatos, onions, carrots, lettuce, you-name-it, and I even worked on said farm as child and youth. But stuff that's grown here, near enough to Boston that people are always worrying about lead paint and stuff; gee I've never eaten even other people's extras! Why I think Stop and Shop vegetables would be safer than locally grown ones, I have no clue; I think it's a little psycho of me. This is my goal for 2006, to grow something and then eat it.

xxxx, Carrie

Carrie,
If you don't trust the soil there, get an EarthBox - or better yet, two!! ~ Suzi :)

Well, I will be growing zinnia's this year for the first time:) I wanted to say thank you to swilliams8251 for sending me a very generous supply of her heirloom giant zinnia seeds.
She is fairly new to DG but like everyone else I've met here, is very helpful and generous! Thank you again!

WUVIE-- I'm with you on the Dahlias. They have never held any fascination for me, and I don't know exactly why.

They are very pretty (I guess) and popular--they just strike me as slightly out of proportion and stiff and not interesting...

BUT, I have to say, I saw some in a magazine recently, and thought, not this year, but next year I am going to go Dahlia crazy and try them out!

Strange how some plants strike your fancy at times, and others don't.

Carrie,
trust me when I say there is nothing compared to plucking veggies right out of your garden! Go for it. You'll be hooked, especially if you give the veggies the same loveing growing conditions, as flowers. Yummmmm. I can already taste the goodies that I'll gather from my garden this year. Peas(sugar snap) pole beans, tomatoes-lots of them, lettuce, radishes, onions, okra(really!), beets, sweet corn-oh,m'gosh, I could go on and on. some things don't make it all the way to the house before I start munching. Don't deprive yourself of this. :-)
Deanna

Tabasco,

Isn't that the truth? Canna seems to be my interest this summer, even though
I've had Canna for so long that I've divided and spread them everywhere and
still find them popping up. This year I actually took the time to learn more about
them, and once I found out they were so easy from seed, well, hey!

If anyone would like to help further the "Can we have a Canna forum" cause, please
click here.

http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/580182/

(grin)

I've never grown Marigolds. Will this yr as understand they are great companions for tomatoes... ~ Suzi :)

carrots. Planted them, but they've never grown for me. I'm trying again more methodically this year.

Also on the new list: cauliflower. There are some coming to a head now in the local community garden.

I have never grown hyacinths as well as dahlias and cannas.

Oh, Zen! Cannas are much fun!

We have a Canna thread going in hopes of having our own forum
for them some day. Come join us and see how much fun you could have!

http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/580182/

A good thread about growing Cannas in containers:

http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/581172/

This is quickly becoming a thread of "stuff I gotta try this year." Trouble is, that list was already quite long. I might even jump on the dahlia bandwagon.

Zinnias or nasturtiums even tho I have seed. Never had a good place to put them. Going to try this year!

So many plants - So little time, money & space!

LOL Dyson,

I try giving my mother plants all the time, to which she replies "I don't
have any room"

My response? Don't you have a yard?

LOL, coming from one who might not even have grass if hubby didn't
have an opinion.

HA HA!
I've been told to get rid of all the grass and make the whole thing a garden because "Then I won't have to mow the stupid lawn"

My DH says the same thing. Makes him supportive of all the money I spend on plants. :-)

Banana's , Oranges and Grapefruit trees. Of course wer'e in zone 3.
This is Dennis , Weezin's other half. I've got too draw the line someplace, so I'm safe with the above and not much argument.
There is still a couple of feet of snow in the yard to greet us in the morning of April 1st. Happy planting....The Ol'tomcat..

weezingreens...... Banana's Oranges and Grapefruits? Sounds Like an adventure for dwarf trees in the house for a sweet smell (no more potpourri chemical stuff ......hehe...). A little care and lighting and a mist system hidden from view and walah :)

'Tis true!

Years ago when we bought our first orange tree, it did well and is still
living. Funny thing is, it did not occur to us that we would smell something
absolutely wonderful but could not figure out what the smell was, or where
it came from.

Imagine our surprise to find our Orange tree blooming!

I just love them. They truly are easy to grow. Well drained good soil and
a big pot to grow in, drag it in out of the cold for winter and you've got an
amazing plant you only thought you could not grow.

:-)

Radishes. Once it cools after the summer, I plan to sow a bunch for our bunny. (we don't like 'em)

Vines. Name it. Ivy, vigna caracalla, moonflower, ect.

trying right now but nothing is coming up yet

calvin