My Seedlings

Nicotiana seedling. This is my 3rd year growing them. In my opinion the easiest of seedlings. Can't imagine what they'll look like by the last Spring frost when they can go outside. Many seedlings are in this post. My sister will be happy to have some.

Foxgloves are surviving in their community pots. They looked so bad after transplanting I didn't think any would survive. What a luxury to be able to have some many seedlings and bloom. But they're biannual and won't get to see them bloom until next spring. Maybe I planted some that bloom the first year also. I'll have to look back at what I planted. Can't wait to see.

Nicotiana under lights. There are about 9 containers. My tiny wild flower bed in the front of the house should be full this year. I'm hopeful. Can't wait for the zinnias. I had one cosmos seedling. Today it was dead. So sad, I don't know what happened. If I start more this week maybe I can have some. They are so beautiful.

You know they should be separated. Don't feel like separating them. Petunias and petchoa which are petunias mixed with calibrachoa. I had ten seedlings each and all seem to have germinated. Petunias are also an easy seed to germinate in my opinion.

No I haven't separated the snapdragons yet. I told my sister we will have plenty. Her seedlings died.

 I'm going to work on getting these into 4 inch pots this week, I hope. No I can't individually separate them. I might have a break down trying to do that, lol.

Should be 20 impatiens, yeah. I'm excited. Impatiens were in the garden center today and our last frost or when they recommend we plant warm season annuals out is after Mother's Day.

Didn't have a lot of coleus to germinate this season but some was old seed. I bought fresh seed but didn't plant it.

Coleus Splun Glass Burpee seed. Gave a few seedlings survived. It's still getting it's variegation.

One lone verbena. Hope to plant some more if it's not too late. The dead seedlings were cosmos.

More nicotiana on the bedroom window seal. Plan abuse. They're still in their seed pods. I'll get around to it.

Stock is also on the window seal. I think I'm going to harden this off and plant as it like cool temperatures although last year the stock seedlings I planted lived through the heat. I won't be pulling them this year.

Another coleus seedling.

That's Spun Glass coleus again.

The tray.

I'm behind on seed starting. Still want to start tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, herbs, asters, nasturtium, more verbena and cosmos. And a few others that I can't remember.

Amaryllis seem to take a back seat when spring arrives with all its blooms.

Although they shine anytime. I still have one more to start. Soaked and planted ranunculus in a pot today. My first time trying. Hope your seedlings are doing well. Don't start seeds? It's fun to watch something so small grown into plants, shrubs, trees, food.

 

Starting Begonia Tubers

Planted container tulips late but they've started to emerge.

Garden Helper

I think not.

Lilies and freesias to go outdoors on another day.

This year I will try to do what's right and plant them. Every year I but them and freesia and never plant them. I have some anemone also to plant outdoors. Can't let them die. They're so beautiful.

They need to be soaked then I can plant them. Looking dead. We shall see.

Planting for another day.

I cut the hyacinths they kept falling over. I bought them from the produce market in nice clear, heavy forcing containers. They look like the exhibition ones that get real big and full.

Tubers form Home Depot were much small but starting to sprout. I kept my Spring bulbs in the basement over winter and all seemed to do well. I bought them when they first started putting them out after Christmas. It's so exciting to see the first green of spring coming out in Winter every year.

Containers I'll use.

Begonia tubers from Dutch Grown.

Planted with the emerging growth upward. Last summer I spent a lot of money for a container of them. This year I spent much lest starting them myself. Hope they're successful.

The tubers were healthy and plump, much larger than the ones from Home Depot.

Thought I ordered one of each but ordered 2 of the peach ones. 

 

Smells of Spring

 

In the House

I didn’t post in February but I was doing what I usually do indoors during the winter. Starting seeds, killing seedlings and house plants. The Philadelphia Flower show was beautiful as usual and it was wonderful to spend time among all the plants, flowers, and people who equally enjoy this once a year event.

Two weeks since expanding these pods. Have to get some more seeds started.

The plastic will be removed another day to show you my few petunias, impatiens and community posts of snapdragons and foxgloves. Won't do the community pots again. Too many seedings. Who wants to separate hundreds of seedlings? Not me.

Impatiens. I didn't plant a lot.

Didn't think I took a picture of the snapdragons. There they are.

Foxgloves. When I moved them to groups in pots they didn't do well. Hopefully I end up with some.

Some clear glass bulb forcing container I actually found at the thrift store. So disappointed when I left my containers on the porch and they froze and burst. Poor hyacinth forcing for me last season.

My amaryllis have been beautiful this winter. I still have one to plant.

Primrose didn't like the house. They're on the porch now trying to survive.

Kalanchoe

I missed a watering and it looked dead today. Why do I keep trying with maiden hair ferns?

Pelargoniums from the flower show. I also bought a beautiful orchid.

Loveliness for the bathroom.

Foxgloves after transplanting a sorry excuse. Don't judge me.

Away until the Fall.

She loves the bathroom but the hoyas in the window behind the curtain don't.

Can't keep those Chinese evergreens alive.

Stock seedlings and one un identifiable seedling. This is an old picture, they look a little better now.

A few coleus survived. They're larger now.

I have to start more cosmos. Only 1 seedling survived.

In the kitchen.

Anemone are so beautiful.

Fresh flowers for the house.

So upset after I paid lots of money for these.

This was the only one that looked good.

The orchid fell on the floor and the other blooms came off. I floated them in water until they died. I did get it to rebloom 1 year later.