Don't know the exact dates, but I did most of my wintersowing in late December and early January. Here's a small list of things that I wintersowed so far:

Nippon Daisy
Liriope Spicata
White Liatris
3 types of Astilbe
Echinacea paradoxa
Siberian Iris
Dutchman's pipe
Stokes Aster
Wild Bleeding Heart
Monkshood
Toad Lily Mix
Wildflower mix
Raspberry Swirl datura
Blackberry Lily "Hello Yello"
Rock Rose
More that I am forgeting

Plan to do some more sowing tomorrow and this weekend. I think it's a great idea to do a log!

-Channon

Yes , this is a good idea.... and if we know who is going to which plant swap we might have some idea of the plants that may show up there! I will be at the Scotia swap.
Here are a few seeds I have done.
Double white and country romance lavender hollyhock
pineapple scented monarda
Deutzia
3 varieties of cimicifuga
impatiens balsamina
verbena bonariensis, Barlow mix and black and white columbine
blue hosta,
red galardia
campanula Branford

Here is a link that might be useful: Our pond and gardens

I see lots of flowers but how about veggies?

This is what I have done so far

...AFRICAN LION'S TAIL - Jan 17th
...AGASTACHES (7 varieties from Jan.15th-Jan. 31st)
...AQUILEGIA CANDENSIS (native columbine) - Jan 15th & 25th
...BURNING BUSH Jan. - 17th & 25th
...CANNAS (5 varieties from Jan. 24th - Feb.5)
...CAROLINA JESSAMINE VINE - Jan. 19th
...CLEOME - Feb.6th.
...CROCOSMIA 'LUCIFER'- Jan. 19th
...HARDY HIBISCUS - Jan 17th & 23rd.
...HOLLYHOCKS - Jan. 17th
...LAVENDER LADY - Jan. 27th
...LIATRIS - Jan. 17th
...GREAT BLUE LOBELIA - Jan 19th.
...LOBELIA CARDINALIS - Jan 19th.
...MALTESE CROSS - Jan. 15th
...MALVA ZEBRINA SYLVESTRIS - Jan. 15th
...MONARDA 'JACOB'S CLINE' - Jan. 16th
...PENSTEMON 'RED ROCKS' - Jan. 15th
...ROSE OF SHARON - Jan. 19th
...SALVIA AZUREA - Jan. 17th
...SALVIA COCCINEA 'LADY IN RED' - Feb. 4TH
...SALVIA ELEGENS (PINEAPPLE SAGE)- Feb.2ND.
...SALVIA GUARANITICA BLACK & BLUE - Feb.2ND.
...SNAPDRAGONS (FORDHOOK)- Jan. 31ST.
...TITHONIA (MEXICAN SUNFLOWER) - Jan.24th
...SALVIA 'EL CIELO BLUE - Jan. 24th
...SALVIA FARINACEA 'RHEA' - Jan. 23rd.

...TOMATO 'EARLY GIRL'- Feb 4th
...TOMATO 'BEEFSTEAK - Feb 8th
...TOMATO 'AZTEC'- Feb 8th
...TOMATO 'McCLINTOCK - Feb 8th

penny

Here's what I've done so far. They are all in the six inch mum pots very heavily sown. I started holding back some seed because I've decided that I'm going sow a bunch of seedlings in cups this year, exclusively for the exchange. It should save me a lot of time transplanting everything before the swap. I can just grab them and go! I'm at a loss for ideas on trays that I can put the cups in so they don't tip over. I'd also like to be able to move them around, need be. I have a few of those trays the nurseries offer. I can get some of the cardboard boxes from work to carry them to the swap but they don't hold up over the winter. Does anyone have any suggestions?

