Here are my Liliput Zinnias planted about 10 days ago direct into this pot. They will only get about 5-6" tall at maturity, so they are even shorter than Dwarf Zinnias. I want to set this pot into a flat cut tree stump hole along my driveway out front for a spot of color. They'll only get part sun, but I hope they will bloom there. If not, I can always move the pot elsewhere. These are mixed colors. Zinnias are so easy to germinate, I didn't even bother to do them indoors first, as we're getting up to the 70'sF in Texas. as. . Next are my 3 new American Beautyberry shrubs, shipped to me dry root 2 weeks ago. They're already setting leaves and are looking very healthy. I have about a 30' stretch of tall white cedar fencing along the side street that these would look lovely planted along. I've never seen one int he flesh, but the pictures astound me. The Texas garden forums I follow tell me they are very hardy in Texas, those that have grown them. The birds love the berries, too. The blooms draw butterflies as well. I can't wait to plant them out, but I may wait until next spring, leaving them in successively larger pots in my semi-indoor atrium with 4 walls of protection. Their cascading branches umbrella out very much like an Abelia does. That way they can get larger and better withstand any possible freezes their first winter outside. We do get 3-4 freezes in Central Texas each winter, sometime down into the teens (F).
Lastly are my newly rooted cuttings of orange Kalancho destined to remain in pots between each of the golden Kalancho on my Lilttle Garden side wall. I think they will effectively create a wall border without blocking view into the garden. Not a close-up, but this give you an idea where I'm heading with the 11 potted plants. This Little Garden, as I call it is very much a work in progress. Just put in the stone path last year. This year I need to get out and pull up all the clover you can see in the photo, and getting quite comfy there.
The trouble is not so much the sowing but the next move on ad at sowing stage is all fine and just ambling along I take a look in my home made propergator and its wow look little seed leaves coming do out they come onto the staging carry on watering and marveling at them.......... The BANG there off time to move them from there nursery pots but OMG they are not waiting and I end up running out of room very quickly it gets a bit difficult finding spaces for them all...
But I will do it all again next year, even after saying that I won't buy as many next year.
This years project, corner decking from pallets. Sometimes I think gardening is such hard work
Hi Robin I think we're all seedaholics on this thread and never learn .
I'm suffering from greenhouse envy looking at the space in yours and Slums. The plants inside are looking good and healthy ?. Here's a peek inside my plastic "blowaway" growhouse...
Left hand side
Right hand side
The middle view
A bit of a squeeze to get the snaps, one of the door zips is bust and permanently closed . Keeping an eye on the forecast, hope we don't get a sudden cold snap and have to shift stuff back indoors
Thanks GG. It's mainly all the hardy stuff out there now. Cornflowers, lavender phlox, godetia, Clary sage, scaboius, phacelia, echium, cantanache, stocks, larkspur, snapdragons along with nasturtiums, marigolds, asters, lobelia, salvia and more I'm struggling to remember
I've given up direct sowing because of slugs.
Here are some more flowers and the edibles from indoors....
Zinnias, dwarf sunflowers and dahlias from my west facing front windowsill.
A little pot of nemesia.
Ageratum, pink candytuft and allysum in my micro trays (like the lobelia started off)
Some herbs, thyme and coriander.
Minibel patio toms, before I potted them on.
Here they are along with my cucumbers "marketmore" (I think?)
Chillies.
And finally the courgettes "gold rush", romping away.
Looks like only 1 of my Hostas survived their first hard freeze in this world but it peeked up this week. . The second pic shows what's around it. In the rear, a new Caryopteris clandonensis "Longwood Blue Mist" I just planted out this month. If it takes off, they are lovely. The plant in the foreground is red Turk's Cap, a native plant with blooms like Arab red turbans of old and hummingbirds LOVE them. It will be a month before they bloom however.
Here are my new shoots of Aspidistra elatior "Cast Iron Plant" along my back fence, just since pruning dead leaves out last week! .
My direct sown parsley seeds I planted in a raised bed along my back driveway. They look battered because the mister just watered them this morning. Here's a close-up. The tall stuff back at "the point" is purple Ruellia, already planted there by former owners and you can't dig it up to move to save your life. Re-roots deep underground:
Living stone daisy they have grown more looking good
Coreopsis need potting on
Gypsophila convent garrden I have potted these on now
Lots of seedlings in my Greenhouse need potting on, I have the compost now and some more seed cell trays just need the time to get and do it - then it will be space running out already
Gaura the bride coming along nicely now after slow start. Time to harden off i think. I sowed about 10 but only have 3 about this size.
A nice size echinacea magnus and a tiny one. Not sure why different sizes as given same conditions and sowed at same time. Will keep these in pots till next year i think.
Cerinthe major potted on. Most of them all have 2 or 3 stems. I'm confused whether this is one plant or 2
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Christmas Robin, I think you can never get to carried away and even if you do, you could sell what plants you don't need to fund your gardening habit!
