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What's everyone planting this year?

tempusflits
10 years ago

I think this year, I'm going to content myself with old standbys:
foxgloves
oxeye daisies
columbine
shasta daisies
hosta

for veggies:
leeks
kale
Swiss chard
lettuce
tomatoes

Comments (10)

  • docmom_gw
    10 years ago

    So far, I've planted all natives to support the pollinators. I'll plant annuals later in the spring. I'll try to pull together a list, since I haven't been keeping track as I've planted.

    Martha

  • bellarosa
    10 years ago

    Here's my list: rudbeckia, foxgove, poppies, and larkspur. I want to try balloon flower and campanula.

  • ladyrose65
    10 years ago

    This is what I have done so far:
    'Giant Shirley' - Foxglove, Fuji Pink - balloon flower, Virburnum, Lilacs, New Millennium - delphiniums, Milkweed- incarnata, Verbena - Obsession Mix, Lynchis Viscaria, Lynchis Vescucia, Standing Cypress, Pacific Beauty-Calendula, Hoary Vervain, Hairy Mt. Mint, Lovage, and Borage. School has started this will be it for a while.

  • tiffy_z5_6_can
    10 years ago

    Ladryrose,

    I used to have Lynchnis Viscaria - German Catchfly - in a past treasured garden. It was one of my most favourite plants, and this year, when trading with Greylady, she sent me seeds as a surprise. Loved it!!

    Aside from the treasures I will be sowing from Greylady, I will also be sowing goodies from Gardens North. I love some of the unique plant seeds they have and this year will sow;
    Verbascum Densiflorum, Bombyciferum, and Eriophorum - love the giants in this family. They attract so many bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
    Digitalis Parviflora - Love a perennial Foxglove. Another favourite from the past.
    Corydalis Cheilanthifolia
    Papaver Somniferum
    Penstemon Nitidus
    Angelica Ursina - Wish I could get some of the Angelica Gigas, but this is good too.
    Molopospermum Peloponnesiacrum - LOL! Try pronouncing that one!! It's Striped Hemlock - really pretty.
    Aquilegia Canadensis - No, not every Canadian has this beauty in their gardens. :O)

    I will also be going through some old stashes of seeds, but this is a rented property and I am responsible for the landscaping and outdoor property upkeep so have to consider I will be spending time doing those lovely duties. :O)

  • ontheteam
    10 years ago

    So far I have done:
    Triple curled parsley

    Italian parsley

    Cat nip

    german chamomile

    winter thyme

    lemon balm

    sweeet marjoram

    bouquet Dill

    garlic chives

    russian tarragon

    lupin blue purple

    giant parsley of Napoli

    french rosemary

    savory

    sedum autumn joy

    centaurea montan blue

    geum avens

    lobelia cardinalis red flowers

    campanula cup and saucer mix

    playcodon grandiflora balloon flower

    coneflower Tomato soup

    coneflower Hot Lava

    coneflower Hot papaya

    monarda ruby red

    gaillardia goblin

  • ladyrose65
    10 years ago

    Wow, Tiffy and Ontheteam, you all have some nice seeds for this year. Make me want to buy some more seeds.

  • ponyexpress_1
    10 years ago

    I am doing mostly natives for the pollinators as well. I adore the hummingbirds and can't afford a fortune in plants that I have to over winter,.so I'm trying to get as many different natives in there as I can. Also milkweed and other host nectar plants for the monarchs and others. My list includes
    salvias,
    penstemons,
    spicebush,
    milkweed,
    indian paintbrush,
    Joe pye weed,
    columbines,
    campanula,
    bachelor buttons,
    daisies
    monarda
    Poppies
    Agastaches
    monkshood
    Callirhoe
    pimpernel
    chrysanthemum carinatum
    cardinal flower
    Silenes
    Aster alpinus
    Coneflower
    Ageratum Eupatorium
    Hibiscus
    Lavatera
    Liatris
    ironweed
    Lobelia siphilitica
    Lychnis
    California bluebells
    Ruellia
    Thalictrum
    Standing cypress and a few others.