1/29 Achillea - hot pink millofolium
1/16 Achillea - millefolium - white yarrow
1/29 Achillea - pink
1/29 Achillea - red/purple mix
1/9 African Daisy - Dimorphotheca Sinuata
2/6 African Daisy - purchased
1/9 Alstremetia - yellow
1/9 Alstromena - pink
1/15 Alyssum - Carpet of Snow
2/6 Alyssum - Carpet of Snow
1/29 Amaranth - Intense Purple
2/6 Amaranth - Intense Purple
1/29 Amaranth - Split personality
1/9 Angelica
1/29 Annual - pink star
1/20 Aralia racemosa - spikenard
1/9 Artemesia - from beth
1/21 Artemesia - Limelight
1/9 Artemesia - varigated
1/9 Asclepias - Ice Ballet
1/29 Asclepias - Red
1/17 Aster - Alpine
1/15 Aster - annual purple
1/9 Astilbe - Amethyst
1/9 Astilbe - mixed
1/21 Astilbe - mixed (2)
1/9 Astilbe - pink
1/17 Astilble - purplish pink
1/17 Aurinia - Basket of Gold
1/15 Baby's Breath - pink
1/15 Baby's Breath - white
2/6 Bachelor buttons - mixed
1/9 Balloon Flower - dwarf sentimental blue
1/29 Balloon flower - mixed
2/6 Balloon flower - mixed
1/9 Balloon flower - pink
1/9 Balloon flower - purple
1/17 Balloon flower - purple (2)
2/6 Balsam
1/9 Baptisia
2/6 Beautyberry bush
1/15 Bee Balm - maroon
1/15 Bee Balm - mixed
1/15 Bee Balm - Red
1/15 Bee Balm - white
1/20 Billardiera Longiflora
1/29 Black-eyed Susans
2/1 Black-eyed Susans - Irish Eyes Per purchased
2/1 Black-eyed Susans - Irish Eyes Per purchased (2)
1/9 Bleeding Hearts - pink fernleaf
1/9 Bleeding Hearts - pink fernleaf (2)
1/15 Blue Butterfly Pea Vine
1/9 Blue Vervain
1/29 Brown Eyed Susans
1/9 Bugleweed - Ajuga
1/17 Bugleweed - Ajuga (2)
2/6 Bugleweed - Ajuga (3)
2/6 Calendula - hardy annual
2/1 Campanula - Amethyst purchased
1/9 Campanula - Bell Flower
1/23 Campanula - trade
1/20 Campanulastrum americanem - tall bellflower
1/20 Candlestick cassia
1/15 Canna - Red (4 seeds)
1/16 Caraway - Carum Carvi herb
1/15 Cardinal Vine
1/20 Catchfly - pink
1/16 Chervil - anthriscus cerefolium per herb
1/23 Cineraria Ibrida
1/29 Clematis - mine
2/6 Cleome - pink
2/6 Cleome - purple
1/29 Columbine - Nora Barlow
1/16 Columbine - star blue - aqulegia caerulea
2/6 Combstock - hardy annual
1/17 Coneflower - White Swan
1/29 Coneflower - White Swan (2)
1/23 Coreopsis - Bundengold
1/23 Coreopsis - grandiflora
1/17 Coreopsis - Heliot
1/23 Coreopsis - Moonbeam
2/6 Coreopsis - Sunray (purchased)
1/29 Coreopsis - tickseed
1/17 Coreopsis - tripteris (5ft)
1/20 Coreposis - tinctoria
1/23 Crocosemia thingy
2/6 Dahlberg Daisy
2/6 Dahlia - mixed trade dig
2/6 Dahlia Delight mix gurneys
2/6 Daisy - garden mix packet
1/23 Daisy - white trade 2-3 ft tall
1/29 Delphinium - Ajacis
1/23 Delphinium - black knight dark violet/black bees
1/15 Delphinium - light blue w/ white bees
1/23 Delphinium - my light blue
1/23 Delphinium - Zalil yellow
1/16 Desert Willow
1/16 Dianthus - pinks (from package)
1/23 Dianthus - Siberian blue
1/23 Dayliliy
1/23 Dayliliy
1/29 Dayliliy
1/29 Dayliliy
1/29 Dayliliy
1/29 Dayliliy
1/29 Dayliliy
1/29 Dayliliy
1/29 Dayliliy
1/17 DL - gifts
1/15 DL - prairie blue eyes
1/23 Donkey Tail Spurge
1/23 Echinops - Globe Thistle
1/16 Evening Primrose - Oenothera Lamarckiana
1/23 Feverfew
1/23 Five Spot
1/23 Forget-me-nots
1/23 Foxglove Digitalis - mix
1/8 Gaillardia - burgundy
1/16 Gaillardia - Red
1/8 Gaillardia - Sunrise
2/6 Gaillardia Aristata - Golden Goblin (purchased)
1/20 Garlic - white society
1/29 Gazania - Splendens
1/16 Geranium
1/16 Geranium - hardy mixed
1/8 Goat's Beard
1/16 Golden Chain Tree
1/16 Golden Rain Tree - Koelkeuteria paniculata
1/16 Grass - pampas white
1/23 Helenium - red Sneezeweed
1/23 Helenium - yellow Sneezeweed
1/29 Helichrysum - tall mix
1/16 Hesperis matronalis
1/8 Hibiscus - bluebird (rose of sharon)
1/8 Hibiscus - hardy pink w/ red eye
2/6 Hibiscus - hardy white
1/16 Hibiscus - white w/ pink throat
1/8 Hollyhock - Cream
2/6 Hosta - large leafed
2/1 Hosta - mix
2/1 Hosta - mix
2/1 Hosta - mix
2/1 Hosta - mix
2/6 Iris - purple
1/16 Iris - white
1/20 Ironweed - Veronica giganted
1/8 Jacob's Ladder
1/29 Jacob's Ladder (2)
1/8 Japanese Tree Lilac
1/16 Japanese Tree Lilac
1/16 Joe Pye weed
1/29 Ladybells - adendorpha
1/8 Lady's Mantle
1/16 Lantana - Confetti pink/white
2/6 Larkspur - mixed
2/6 Lavatera
1/8 Lavender - English
1/29 Lavender - English (2)
1/8 Leopard Lily
1/8 Leopard's Bane
1/21 Liatris - purple
1/21 Liatris - purple (2)
1/20 Liatris - white
1/8 Lilac bush - purple
1/8 Lilium - lily
2/6 Lilium - lily (2)
1/23 Lilium - pink lily
2/6 Lilium - white trumpet lily
1/9 Linum - Blue Flax
1/16 Little Princess Spirea
1/21 Locust Tree- Robinia pseudoacacia
1/23 Love-in-a-Mist
2/6 Lupine - purple karner
1/16 Magnolia - 6 seeds
1/8 Maltese Cross
1/16 Maltese Cross
2/6 Malva - alcea Fastigiate pink
1/16 Meadow Rue
1/16 Melampodium - (a) petite yellow
1/8 Mexican Hats
1/8 Mimosa
1/23 Monkshood
1/23 Moonflower
1/20 Moringa oleifera (1 seed)
1/23 Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca
1/16 Mum - purple trade
2/6 Nasturtium - dwarf cherry rose
2/6 Nasturtium - whirly bird
1/29 Onion - white evergreen
1/23 Painted Daisy - maroon
1/23 Painted Daisy - pink
1/23 Pansy - mixed pellets
2/6 Pansy - mixed pellets (2)
1/16 Papaya
1/20 Passion Flower - maracuya mexico marvel
1/21 Pea Bush - yellow scorpian senna
1/8 Peony -Bush
1/16 Perilla - purple
1/23 Persicarie bistorta
1/29 Petunia - pink (older seed)
2/6 Phlox - annual
1/8 Poker - Red Hot
2/6 Poppy - California
2/6 Poppy - California Mission Bells (purchased)
2/6 Poppy - Iceland, mixed Per. (purchased)
2/6 Poppy - mixed
2/6 Poppy - pink
2/6 Poppy - red oriental mix
2/6 Poppy - shirley
1/16 Potentilla - yellow cinquefoil
1/16 Potentilla like - mine pink
1/29 Prairie Coneflower
1/23 Pulsatile Vulgaria
1/16 Purple Prairie Clover
1/16 Redbud Tree
1/16 Rhododendron - mine
1/16 Rose - wild purple
1/23 Rose of Sharon - mine
1/23 Rose of Sharon - purple (trade)
1/16 Rosemary
2/6 Rosemary (2)
1/20 Rudbeckia - Indian Summer
1/8 Rudbeckia - triloba
1/8 Saccharum Ravennal
1/16 Salvia - bonfire
1/16 Salvia - purple spikes mine
1/8 Salvia -Sclarea V. Turkestania (blue) 6 seeds
1/21 Scabiosa - yellow pincusion flower
1/20 Scuppernong Grapes - muscadine (10 seeds)
1/8 Sea Holly - erungium
1/20 Sedum - Autumn Joy
1/8 Sedum - Red Creeping
1/16 Shasta Daisy
1/16 Shasta Daisy - Alaska
1/16 Shasta Daisy - Becky
2/1 Shasta Daisy - Silver Princess (short) purchased
1/21 Shasta Daisy - trade 4ft
2/6 Snapdragons - spurred
1/8 St. John's Wort
1/21 Strawberry Popcorn
2/6 Strawflower
1/8 Sundrops
1/8 Sweet Pea - mixed
1/8 Sweet William - white w/ pink centers
1/16 Thrift - plantain Armeria pseudarmeria
2/6 Thrift - plantain Armeria pseudarmeria
1/8 Torch Lily - orange
1/8 Torch Lily - yellow
1/20 Tulip seeds
1/23 Verbena - argentine verbena
1/20 Verbena bonariensis
1/16 Viburnum
1/16 Viburnum
1/8 Walla Walla Sweets
1/29 Xanthisma
1/8 Yucca
1/16 Yucca
1/21 Yucca - Adam's needle

