Burpee Laurentia (not hybrid) was a major disappointment for me last year. Sowed at the end of January, and they got HUGE inside, but there wasn't any flowers until August! I'm going to try just a couple of hybrid Laurentia Avant Garde, and then if they don't pan out, I'm writing them off!

New for sowing indoors: Wahlenbergia Undulata (Rockbell), Ruellia (mexican Petunia), and Calibrachoa, orange. The Calibrachoa actually had a few seedpods, but I hear they are typically sterile, and any seeds should revert back to the original petunia form, but I'm gonna try them anyways.

Any exotic growers out there?

Last year, I tried starting almost all my vegetables indoors. I quickly learned that, in my climate at least, most will do just fine being direct seeded in the garden. Now, my indoor sowing is restricted to tomatoes, herbs, peppers, broccoli, cabbage and greens. Peas, beans, squash and carrots are all going directly in the ground.

I'm also planting later! As a noob, I made the classic mistake every novice makes: Planting too early and thinking that will give me a "head start" on my veggies. All it does is make them struggle to stay alive until their optimum weather hits.

Did your calibrachoa from seed give you plants and what did the flowers look like?