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There's about a month and a half til our last frost date, and in about two months I can start planting out my hardy annuals! Boy does time fly! I better direct sow my poppies and wildflowers asap if I want early blooms.
Red Poinciana (the first to make it past a month!)


Leggy tomatoes and a type of eggplant called 'Pumpkin on a stick' Solanum integrifolium


And off course, I started some tubers:
Agapanthus (2/pack, Delft Duo, but the rhizomes weren't labelled so I have no clue which one is white and which one is blue)



Canna 'Red King Humber'


My brugs; their second winter. They were like this last year; few leaves and almost bear stem. Thanks to Diane who so generously sent me cuttings. They managed to bloom so I have high hope for these. I'm going to start fertilizing them in a few weeks. I was told that the more fertilizer that you give plants, the faster they grown and the more light they need. If you plant in poorer soil, and give it minimal water, they enter a semi dormant stage and will suffer less when you transplant them outside.