shimla,
Last year I got the trays that are sectioned off to hold 3 inch pots from walmart when the plants came in. the small styrofoam cups fit in there perfectly. In fact I am using them now to hold my cups for individual sowings.

BTW, Great list of ws seeds.

penny

Penny - thank you! I will check out Walmart as soon as they start bringing in the plants. They are just starting to put out the gardening stuff now. I was in there about a week ago looking for seeds. There isn't much of a selection. I was hoping to find some commerical packets of new things to sow. Seems I have just about everything they have to offer. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing LOL! Hopefully, in a month or so the selections will start rolling in.

I can't wait to see what germinates this year! I had some duds last year. I wish you were closer to us so you could join us at the spring exchange.

I've been waiting to post here because it's getting draining to look at my list as I try to figure out where all these are going to go in my garden. But here it is:
Blue Fescue
Sea Holly
Babys Breath
Meadow Rue
Kingfisher Daisy
SnakeÂs Head Lily
Sweet William "Sooty"
Hollyhock "Zebrina"
Hollyhock "Crème de Cassis"
Columbine "Blue Star"
Columbine "Mixed Colors"
Columbine "William Guinness
LadyÂs Mantle
Lobelia "Cascade of Color"
Edelweiss
Delphinium "Magic Fountains, Mixed -Dwarf"
Foxglove "Foxy Mixed"
Sweet William "Microchip Mix"
English Daisy "Double Mixed Colors"
English Daisy "Pink Pomponette"
English Diasy "Rose Ball Super Enorma"
Lupine "Mixed Colors"
Lupine "Russell Hybrids Mix"
Tansies
Foxglove "Mixed Colors"
Delphinium "Pacific Giants- Mixed Colors"
English Wallflower "Mixed Colors"
Scabiosa "Summer Sundae"
Pansy "Acquarelle Hybrid" Mixed
Salvia "Vista Mix"
Scabiosa "Ebony & Ivory"
Geranium- Hardy "Reflections"
Salvia "Blue Bedder Sage"
Japanese Flowering Cherry
Great Lobelia
Immortelle
Ozark Sundrops
Rock Cress
Lupine "Regalis Dwarf Lulu Mixed"
Lupine "Summer Spires"
Vinca "Cascade Appleblossom"
Vinca "Stardust Mix"
AngelÂs Trumpet "Double Golden Queen"
Coral Bells
Butterfly Flower
Great Bellflower
AngelÂs Trumpet "Black Currant Swirl"
Bellflower
Honesty-Money Plant
Verbascum "Southern Charm Hybrid"
Gayfeather
Candy Tuft
Sweet Pea Patio Mixed
Four OÂClocks Mixed Colors
Johnny Jump Up
Sedum "Hardy Blend"
Sweet Pea Patio Mixed (2 containers)
Cornflower Polka Dot Mixed Colors
Poppies "Pizzacato"
Poppy "Checkers"
Aster "Crego" Mixed Colors
Bachelor Button Mixed Colors
Lupine "Tutti Frutti"
Viola
Pansy "Rippling Waters"
Primrose "Showy Evening"
American Ginseng
Jacobs Ladder
Cupids Dart
BurpeeÂs Early Pick HB VF
Burpees Early Girl HB
Polyanthus "stripes, mixed"
Catmint
Verbena "Mixed Colors"
Yarrow "Summer Berries"
Yarrow "Red"
Monarda Didyma "Panorama Mix"
Valerian
Burning Bush
Heavenly Bamboo
Hostas "American Crosses"
Japanese Flowering Cherry
Strawberry "Fresca"
Primrose
Chrysanthemum "Coconut Ice"
Cilantro
Lemony Catnip
Coneflower (Magnus)
Forget Me Nots
Red Poppy
Basil "Genovese"
Johnny Jump Up
Lavender
Rosemary
Parsley- Italian
Salvia Splendens "Strawberry Sundae"
Verbena "Mixed Colors"
Asclepias Incarnata
Valerian Officinalis
Peas "Little Marvel" Dwarf
Agastache "Apricot Sprite" (2 containers)
Coneflower (Purple)
English Wallflower (2nd Sowing)

I still have a bunch of annuals and vegetables to do, but I'm spending February planning where these babies are all going to go (tentatively) and then I'll sow the a's and v's in March. Hopefully I'll have plenty of plants and seeds to trade in Spring and Fall.

Did some more today (2/12)!

White Asiatic Lily
Siberian/Japanese Iris Mix
Golden Marguerite
Blue MistFlower
Jerusalem Artichoke
Maximillian Sunflower
MIssouri Primrose
Pink Evening Primrose

Still have lots of annuals to do. Maybe tomorrow.

