My first seeds have sprouted - the Candytuft - the package said 10-15 days for germination, and it only took 3. I chose Candytuft because they are drought tolerant, and grow well in less than ideal soil conditions. I plan to put them around the rocks in my perennial gardens which are under fairly large trees that suck up all the water around. They also have sentimental value to me because my mom has them in her garden, and they have always been one of her favourites...so hopefully now I will have a garden full!!

I also started my Black Pansies - but no germination yet, and the Lupines will go in tomorrow.

A quick trip to the newly opened walmart garden centre, and I came home with more seeds. I guess now I am growing broccoli, and cucumbers. I started them this evening along with the romaine lettuce I had previously purchased. I think I was slightly more conscious of "numbers" today than I was with the tomatoes and peppers, and only planted 12 broccoli, 18 cucumbers and 18 Romaines - which is still too many - but not anything excessive like 32 Jalepeno pepper plants I have started already... (I have the same problem at Walmart as Babs at Rambles and Brambles... I think I will be giving away plants to whoever will take them - and maybe even to people who wont...

So one of the few perennials I am growing from seeds this year is Shepherd's Scabiosa. I bought the seeds from Wal-mart or Canadian Tire or somewhere like that one day on a whim because I thought they looked pretty. So far they have been a bit of a pain, because just after they germinated a whitish-yellow powdery mould covered the surface of the soil in the entire tray of plants. That seems to have dissipated since I transplanted them, and they finally seem to be taking off. I planted them 5 weeks ago - and this is what they look like now.

Well, I thought I was done buying seeds, but I keep seeing things I like. I found Hosta seeds - I had planned to buy some Hostas to plant in my shade gardens this year, and then I saw the seeds - $4.99 for 12 - they better germinate. I planted them right away when I got home, but this time I used the peat pellets. They were kind of cool, so I hope they work. Supposedly, Hostas are slow growing and never turn out with the same markings as the parent plants.

I also bought a package of blue bachelor's buttons. I grew these flowers the summer I got married and included them in the bridesmaid boquets and my hair - so when I saw them it was a somewhat sentimental purchase.