I refrigerate all my seeds and then plant them Thanksgiving weekend. I tend to get blooms the second season. I used to plant in the spring and would not get any bloom until the third year. I am also in zone 5 in Upstate Central NY.

David

Brad,

Planting around Thanksgiving was suggested to me by Brent Ross of Cottage Gardens. Mother Nature gets rid of the weaklings. Brent says that he typically gets bloom the second year. When I lived in Maryland, and planted seeds in the spring, I wouldn't see blooms until the third year. I am presently working on clearing a space for planting seeds Thanksgiving weekend.

David

That seedling has been a bloomer! Cooling down a little here. Very dry with no rain and no rebloom. Deer took care of the one plant with rebloom.

A nice color. Plants here are huge from all the rain.

Very pretty seedling, Brad..

kay

Nancy, I really love Fever Dream.What a great color!!

Brad

Weeds, rain, weeds, rain. August and September have both been the second wettest on record. And last year, we had a half inch of rain in that period. Interesting to see Fever Dream; almost all eye.

those are very pretty. I like Fever Dream very well.

kay