-starmoon

shimla,
I too look at the seed racks and haven't found anything that I want that I don't already have. Not only have I looked at walmart but I have looked at one of the nurseries too. I have bought a total of 4 pack of seed mostly stuff for my hanging baskets but everything else I wanted I got from the seed exchanges. I hope this year I have much better luck overall than last year. I had good luck but some things were just late to germinate because of the crummy soil I used.

lisa,
you will love that agastache 'apricot sprite'. here is a pic of one of mine from last year. You can see my little hummer to the right
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i also had fantastic results with Jacob's Ladder. I think every seed germinated and grew. They were still green until our snowstorm.

penny

On 2/12 I WSd tomatoes! Super Marmande, Roma, Bloody Butcher (love that name!) and Black Krim. Had seed left over so the next day I hauled soil, milk jugs, etc., to a buddie's place in Ulster County and "converted" him to WS (since we are allegedly a "cult", he he).

This is my first year winter sowing, so I'm being a bit cautious. Some of you sow AMAZING amounts of seed in an INCREDIBLE variety - my list looks downright timid. I'm holding back on sowing the more tender annuals for a few more weeks.
So far I've done:

Columbine 'Scott Elliott Mixed Colors'
Malva sylvestris 'Brave Heart'
Dianthus 'Arctic Fire'
Lathyrus 'Mammoth Navy Blue'
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sonata' (mix)
Nigella damascena 'Miss Jekyll'
Red Orach 'Burgundy'

I have plans to sow:

Cosmos 'Sonata White'
Zinnia 'Profusion White' and 'Profusion Apricot'
Coleus 'Giant Exhibition Scarlet II'
Marigold 'Scarlet Starlet'
Stock 'Tudor Tapestry'
Salvia 'Strata'
Salvia 'Victoria
Agastache 'Apricot Sprite'
Tomato 'Opalka'

But first, I need more containers. . . .

Laurelin

Below is my list.....my deck looks like something out of Sanford and Son! This is my first year and I went crazy with trading along with what I ordered from the catalogs. I tried a number of different means to sow, and I'm relatively sure that some will not germinate. I've kept a pretty detailed list of dates sown and such and will certainly share that info.

Should we start looking for green here in upstate NY around the beginning of March, or is that too early???

