Re: larkspur -Reply

We had an unusually mild winter here in the Cincinnati area Zone 6a this year.
However, in February when the soil was very damp and a very light snow just
about melted away, I sprinkled larkspur seeds over one bed and did absolutely
nothing else--didn't rake them in, cover them with anything, water them, etc.
Just sprinkled and walked away.

The seedlings did come up relatively slowly--as I recall it was late April or
early May before them started to germinate, but then they grew rapidly and
flowered gloriously for about a month.  There are a few small scattered
flowers right now, but the plants have mostly burned up.  I will scatter the
seed heads and hope to get similar results next year.  They were easy.  Used
the same approach on another bed with California and Iceland poppy seed--same
result, but earlier.  But groundhogs or deer ate most of these to the ground.

On the other hand I have never had any degree of success with sweet peas seeds
and I think our summer is too hot to grow them anyway, even if they sprouted
for me.

Bill Lee

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