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Sidalcea 'Little Prince'
10 Days after potting the bare roots on - the fresh new shoots are there.
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I dug out more foxglove transplanted last year and repotted them.
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The new variety I just pricked out are so tiny compared with the one-year-old plants.
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Salvia 'Dark Night'
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Stachys 'Summer Sweets'
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Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'
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After seeing those zinnias in Phaedra's thread for her 2023 garden, this online article caught my eye:


We will have lots of zinnias this year, also. One thing about using them for cut flowers - those hollow stems sure break easily!

I like marigolds and there are some seedlings in the greenhouse. The African types, altho I know that it's the French varieties that are supposed to help keep nematodes at bay. I don't believe anyone could expect a brighter YELLOW than those. The article refers to an "interesting scent" - ahem, kinda stinky if you ask me :D. But, you don't have to get too close ;).

It was @heirloomgal who just pointed out that pansies can handle changeable Spring weather and just keep blooming and blooming. Exactly what the "Savvy" gardener said, "... pansies don’t mind the unpredictable temperature fluctuations of spring ..." Some of those out there, too :).

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Kindergarten for Dahlias

The upper deck is for sprouted or at least the eyes are visible, and the middle one is for those who already have roots but no visible buds yet.
The lowest deck is for calla lily bulbs that don't need so much light yet.
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Pre-sprouting is an interesting process.
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I also got a few single tubers (usually broke during the storage process). As long as they have necks (with eyes, not always visible), it's very likely that they will survive, even thrive later - even they will have a slower start compared with those multi-tuber ones.

Their roots grow pretty well in several weeks.
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Well, all in 9cm pots now.
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I am considering combining different varieties later when it's safe to transplant them outside.
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The 'Lisianthus' from the eBay seller :he.... they looked like foxgloves (the ones in the background are new foxgloves I grew from seeds this year.)
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Well, the local Lisianthus seeds from the second batch are germinating, although it's pretty late now. They are staying indoors under growing light with a pretty stable temperature. Hopefully, they will catch up soon.
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Hostas and Helenium
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The side shoots of snapdragons grow so actively after pinching.
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Dwarf sunflowers - I sowed them so early just because I lost the seed packages and had no idea about what they were. Now I know. :D
I will have my very early sunflowers in May, I guess.
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Gladiolas - I will plant them in the bottomless containers.
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I have transplanted small ones but I am not sure about a big one. Of course can save seeds from it. The best hollyhocks I have had that I think are hardy and easy to transplant are Country Romance. I started seeds from several different kinds and planted out in the spring and the Country Romance bloomed the first year. They get tall and single bloom. I found new seed last year and I think they are the ones that are blooming now. I like the double bloom but they just do not seem as strong or as tall.
We are in very arid high Oregon desert. The hollyhocks literally took over the entire back yard 😵‍💫. I love them , but there are limits…
 

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I have grown Lisianthus once and don't really remember how the leaves looked. However, your photo shows plants that don't look like what I find on the internet. About halfway down on this page are some seedlings:


@peteyfoozer , I visited my grandparent's home in British Columbia about 15 years after my grandfather had died and my grandmother had moved back to California. Her garden was still there. That is, the hollyhocks were ;).
 

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I have grown Lisianthus once and don't really remember how the leaves looked. However, your photo shows plants that don't look like what I find on the internet. About halfway down on this page are some seedlings:
Yes, earlier @Branching Out reminded me the same, so I ordered the second batch of seeds from a local company. It's always risky to buy from eBay, sigh.
 

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“ Her garden was still there. That is, the hollyhocks were”
The gift that keeps on giving!

sadly we had rust blow in on the wind and from then on we removed most of them through the years as they looked so beat up all the time. we have a few around now still but not like we had before.
 

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