Lirope
Caltha
Muscari bulbs
Aconitum Carmichael
Cimifunga ramose
Anemone sylvestris
Anemone September charm
Sweet autumn clematis
Clematis tanqutica
Anemone daCaen
Clematis jackmanii
Anemone windflower
Clematis crispa
Rose campion
Malva zebrina
Jacobs ladder purple
Jacobs ladder yellow
Liatris purple
Liatris white
Columbine blue
Columbine mix
Blackberry lily
Sea holly
Dames rocket
Forget me not
Indian blanket
Cherokee sunset rubbeckia
Gaillardia deep red
Malva bibor felbo
Columbine nora Barlow
Columbine mckanas giant
Columbine Canadensis
Columbine biedermeier
California poppy thai silk
Poppy checkers
Poppy light pink
Poppy angels choir
Poppy lavender
Cupids dart
Astilbe pink
Astilbe fanal red
Foxglove apricot
Foxglove pale yellow
Foxglove lavender
Foxglove foxy
Columbine harlequin
Columbine firecracker
Goatsbeard
Helenium bright buttons
Verbascum mix
Larkspur earl grey
Hollyhock dark purple
Hollyhock summer carnival
Dianthus Siberian blue
Dianthus rainbow loveliness
Lychnis maltese cross
Lychnis diamonds & rubies
Milkmaid butterfly weed
Butterfly weed
Poppy hunnemania sunlight
Oriental poppy
Flax diamante
Flax red
Dianthus snowdonia
Dianthus pinks
Geranium pretense
Geranium mrs. Kendall clark
Scabiosa
Painted daisy mix
Coreopsis mahogany midget
Coral bells red
Coral bells purple palace
Penstemon pink/white
Penstemon huskers red
Mexican hat
Feverfew
Anise hyssop
Hollyhock fordhook giants
Hollyhock peach
Pink snaps
Tall snaps mixed colors
Babys breath
Joe pye weed gateway dusty rose
Candytuft
Goldenrod superba
Astilbe chinensis taquetti pink
Lavatera purple
Lavatera silver cup
Lavatera mix
Bachelor buttons black ball
Bachelor buttons mix
Geum yellow
Lavender
Hardy hibiscus dk pink
Garden balsam
Melampodium
Golden alyssum
Royal carpet alyssum
Candytuft fairy mix
Snapdragon blood red
Linaria
Columbine ruby port
Columbine black Barlow
Coreopsis moonbeam
Coreopsis Zagreb
Delphinium pacific giant
Lobelia crystal palace
Bee balm purple
Hardy geranium visions
Hardy geranium white with red center
Penstemon lavender/white
Dwarf red coreopsis
Balloon flower white
Balloon flower tall blue
Balloon flower dwarf
Columbine deep purple
Nicotiana sylestris
Nicotiana pink
Penstomon digitalis
Penstemon light lavender
Hollyhock jet black
Hollyhock hot pink
Malva mystic merlin
Helopsis lorraine sunshine
Peachleaf bellflower
Verbascum violetta
Zephyranthes mix
Obedient plant
Japanese iris
Tall bearder iris mix
Siberian iris purple
North blue flag iris
Astilbe europa
Astilbe chinesis pumilla
Hardy geranium mix
Prairie sun
Phlox pale pink
Yellow loosestrife
Eupatorium chocolate
Chinese forget me not
Achillea cerise queen
Perennial pink sweet pea
Marguerite daisy
Lilac
Canterbury bells
Forget me not
Alaska daisy
New England aster
Amaranth polish
Nemesia paintbox
Astilbe adrensii
Love lies bleeding
Yellow daylily
Salvia east friesland
Digitalis foxglove camelot pink
Campanula carpatica blue
Stella doro lily
Checkered lily
Salvia verticillata
Sea pink
Lychnis versuvius
Sidalcea party girl
Aster romance
Astilbe arendsii
Violet queen cleome
Godetia ed hume
Digitalis strawberry foxglove
Butterfly bush purple
Butterfly bush yellow
Yellow lavender
Verbena
Snaps tequila sunrise
Ajuga
Monkey flower
Salpiglossis painted tongue
Celandine poppy
Occulata rose campion
Pink/white phlox
Bleeding heart
Clarkia
Lunaria purple
Sweet Williams
Great blue lobelia
Salvia Victoria
Lilac snapdragon
Pasque flower
German chamomile
Penta white dwarf
Amaranth intense purple
Aster lilliput blue moon
Lenten rose
Purple majesty millet
Baptista false indigo
Lambs ear
Lavender stonecress
Potentilla goldfinger
Astilbe mix red, white, pink, amythyst
Bergenia cordifolia
Potentilla melton fire
Lemon queen helanathsis
Pink spirea
Seiboldiana hosta
Mrs. Bradshaw geum
Sensitive fern
Hibiscus sunset yellow
Hibiscus lemon slice
Hardy hibiscus white
Hardy hibiscus lt pink/white
Hardy hibiscus pink
Hardy hibiscus scarlet rose bright red
Arisaema dracontium
Browalia Americana
Japanese primrose mix
Sweet dreams rosea coreopsis
Golden marguerite kelway
Ligularia rocket
Asparagus fern
Candylily
Passionflower
Marine heliotrope
Bush spirea Anthony waterer
Blue butterfly bush
Kiss me over the garden gate
Dutch iris heirloom blue
Asiatic lily orange
Fran hall lily
Bells of ireland
Nemophila 5 spot
Aster mix
White bleeding heart
Asclepias tuberose
Veronica gentianoides
Spuria iris purple
Hardy geranium mix occelatum, pratens, thunbergi
Blue mist spirea
Dwarf phlox mix
Caryopteris bluebeard
Physostegia verginica vivid
Siberian yellow iris
Dianthus velvet and lace
Asiatic lily white
Yarrow paprika
Wild Alaskan blue iris
Asclepsia Cinderella
Catmint nepeta mussini
Petunia mix lavender and pink
Snapdragon tall crimson
Stokes aster
White snapdragon
Viola Johnny jump up
Antihurhum majus axiom series
Antirrhirum poppette hybrid
Pink snapdragon
Sweet woodruff
Digitalis dwarf carillion
Tigerlily
Wild Alaskan columbine
Arabis spring charm rockcress
Tricyrtis hirta miazaki
Bleeding heart
Iris setosa
Lychnis yumachsis
Huechera coral bells sanguine
Veronica spicata
Bronze fennel
Monkey grass
Pasture rose
Climbing snaps
Butterfly orchid
Godetia
Scarlet flax
Lilac petunia
Acroclinium roseum odiath
Snapdragon day and night
Annual phlox beauty dwarf mix
Petunia hybrid lipstick kisses
Helenium bright buttons
Lambs ear
South African foxglove
Alyssum rosie o day
Grape velvet lily
Campanula little clips
Purple foxglove
Malva zebrine
Balloon flower dwarf blue
Fleabane azure fairy
Poppy laurens grape
Pink rockrose
Catchfly
Purple hollyhock
Oakleaf hydrangea
Persian blue poppy
Silver wave petunia
Periwinkle
Salvia may night
Rose of Sharon purple
Rose of Sharon orchid
Helenium
Monkshood
Allium triquetrum
Campulana blue
crocosmia
Maltese cross
Aeundo donay vericolor grass
Koeleria coolio
Blue fescue
Dwarf fountain grass
Maidenhair grass
Ribbon grass
Zebra grass
Purple fountain grass
silvergrass
Japanese silvergrass
Lemon mint
Lavandula augustiforia true lavender
Lemon bergamont
Lavender hidcote
Lavender lady
Chinese chives
Golden marguerite
Chocolate mint
Chives
Dill
Angelica
Sage Bethlehem
Tarragon
Oregano
St johns wort
Thyme
Cilantro
Candytuft mixed annual

~Deb

deb,
I went crazy last year and spent the whole summer trying to find places for my babies in the garden. THis year i have used a much more controlled approach...making a list ahead of time of plants that I actually wanted for my hummingbird garden and then setting off to work on getting just those seeds. Last year my front porch looked like Sanford & Son's junk yard. THis year the larger containers are on the east side of the house and the smaller ones are on the porch but will be moved more to the back as soon as more snow melts and I can get back there.

Penny

Penny,
I'm really looking forward to seeing hummingbirds this year, so I took your lead and WSed some of your favorites. I saw a couple last year only because we had a kiddy bike-cart on our porch that had a bright orange flag. The poor hummers flocked to it hoping for nectar. I felt guilty after that (and surprised to see hummers here...I thought they were only down south). So I decided to give them a place to sip here.

This is my first year with wintersowing too:

Marigolds
Sweet Peas
Petunias
Sweet William

Tomatoes
Lettuce
Cabbage
Broccoli
Cukes
Cauliflower

I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Gee Penny, I'm just hoping that I have that same problem.....I'm still a bit skeptical about the whole winter sowing thing, but as you can see, I jumped right in!!! Mostly I'm concerned about the rabbits that seem to dig up every new plant I put out. They don't eat them, just dig them all up and leave them lying there. It was terrible last year as I was 8 months pregnant and quite sore after I got my bed planted out and I almost cried when I saw a couple of days later all these plants just dug up!! Luckily, I'd say 75% of them survived being replanted....but my poor back almost didn't.

I'm on maternity leave from work this year, so I fortunately will have more time to spend planting. I'm planning my lasagna beds now!!!

~Deb

Deb,
I know it is scary the first year but here are just a couple of pics of plants that I wintersowed last year
Just click on the links
the first picture is a link it is 4 o'clocks and Amaranthus. The 4 o'clocks reseeded from the previous year and the Amaranthus I wintersowed and had hundreds germinate. the second picture is further down the thread. it is down the side of my fence...all wintersown
just a few of my winter sown plants

This is one of my agastaches with a hummer to the side. This too was wintersown last winter. I have 2 inground and 2 in pots. this year I am planting more because the hummers loved them.
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Penny

Penny,
I'm really looking forward to the Agastache and the varieties of Salvia I've WSed.
I'm also planting several varieties of Asclepias because I want butterflies (specifically monarchs) as well as hummers. I hear it can be a long wait for Asclepias, so I figure the more I sow and the more variety, the better my chances. I figure I can't have too much, especially if I can collect seeds from them for others.

