Years of blindly throwing seeds into cold, soggy ground give me reason to believe our sweet flowers will grow and prosper, even in adverse conditions. Already, in late March, out in Deep Harvest’s boggy fields the Blue Jubilee Jem Bachelor Buttons, Alpha Calendula, French Flounce Poppies, and sweet peas are showing their bold, enduring will to thrive. Echinacea and Double Click Cranberry Cosmos are getting strong in the greenhouse and will be planted out in the elements in the next couple weeks—they, too, can handle this! Come May and June we’ll sow our more heat loving flowers; Lovelies Bleeding Amaranth, Salmon Rose Zinnia, Jasmine Scented
Nicotiana, Nigella Exotica, and Soraya Sunflowers.
It’s a hopeful, beautiful act to plant seeds, especially flower seeds, in the midst of spring dreariness. Just go for it.
If they don’t come up, there’s always re-seeding. If they do… bliss!!
Annie’s Northwest Flower Planting Guide:
