I was so excited this Fall by how healthy all of my hardy annuals were looking when I put them in the ground and then again a few weeks later. And then.... well, we've had a crazy winter with extended below freezing temperatures and vicious winds that have had these snaps looking like this ...
And now, like this...
I see all sorts of lovely branching and green around the base of most of these so I'm still holding out hope that I can salvage some of these beauties and I'll have my first real harvest of Madame Butterfly Bronze.
Obviously only time will tell, but in the meantime, I've started my next batch of seedlings which include some Chantilly Yellow Cream Snapdragons as well as Peach, Cheerful White and Rainbow Stock. Remembering these stock from last year and how I excited I was that they did something... and that FRAGRANCE! Sweet and spicy and oh so intoxicating:
But first, we shall have crocus, hyacinths, daffodils and tulips... after all, it is still January!