Oh that Agastache is really nice Penny....it blooms nicely the first year from seed, huh? I don't have any Agastache seed....oh brother I may need to make a run to my local nursery and see if they have any....I'm done ordering from the catalogs this year!

Lblack, I grew Asclepias Tuberosa last year from seed. I got about 1 bloom per plant late in the summer....it should bloom much more profusely this year, so I don't think its any longer of a wait than most perennials.

~Deb

After I grew this one agastache I fell in love with them and have wintersown several more varieties this year. I want once side of my house to be mostly agastaches and salvias. They also smell great when you brush up against them.

I had a couple hummers last year - they loved my fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt,' and checked out the bright red/orange nasturtiums among the veggies. I'm hoping to attract more hummers this year, so I've got the agastache to sow, and nasturtiums and daylilies. I'll pick up a few of the 'G.B.' fuchsias again, too - they're a wonderful plant (upright growth, bronzy leaves, salmon orange tubular flowers, about 18" tall). I have many plants that attract butterflies as well. I need to investigate more plants for hummers, so I can provide more choices for them.

Even though I thought I was done buying seeds, I caved in to three more varieties from Select Seeds - phlox 'Isabellina,' amaranthus 'Hot Biscuits,' and anagalis 'Blue Lights.'

Laurelin

Laurelin,
I also had the gartenmeister bonstadt fuschia last year but my most popular hummbird plants by far were the agastache and tender salvia Guaranitica Black & Blue. They are attracted to many of the salvias but most of the ones they like are not hardy here so you have to grow them as annuals or winter them indoors. here are some other good hummer plants are and many will attract butterflies too:
Lillies
Cardinal Flower (Lobeliea Cardinalis)
Great Blue Lobelia
Montbretia
Purple Conflower
Cardinal Vine
Cypress Vine
Nasturtiums
4 O'clocks
Monarda (Jacob's Cline)
Hostas
Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia Candensis)
Colorado Columbine
Native azaleas
Garden Balsam
Ivy leaf Geranium
Wild Jewelweed
Small flowering Cannas
Purple Hyacinth Bean
Scarlet Runner Bean
trumpet Vine
Trumpet Honeysuckle
jacob's ladder
carolina Jessamine Vine
Weigelia shrubs
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus
Crossvine
Mina Lobata Vine
Cuphea
Morning Glories
southwestern, Mexican and South Amaerican Salvias
a lot of agastaches and some Pestemons
There are lots more but this was what came to mind at the moment.

Penny

Looks like we have a good number of winter sowers here. Exciting! I will start tallying up the info. Let's keep sowing !

Here's what I did on 2/18/05. Actually my 5 yr old did these. She's going to do winter sowing for a science fair at her school.

Nasturtium
Pansy
Lettuce
Blue Flax
Pink Balloon Flower

i have added a few more subsequent sowings and a couple of new sowings.
...More CANNAS
...more CROCOSMIA
...more HIBISCUS
...IPOMOPSIS MIX (STANDING CYPRESS)
...MARIGOLD 'BONANZA BEE'
...MINA LOBATA VINE
...more MONARDA 'JACOB'S CLINE'
...NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS
...more TITHONIA
...WILDFLOWER MIX

Penny

I did some veggies this week, along with a few of the herbs with larger seeds (fennel, coriander).
I'm getting nervous now. I'm on my last big bag of potting soil and I have maybe one bag of seed-starting mix left. I'm hoping I have enough for the annuals. If I stop buying seeds, I might just have enough!

It's my first try at winter sowing. I've got the following planted:

columbine "green apples" (aquilegia clematiflora)
delphinium "pacific giant" mixed colors
himalayan blue poppies
brandywine tomatoes
italian super paste tomatoes

We'll see. If they come, I'll probably have extras for the WNY swap at Tara's. And if they don't, well, I'll just chuck the containers and know to either surrender or figure I did something wrong. :)

The poppies will probably be your first sprouts. The columbine may take longer so don't dump those containers too early.

penny

I haven't tried winter sowing yet, but I'm thinking about it and reading up on it. Please tell me what makes this easier than sowing indoors. What do you do about all the seedlings as they crowd each other? Seems like a lot more work on hands and knees. Maybe someone can enlighten me a bit. Thanks!

Penny,

Thanks for the list of hummingbird flowers - I have several already, but now I can add even more. I always have nasturtiums. (I love the bright colors - my back yard is a real poke in the eye, all scarlet and gold and cream and orange; last year I added blues/purples for a little balance. My front yard is blue/rose/crimson/white/silver/plum - a very cool palette.) Last fall I planted coneflowers, and ordered Eastern Columbine for the spring. I have a trumpet vine that has never flowered (no idea why), and I planted a honeysuckle two years ago that should flower this year. I didn't know that hummers like hosta - I have LOTS of hosta. So I appear to be off to a good start!

I got around to more of my WS list: zinnias ('Profusion White' and 'Profusion Apricot'), cosmos 'Sonata White,' marigolds, stocks, tomatoes. I added zinnia 'Purity' and
good old alyssum 'Carpet of Snow,' which I sowed thickly for the "hunk o' seedlings" effect - I like to use it as filler at the front of borders, and I like its fragrance.
I still haven't done the salvias or the coleus - they can wait until after the last big blizzard (which seems to be around the first week of March in Binghamton most years).

I will be VERY interested to see what sprouts, and what I can actually nurture to flowering size. Still, this has been a pretty cheap source of midwinter mood-enhancement, since I already had soil, pots, and many seeds. If only a small fraction of what I planted makes it, I'll still be ahead money-wise. And if a LARGE fraction makes it, I'll have lots to share at the plant exchange!