  • docmom_gw
    10 years ago

    Wow. Everyone has got great lists going. I'm already worried about how much I have to plant out, and nothing will even sprout for months yet. Here's my approximate list.

    Wild Petunia
    Mist flower
    Whorled Milkweed
    Rose Milkweed
    Butterfly weed
    Common Milkweed
    Poke milkweed
    Big-leaved Aster
    Prairie Onion
    False Rue Anemone
    Twin leaf
    Red Baneberry
    Violet Wood Sorrel
    Dutchman's Britches
    Sharp-lobed Hepatica
    Blue Cohosh
    White Snakeroot
    Monardas Punctata
    Coreopsis tincture a
    Dill
    Wild Blue Lupine
    Jacob's Ladder
    Anemone Virginiana
    Unknown shade-tolerant aster
    Several Penstemons
    Blue Vervain
    Hoary Vervain
    Catmint
    New Jersey Tea
    Fennel
    Liatris
    Downy Wood Mint
    Pussytoes
    Sweet Joe Pye Weed
    Monardas fistulosa
    Sweet Everlasting
    Short's Aster
    Wild Garlic

    I'm out of growing medium, so I think I'll stop sowing until the bales of ProMix at the garden centers have thawed this spring. Then I'll stick to annuals that will fill in gaps while the perennials get established. Happy sowing!

    Martha

  • vvesper
    10 years ago

    Not doing a whole lot this year. The beds are already pretty full! But I've got:

    catnip
    sage
    canary bird vine
    passion flower vine
    chives
    lemon balm
    double poppies
    black prince snapdragon
    laurentia sophia
    salpiglossis
    purple prince zinnias
    rain lilies

    I may find a few more in my seed stash. The black prince snapdragons usually winter over for me, but this very cold winter has killed them all off, so I'm sowing more. The Canary bird vine was one I tried unsuccessfully to start under lights a few years ago (pre-WS). The seeds are old, but I figured I'd give them a shot. If they don't come up WS, then I give up on them. Too many other fun things to grow!

  • ontheteam
    10 years ago

    Added more WS stuff:
    Common Milk weed
    Yellow Coneflower
    Aquilegia McKana's Giant's
    Yarrow white
    Heliotrope Marine
    Aquillegia tower Blue Light
    Carnation "Can Can" scarlet
    dianthus fringed pinks
    Purple Echinacea
    gaillardia Goblin (again)
    Hot Papya Coneflower(again)
    dianthus rainbow loveliness mix
    Hot Lava coneflower (Again)
    Tomato soup coneflower(again)
    Gaura lindheimeri aka wand flower
    daisy Becky /Shasta
    sacbiosa columbaria aka pincushion flower pink mist
    rudbeckia hirta aka glorisoa daisy autum colors
    matusmurae color purple
    babys breath
    echinacea aka purple cone flower
    carnation chabaud picotee fantasy mix
    holly hock zebrina
    dianthus baby doll mix
    dianthus sweet willam mix
    hollyhock dwarf queeny mixed
    mimosa pudica aka sensitive plant
    acer palmatum dissectum greenleaf cut leaf Japanese maple

    Then for fun I sowed some more hot peppers under lights :
    Moruga scorpion brain strain
    orange Habanero
    and ghost Bih Bhut jolokia
    This is under lights too...Mariglobe tomato
    Eva Ball purple tomato
    cowlicks brandywine
    brandywine yellow
    pinkshipper tomato
    green brandy tomato
    mcclintocks big pink
    top sirloin
    terahune...
    warren's yellow cherry
    rufus carrigan's mexican pink
    liz burt
    cheetham's potato leaf
    tasmanian chocolate
    spudakee
    german johnson
    ohio red 1884 purple
    black mountain pink
    norcarlina pink
    granny cantrell
    lithuanian
    pasilla bajio pepper
    sandia
    thai
    cayenne
    rellenos hot pepper

    This is stuff I sow for the plant sale in May so I do it under lights to get big show ready plants. I will WS some toms next week that get sold in late may. The plant sale I run for Children's hospital in Boston runs every Fri Sat and Sun in May

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