Dill
Creeping Thyme
Scallions
Rose
Primula
Aquilegia
Brussels Sprouts
Jalepeno Peppers
Dicentra
Parsley

I put out some of them and left some until tomorrow. No sense wasting seed just to rush them out the door. I'm not sure about the dill and besides, now I remember I wanted to use some newspaper pots so I could transplant those easier. I did put out the Rose and the parsley which has reseeded for me outside the past two winters. I'm waiting on the veggies too.

Thanks for the help! :-)

The only one I question is the jalepeno, though I have never grew my jalepenos to see if they would reseed. So that is bout the only one I might worry about and maybe the brussels sprouts. Though I am not for sure if the brussels sprouts should be worried about either.

Thanks, I got at least some of my containers out before we get that foot of snow. [g]

I usually WS Dill, but agree with MNWS that it is easy to direct sow. It also reseeds abundantly. Dill usually goes to seed and peters out by mid-summer or so. Late this summer I had a little forest of baby Dill plants growing around the old plants.

Dill is a Black Swallowtail host plant, maybe you will get some caterpillars!

I would love to offer something for the swallowtails. I do get butterflies but I haven't seen any cats in the garden yet. That would be fun.

Thanks moonphase and terrene!

Fennel and Rue are a couple more herbs that are a great host food for some butterflies!!

I love Dill, it has pretty and fragrant flowers, they are lovely in bouquets, and of course you can cook with it! :) If you get some Black Swallowtail cats that is a bonus. I reared BSTs for the first time this past summer. There are 2 chrysalises that did not eclose and are overwintering in the garage! I grow Dill, Fennel, Parsley, Zizia aptera, and Z. aurea for them. Got some seed for Ruta graveolens from someone on the Butterfly forum and plan to WS those too.

Four feet is just about the height I wanted, terrene. I have been able to grow parsley from seed for the past three years and it keeps coming back. I love the airy flower heads when they bloom. I was hoping Dill would be similar. I also like the taste of Dill added to salads etc. I didn't know they were fragrant. I had a lot of Bronze Fennel and ripped most of it out. I didn't see any seedlings around the yard last year, so I'm going to start them again. I enjoy those too.

I think I read somewhere that Ruta grows well in part shade. I have a lot of part shade, so it must have been on a list I ran across. You'll have to let us know how it does for you.

It really does sound exciting to have results from your garden in the way of caterpillars etc. I really like taking a basically barren, grass and foundation shrubs, suburban garden and watching it turn into an ecological system that takes on a life of it's own. Not that I work hard at it, I don't, but just growing natives and not using chemicals does seem to make a lot of changes that are noticeable. I never saw a butterfly the first couple of years I lived here. You seem to work harder at it then I do, so I always enjoy hearing how it's all working out in your garden. :-)