First year of winter sowing, and very skeptical, living in the tundra as I do. Well, I started a few things in February, and then the cold and snow really whammed us. Planted a few more things in March, but by then had set up the lights in the back bedroom. I've been checking the WS containers and getting ga-ga over new sprouts. But today I had to take a pic of a maroon hollyhock that I had tried to start for about five years, with no luck. I sowed the same seeds in a bottle, and look what I have!
I'm hooked......
nice lookin' Holly Hocks. Mine are doing well too.
Congratulations, both of you.
Karen
mine don't look that good, but I do have a few tiny ones going
No hollyhocks yet for me. Congrats on yours! Hopefully mine will follow suit. :-) Tamara
Hmm - I did sow hollyhocks, and I do have seedlings that look kind of like that...
x,C
I just found a hollyhock volunteer in my garden, so hopefully the WS ones won't be far behind! Tamara
I planted very late in early April. I have about four kinds of hollyhocks that have sprouted. Just today, I planted a huge pot full of Charters Doubles mix, Summer Carnival needs to come along now, and Appleblossom. I am still going to add an old fashioned single mix, and maybe a Charters Salmon, Rose, and Pink mix from trade.
I am so glad you are meeting with success! Last year was my first year and I had many failures. But the successes were many too. This year they are all mature plants. How cheap! What fun! I will always do that from now on. Right now primula japonica is germinating for me. That is exciting! I feel like a winter sowing evangelist. You never have to worry about paying big bucks for regular perennials and annnuals again.
It is like a little miracle. In the fall I just scattered columbine seeds in a pot. Now I have a whole pot full of seedlings- way too many for me. Today, I transplanted collarette dahlias, tall foxglove, oriental poppies, hollyhocks, and a couple of other things into very large community pots. The hollyhocks and dahlias were almost too large to transplant!
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