Laurelin

I haven't tried winter sowing yet, but I'm thinking about it and reading up on it. Please tell me what makes this easier than sowing indoors. What do you do about all the seedlings as they crowd each other? Seems like a lot more work on hands and knees. Maybe someone can enlighten me a bit.

Susan,
first of all with wintersowing, you don't need any light set up, heat mats or any other equipment and you don't have all your starters in the house. once the seeds are sown they are covered and put directly outside until they germinate naturally. You don't need a green house or a could frame or an unheated well lit southern exposure. winter sown seeds are not subject to damp off and they don't need to be hardened off before putting them in their permanent outside location as they are already acclimated to the weather. If you sow with a heavy hand and get too many seedlings sprout all together, you just break off hunks and plant it. The stronger seedlings will naturally cull the weaker plants out. Or you can just sow like you would inside with a light hand in little rows. The amt. that you sow is up to you. The container you use is up to you. The seedlings can generally be planted out even before our last frost day as they are already acclimated to the climate they have sprouted in subsequently they are hardier plants. I have planted out seedlings when they only had their first set of true leaves and they did very well.

this is my 2nd year and I wouldn't grow from seed any other way. i can also grow hardy plants that are not typically available locally because they aren't believed to be hardy.
I don't think there is a down side to winter sowing other than the fact that it is addictive.

laurelin,
i also posted a link on the Hummingbird Forum to a central NY nursery that has a very good list of hummer plants on their website.Little York Plantation
Penny

Exciting - I see someone is from the Binghamton area! Me too. Who else is from the Binghamton area?

Here's some more Winter Sown seeds for me (2/22/05-2/24/05):

Lettuce - buttercrunch, Rossa Pablo, Lollo Rossa
Potentilla - Helen Jane
Lesser Celendine
Nasturtium - Empress of India
Petunia - Lipstick Kisses
Gilia Tricolor Wildflower
Perennial Phlox - mixed
Viola - Orchid Frost
Jacob's Ladder - Heavenly Habit
Jacob's Ladder - Yellow
Hollhock - Queeny Purple
Turtlehead Alba - White
Poppy - Lauren's Grape
Rodgersia

Hi! I live in Baldwinsville, NY (just outside Syracuse). My husband and I grow a lot of roses and lilies etc. I haven't had success trying to start seeds indoors, but just stumbled upon this "winter sowing" technique, and wonder if there is anyone in my area here who winter sows? When do I plant seeds and in what kind of soil etc? Thanks. Phyl

hi phyl,
There are people all over the country including Alaska who are now doing wintersowing. We usually do our perennials first then hardy annuals, tender perennials and tender annuals last (closer to your last frost date). Most of us start sowing right after the holidays and you will have greater success using good potting mix so that it doesn't compact over the winter months such as Miracle-Gro, ProMix, Shultz Potting Mix. some people who make their own mix with success use that. Just don't buy cheap potting soil and use it as is. The winter sowing forum has an excellent FAQ with lists of seeds that do very well for wintersowing and answers to many other questions you may have.

Penny

Thank you so much Penny. I will print out the FAQ and try doing it myself here. :0) Phyl

Penny,

I just bought seed for Cardinal Vine - when do you winter sow it? I'm in zone 5/borderline 4 (Binghamton area). I realize now that I've sown some annuals a bit soon - we'll see what happens with those. Oh, well. Live and learn!!

Laurelin

Laurelin, i actually don't bother to wintersow my cardinal vine. They are in the Morning Glory family so I sow them late after it warms ups and they sprout within a few days in direct sun. some I sow in containers that I am going to grow them in and some I direct sow. They love the warmth and nice moist soil. I usually experiment with my seeds even the ones that aren't hardy by trying a few in the winter and then saving some for later on. So if you have enough seed, you could try some now and save some for later.

Penny

Thank you, Penny! I have a whole packet of CV seed, but I only want a couple plants, so I'll try some both ways.

Laurelin

laurelin,
Cardinal Vine is a very light and almost wispy vine. You will want to have several close together to make a nice presentation. The first year I did them I only put 4 seedlings in a pot and it really wasn't full enough. I would suggest at least 6-8 seedlings close together for a nice full look.

Penny

Here's what I've done the past two weeks:
Cephalphora Aromatica
Cucumber "Early Pride Hybrid"
English Diasy "Rose Ball Super Enorma" (White and Red, 2nd Sowing)
Lettuce "Bibb Blend"
Lettuce "Oakleaf"
Lettuce "Red Oakleaf"
Mustard Spinach "Savanna F1"
Radicchio "Red Surprise"
Radish "Easter Egg II Blend"
Salvia Splendens "Strawberry Sundae"
Peas "Little Marvel"
Tomato Burpee Big Beef Hybrid
Sweet Pea "Captain of the Blues"
Euphorbia Characias ssp. Wulfenii
Strawberry Picnic Hybrid
Campanula Incurva
Balloon Flower "Sentimental Blue"
Nasturtium "Fordhook Favorites"
Freesia "Super Giants-Mixed"
Cosmos "Ladybird Mix"
Carnations "English Giant Mixed"
Rudbeckia Hirta "Cherokee Sunset Gloriosa Daisy"
Sweet Pea "High Scent" Vine
Cosmos Sulphureus Orange
Lavatera Twins White
Petunia Double Cascade
Nasturtium "Dwarf Cherry Rose"
Sweet Pea "Early Multiflora Gigantea"
Sweet Pea "Patio Mixed"
Chamomile "German"
Chamomile "French"
Calendula Officianlis
Chrysthanthemum "Coconut Ice" (2nd Sowing)
Moss Rose "Double Mixed Colors"
Black-Eyed Susan Vine (White)
Poppies (Red) 2nd Sowing
Heliotrope "Mini Marine"
Dahlia "Uwins Dwarf Mixed Colors"
Zinnia "Scarlet Flame"
Zinnia "Thumbelina, Mixed Colors"
Zinnia "Giant, Violet Queen"
Zinnia "Envy"
Tomato Roma
Nasturtium "Jewel, Mixed Colors"
Nasturtium Dwarf Single Mixed

Since my last post i have sown:
the rest of my Agastaghe
Amaranthus Intense Purple
Ceome
Cuphea
Cypress VIne (last yr. Direct spring sowed)
More Ipomopsis
More Liatris
naturtiums
More Nicotiana
Penstemon
Purple Coneflower
Rose of Sharon
Salvia Azurea
Salvia C. Dreamsicle
salvia C. species
Salvia Mexicana 'Limelight'
Perennial Sunflowers
Zinnias

Penny

I had stayed away from this thread because I have cut down on my winter sowing this year and I did not want anyone to tempt me... But I am really impressed by these lists... especially, by new (?) wintersowers like lblack and fairydancer.. WOW.... YOU have been very busy!!!! I keep wondering where you are going to plant all these... lblack, I like your site (great cats) and can't wait to see spring/summer pictures. You both have many flowers I have! You even got Ed Hume seeds (godetia), Deb... They did very well.

