Platycodon - blue stars in my garden.

ddsack · July 16, 2007

I started these from seed some 6-8 years ago and they have thrived and expanded from the roots. They survive -30 below zero in the winter, and hot, dry, poor soil in the summer. I finally got around to plumping up the soil in my flower bed with some manure this spring, and they really rewarded me
with exceptional size.

I started snapdragons from seed indoors this spring, they are such a pain to transplant because the seedlings are so tiny and I always sow too many. But the end result is well worth the bother, I tell myself. There's just something weirdly whimsical about snaps.

remy · July 17, 2007

Great pics! I just love my balloon flower too! The lily looks great with them.
I love the snapdragons also. They were the first flower I ever grew from seed when I was little.
Remy

Sherry_AK · July 17, 2007

Beautiful pictures. I just tore my Platycodon out because they were in a weed-infested bed which was "decommissioned." I should start some more.

**tomatoaddict** · July 23, 2007

Sherry, I think you have the prettiest garden I have ever seen. It must be like living in paradise.

Sherry_AK · July 24, 2007

tomatoaddict -- Thanks so very much! Even though we can only enjoy it for a short season, we get much pleasure from it.

(And I do hope you were actually speaking to me ... or is ddsack's real name 'Sherry'? I will be horribly embarrassed if that's the case!!!)

**tomatoaddict** · July 24, 2007

LOL..

I was talking to you Sherry in Alaska....
That's cute.

July 16, 2007	#1
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Platycodon - blue stars in my garden. I started these from seed some 6-8 years ago and they have thrived and expanded from the roots. They survive -30 below zero in the winter, and hot, dry, poor soil in the summer. I finally got around to plumping up the soil in my flower bed with some manure this spring, and they really rewarded me with exceptional size. I started snapdragons from seed indoors this spring, they are such a pain to transplant because the seedlings are so tiny and I always sow too many. But the end result is well worth the bother, I tell myself. There's just something weirdly whimsical about snaps.

July 17, 2007	#2
remy Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Z6 WNY Posts: 2,354	Great pics! I just love my balloon flower too! The lily looks great with them. I love the snapdragons also. They were the first flower I ever grew from seed when I was little. Remy __________________ "I wake to sleep and take my waking slow" -Theodore Roethke Yes, we have a great party for WNY/Ontario tomato growers every year on Grand Island! Owner of The Sample Seed Shop

July 23, 2007	#4
tomatoaddict Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: zone 5 Posts: 1,459	Sherry, I think you have the prettiest garden I have ever seen. It must be like living in paradise. __________________ Secretseedcartel.com

July 24, 2007	#6
tomatoaddict Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: zone 5 Posts: 1,459	LOL.. I was talking to you Sherry in Alaska.... That's cute. __________________ Secretseedcartel.com

July 17, 2007	#3
Sherry_AK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alaska Zone 3/4 Posts: 1,857	Beautiful pictures. I just tore my Platycodon out because they were in a weed-infested bed which was "decommissioned." I should start some more.