Trailing lobelia, gazania, nicotiana and antirrhinum potted up yesterday.
Here are my Liliput Zinnias planted about 10 days ago direct into this pot. They will only get about 5-6" tall at maturity, so they are even shorter than Dwarf Zinnias. I want to set this pot into a flat cut tree stump hole along my driveway out front for a spot of color. They'll only get part sun, but I hope they will bloom there. If not, I can always move the pot elsewhere. These are mixed colors. Zinnias are so easy to germinate, I didn't even bother to do them indoors first, as we're getting up to the 70'sF in Texas. as.
. Next are my 3 new American Beautyberry shrubs, shipped to me dry root 2 weeks ago. They're already setting leaves and are looking very healthy. I have about a 30' stretch of tall white cedar fencing along the side street that these would look lovely planted along. I've never seen one int he flesh, but the pictures astound me. The Texas garden forums I follow tell me they are very hardy in Texas, those that have grown them. The birds love the berries, too. The blooms draw butterflies as well. I can't wait to plant them out, but I may wait until next spring, leaving them in successively larger pots in my semi-indoor atrium with 4 walls of protection. Their cascading branches umbrella out very much like an Abelia does. 
That way they can get larger and better withstand any possible freezes their first winter outside. We do get 3-4 freezes in Central Texas each winter, sometime down into the teens (F).
Lastly are my newly rooted cuttings of orange Kalancho destined to remain in pots between each of the golden Kalancho on my Lilttle Garden side wall. I think they will effectively create a wall border without blocking view into the garden. Not a close-up, but this give you an idea where I'm heading with the 11 potted plants.
This Little Garden, as I call it is very much a work in progress. Just put in the stone path last year. This year I need to get out and pull up all the clover you can see in the photo, and getting quite comfy there.
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The trouble is not so much the sowing but the next move on ad at sowing stage is all fine and just ambling along I take a look in my home made propergator and its wow look little seed leaves coming do out they come onto the staging carry on watering and marveling at them.......... The BANG there off time to move them from there nursery pots but OMG they are not waiting and I end up running out of room very quickly it gets a bit difficult finding spaces for them all...
But I will do it all again next year, even after saying that I won't buy as many next year.
This years project, corner decking from pallets. Sometimes I think gardening is such hard work
Hi Robin
I think we're all seedaholics on this thread and never learn 
.
I'm suffering from greenhouse envy looking at the space in yours and Slums. The plants inside are looking good and healthy ?. Here's a peek inside my plastic "blowaway" growhouse...
Left hand side
Right hand side
The middle view
A bit of a squeeze to get the snaps, one of the door zips is bust and permanently closed
. Keeping an eye on the forecast, hope we don't get a sudden cold snap and have to shift stuff back indoors 
Kitty2 great looking seedling there what are you growing?
Thanks GG
. It's mainly all the hardy stuff out there now. Cornflowers, lavender phlox, godetia, Clary sage, scaboius, phacelia, echium, cantanache, stocks, larkspur, snapdragons along with nasturtiums, marigolds, asters, lobelia, salvia and more I'm struggling to remember 
I've given up direct sowing because of slugs.
Here are some more flowers and the edibles from indoors....
Zinnias, dwarf sunflowers and dahlias from my west facing front windowsill.
A little pot of nemesia.
Ageratum, pink candytuft and allysum in my micro trays (like the lobelia started off)
Some herbs, thyme and coriander.
Minibel patio toms, before I potted them on.
Here they are along with my cucumbers "marketmore" (I think?)
Chillies.
And finally the courgettes "gold rush", romping away.
Looks like only 1 of my Hostas survived their first hard freeze in this world but it peeked up this week.
. The second pic shows what's around it. In the rear, a new Caryopteris clandonensis "Longwood Blue Mist" I just planted out this month. If it takes off, they are lovely. The plant in the foreground is red Turk's Cap, a native plant with blooms like 
Arab red turbans of old and hummingbirds LOVE them. It will be a month before they bloom however.
Here are my new shoots of Aspidistra elatior "Cast Iron Plant" along my back fence, just since pruning dead leaves out last week!
.
My direct sown parsley seeds I planted in a raised bed along my back driveway. They look battered because the mister just watered them this morning. Here's a close-up. The tall stuff back at "the point" is purple Ruellia, already planted there
by former owners and you can't dig it up to move to save your life. Re-roots deep underground: 
Hello here is some picture of my seedling
Gypsophila convent garrden I have potted these on now
Lots of seedlings in my Greenhouse need potting on, I have the compost now and some more seed cell trays just need the time to get and do it - then it will be space running out already
Gaura the bride coming along nicely now after slow start. Time to harden off i think. I sowed about 10 but only have 3 about this size.
A nice size echinacea magnus and a tiny one. Not sure why different sizes as given same conditions and sowed at same time. Will keep these in pots till next year i think.
Cerinthe major potted on. Most of them all have 2 or 3 stems. I'm confused whether this is one plant or 2