Anyway..just wanted to say that I am impressed to see so many with Shimla's bug! LOL! We are all going to go crazy once they start sprouting!
Good luck!
and Happy Birthday, Deb, --a day late--and enjoy the HVCC Garden Show.

Anne-Marie

I also live in Baldwinsville NY and planted herbs and pansies. My herbs are almost up (1/12 weeks). I purchased the seeds at Walmart and the peat moss containers with the dome. Next I'm planting the Wildflowers and Poppies. Will see how it goes. Although they mentioned we are zone 5 I sure do question that at times and stick to zone 4. To my neighbor in Baldwinsville check out the Walmart on 31. They had quite a selection and to my surprise this is working. I've never attempted this before. Please let us know how you make out and what you plant.
Deb

Uh oh...
I don't live far from Baldwinsville...I'm in Oswego. Which is close enough to go check out their seed rack. I wonder if they have more seeds than the Walmart here? (I was in Walmart yesterday, but I managed to stick to my small list and didn't come out with anything extra. THAT has to be a FIRST!)
But when I run out of potting soil...

Anise Hyssop
White Horehound
Valerian
Pretty Bonnets
Echinacea-White Swan
Filipendula ulmaria (meadowsweet)
Geranium Pratense
Geranium Mrs. Kendall Clark
Heliopsis
Hosta-New American Hybrids Mix
Primula Mix
Verbascum mix
Viola Penny Lane Mixture
Alpine Strawberries Ruegen

BERGENIA, HEART-LEAF-NEW HYBRIDS MIX
CORAL BELLS, NEWEST HYBRIDS
CHRISTMAS ROSE (warm cold warm cyler)
PRIMROSE, RONSDORF HYBRIDS DRUMSTICK

Actaea pachypoda (Doll's Eyes) (warm cold warm)
Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
Allium tricoccum (Wild Leek, Ramps) (multicycler)
Anemonella (Thalictrum) thalictroides (Rue Anemone)
Antennaria microphylla (rosea) (Pussytoes)
Aruncus dioicus (Goatsbeard)
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead)
Chelone lyonii (Pink Turtlehead)
Cimicifuga (Actaea) racemosa (Black Cohosh) (warm cold warm)
Claytonia virginica (Virginia Spring Beauty)
Darmera peltata (Umbrella Plant)
Dicentra eximia (Wild Bleeding Heart) (warm cold warm)
Gentiana clausa (Closed Gentian)
Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium)
Hydrastis canadensis (Goldenseal)
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Lobelia siphilitica (Great Lobelia)
Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells)
Passiflora incarnata (passionflower)
Rhexia virginica (Meadow Beauty)
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot) (multi-cycler)
Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine Poppy)
Thermopsis caroliniana (Carolina Lupine)
Trillium cuneatum (Whippoorwill Flower) (multicycler)
Trillium grandiflorum (Showy Trillium) (multicycler)
Trollius laxus ssp. laxus (Spreading Globeflower)
Viola labradorica ( Labrador Violet)
Xerophyllum asphodeloides (Turkeybeard)

oh also self gathered:
Agrimonia eupatoria (agrimony)
Aster (Symphyotrichum) cordifolius (Blue Wood Aster) (I think)
solidago (?) - blue stemmed goldenrod
Yellow flag Iris
Helianthus giganteus (Swamp Sunflower) (again, not positive ID, wild gathered seed)
Peony
Phlox panticula
Verbascum - "wild" (naturalized alien I think) moth mullein
White snakeroot
wild strain black eyed susans
lots and lots of triploid daylilies (from a friend)

The warm cold warm cycle plants got about six weeks warm and six weeks cold (should be three months of each) because the seeds were not available soon enough for full cycles-they are in biodegradable containers and will be sunk into the ground to recycle if no germination.

The species marked "multicyclers" need two cycles of cold to germinate. They were planted this winter but will be sunk into the ground to overwinter next winter.

Any seeds that were not stratified due to expert directions or that had disagreement (the cardinal flower, the Huechera, etc.) are split between winter sow and spring sow-most will just be sown outdoors when it is warm enough.
so that makes about 58 species I guess. I'd say for container count multiply it by 3.

I have monkshood, astilbe, assorted hostas and ligularia fall sown direct seeding, along with assorted second cycling seeds.

I have tarragon and golden hibiscus and two varieties of watermelon under lights indoors, and more passionflower, rosemary, Clethra alnifolia (Summersweet), Hydrangea quercifolia (Oak-leaved Hydrangea),Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel), Rhododendron maximum (Great Laurel) indoors under lights not yet germinated. Also a Mr. Kendall Clark Geranium that germinated too early and was picked out. Discpline is not my strong point. I had other Geranium pratense germinate in January and are big happy babies waiting to go out in the cool air ASAP. They do not appear to like the heat of the house.

Thus summarizes my winter garden experience *grin*.

I have like thirty tarragon and only want one-left them under lights for trades and something to stare at and harrass. Start looking for recipes that require tarragon.

Laurette

Well I was just about done except for my Mina Lobata, cuphea and morning glories and Hyacinth beans then I went to wally world yesterday and bought another packet of seed (Just one though) which I did this mornning already.
So I can add one container of
Sunflower Chianti Hybrid to my list so far.

Penny