Ordering

With seeds being in short supply due to everyone gardening during the pandemic, I ordered some seeds early for next season. Seeds came from Renee's Garden, Botanical Interests, and Johnny's Seeds. Still have to order coleus which I'll start indoors during winter. The others all are for direct sowing. I ordered bulbs already in the spring from Colorblends, Dutchgrown, and Johnny's. I've never ordered bulbs from Dutchgrown a company in a county outside Philadelphia, or Johnny's. Haven't been to the plant nursery since last winter and probably won't until corona virus is under control. So won't be buying more like I usually do. Hard to resist when I see them in the store.

My zinnias haven't done well yet this summer. The first ones started indoors and transplanted outdoors died in a late frost. I direct sowed more but so far only 1 bloom. It may be due to the crowding in the flower bed. Next year I leave a patch only for them. If I can. After a long winter when plants start arriving I forget and want what I want.

Didn't realize I'd bought 2 sets of dwarf ones. May sow some in containers now for fall blooms. I ordered multiple packs of each.

Nasturtiums I sowed this season did well and had beautiful blooms. Hopefully they'll bloom until fall.

I've grown the foxgloves before. This will be the first time for hollyhocks although they won't bloom until the year after sown. Won't start but a few because you've seen my tiny flower bed.
But my sister has lots of room in her garden and I'll take the extras there.

Four types of sunflower seeds including white and chocolate. Planted some of the chocolate ones already for fall. Hope they make it. That color would be beautiful in Autumn. They take 60-75 days until bloom.

Collards were supposed to be for now to sow in my sisters garden along with the red carrot seeds. Have to get them started. Borage for next summer and Camelot Foxgloves that are supposed to bloom the first year so they'll wait until winter or spring to start indoors.

Tried to get sunflowers that branch out like I have now. One plants has more than 12 big sunflowers in bloom with more forming.