Saturday, March 21, 2009

I hope I don't kill them

I finally took the covers off my new seedlings and the outcome is more than what I could have hoped for. Everything sprouted and is thriving, including the hibiscus. I'm so excited! I decided to show you pictures of these little plants, because what's about to happen to them, no plant deserves. I think it's time to transplant to individual pots. I just hope they survive. I think I have decided to watch the stores and when the seed starter kits go on sale, I'm going to snatch them up. I think I would like to use those next year instead of the milk cartons. The cartons worked out fine, but they became a little troublesome when removing the tops. Anyway, I should be able to get the kits pretty cheap in a month or so.



This is the hibiscus I'm so happy about. You can see that there are two little sprouts. I'm hoping I can make these work.
I think these will be particularly difficult to separate because they have kind of wrapped themselves around each other so I'm a little nervous about it. This is a Campanula Bell Flower.

Angel Trumpet
Star Flower

Salvia
Butterfly Weed
Coreopsis

Scabiosa. I almost want to plant this one right here because it must really love this location!
I wanted to show you that my hostas have started coming back. So far this one looks very happy. I have three other hosta plants showing and they are looking great also.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I loved seeing your pictures. A couple of them look just like mine. You have more coreopsis than I do and yours look a little bigger but maybe skimpier. What kind of sun is your scabiosa getting that they love so much. Make sure you have lots of room when you plant your angel trumpet. It's a big bush that probably take up two or three feet easily. You should plant the two together so they're fuller. I've found out this year that they make millions of little angel trumpets the next year. I just got through thinning those out like crazy from where they were last year and I'll probably have to do even more. Your hostas are beautiful. Thanks for showing your pics.
Jeanne

Linda said...

Kelly, your plants look amazing! Good luck moving them all around. One time I was at a greenhouse nursery and I watched a lady remove seedlings and transplant them. She was using a small flat knife and a spoon. She would just kind of take the knife and move it around the plant and then stick the knife down under the root system and lift it gently up. I tried this last year with my petunias and it works pretty good. She would use the spoon for plants that had more room around them. I can't wait to see all those healthy happy plants in a few weeks!