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.

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.