I started seeds using the winter sowing method last year for the first time. I wasn’t sure if I believed starting seeds could be THAT easy. I was in for a HUGE and incredibly wonderful surprise. It really was THAT easy. I fell in love with the process from just seeing what germinated with what the flowers would do still being unknown. I was blown away with the beauty that these beautiful winter sown seedlings matured to become. I was even moved to tears as I wandered among so much beauty. I vowed then to winter sow anything and everything that I could this year.
I want to share what seeds I winter sowed last year with you in this video, show you the great unveiling after months of peeking through the opening of the jugs, and the beautiful flowers (and an onion) they all became. I hope that you enjoy this stroll through my garden and are inspired to try your hand at this incredibly easy and worth it method of seed starting.
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40 Comments
Lupin shows up second year
We're the lupine biannual? Mine were. Flowers the second year.
Northern Michigan , zone 5/6: ALL the zinnias, verbena bonariensis, Victoria blue salvia, cleome.
Never tried winter sowing. I want to. I need help with when/month to start and how many seeds per jug?
Yay, a fellow southerner and gardener/beekeeper! I'm in east TN/zone 7A. I haven't done the winter sowing in the water jugs yet, but I did sprinkle some seeds in a bed for a "wildflower" area in early February 2022 and got poppies (for the first time ever), golden Marguerite, yarrow (BTW, yarrow sometimes takes a while to establish, so don't despair yet), salvia, agastache & Dame's Rocket. I'll definitely be doing the seed sprinkle again, but I can see how it might be easier to purposely plant individual plants in specific spots. I was wondering about tithonia when buying seeds for this year; your video sealed the deal!
You’ve inspired me to try. Thanks for sharing your experience. Did you or will you be making a video of when you transplant? Need to know when that should be happening – also in zone 7b.
North Maryland zone 7A representing. I know you folks don't consider that south. Thanks for sharing your results. Good advice. Those "unwind" flowers are pronounced with a long I, like winding a watch, that makes more sense doesn't it? I sowed a lot of jugs last winter for the first time. I had really good results from starting Eastern Redbud Tree seeds, and also was surprised by the results of mixed color Impatiens which turned out to be all pink. I tried those Walmart/Dollar Store brand seeds with no luck. I'm inspired by your Tithonia results. I'd like to try those. First time viewing your channel, and enjoyed it.
That was so fun to watch! Thank you for sharing. 🙂 I'm in zone 6b and I winter sow just about everything haha. Flowers and veggies! I give it all a go, this will be my third year. The only times things dont germinate well is when I mess up the drainage holes or watering.
My first time of winter sowing was last year only seeds that I did was eggplant it was a 100% now this year I doing a hole lot more I need some more jugs jan-12 -2023
I'm in zone 9. Zinnias and gomphrena!
Some lupine are annuals and some are perennials. If your lupine lived and were perennial they could bloom this spring. Same goes for milkweed and maybe some of the others. Your garden was wonderful.
Zone 7B New Jersey and Snapdragons worked really well for me. The puppy got to the rest lol.
Great video. Lupine will do much better second year as it is biennial
I am grateful for this video. You gave a complete from sowing to harvest. Did you winter sow vegetables
So how do you winter sow?
I got on a seed fever kick the other day after watching your video, lol. Bought a whole bunch of seeds (cut flower varieties) online. You have a great zone for winter sowing, so many varieties you can grow. Very cool winter sowing dahlias. I’m in zone 6 so we deal with pretty extreme cold temperatures. I noticed when I winter sowed the growth really picked up once it started getting warmer. That was fun to see. Beautiful garden! Thanks for getting me inspired and excited about this next growing season!!
OMG. This is the first time I’ve commented on anyone’s YouTube or any other platform. I live in the middle of Georgia, zone 8b. I’ve been winter sowing for a few years now and love it for so many reasons. This is a list of everything I’ve winter sown with success. It’s a lot! Larkspur, cleome, cosmo, sweet william, bachelor button, tithonia! (There’s a yellow one,too), sweet peas, amaranth (trailing and globe), alyssum dill ( the monarch caterpillars love them) oregano, zinnias, nasturtium, liatris, tall verbena, salvia, bunny tails, nicotiana, orlaya, coneflower, daisy, foxglove. And more! You’ll probably do even better in your zone because you’re slightly cooler and a little less humid. I try something new every year. So much fun!
Hi, Kim- I enjoyed this video! I do a lot of winter sowing here in zone 6A, central Ohio. Maybe I’m missing something, but I couldn’t tell what your hardiness zone or state is from this video, or from the “About” section for your YouTube page. It would be great for us newbies if you’d announce your zone and region at the beginning of the videos. Again, sorry if I missed it somehow- great video!
Thank you for showing us what was successful. It is a timely video since now is the time to winter sow. For some reason I thought lupines were biennials but I see yours bloomed in the first summer. Had a good germination rate with them but think they got too dry at the end of summer/first of fall since only one plant survived. But it survived the flash freeze of December, as did some ranunculus. I live in zone 7B, NE Mississippi, so many of these I can start and set out in the fall for spring bloom; otherwise it gets too hot too fast. Still haven’t been successful with sweet peas or poppies.
Zone 8a, North Central Texas…I winter sowed for the first time last year. Black eyed Susan and Anise Hyssop did GREAT!
What size is your greenhouse I have a greenhouse like your mine is a 6×8 I put it up last January 2022 I love it a I have one little Plasket one to that have a zipper door I am planting lots of veg and flowers
Other wintersown seeds that I've been very successful with: Sweet Williams (biennial); columbine (biennial), nigella, dara, ammi, orlaya.
I Love tithonia!! attracts sooo many butterflies
Zone 5b Nebraska! One of my favorites is cardoons! I don’t eat them but grow them for their ornamental value. Also globe amaranth/gomphrena, salvias, zinnias, cosmos, black eyed susans, coneflowers. My other favorite was madam butterfly bronze snapdragons. This is the video of yours I’ve watched. Loved it!
Great video! I am in zone 5b, winter sowing winners for me were strawflower, bachelor’s button, alyssum, Lupin, foxglove, poppies. Didn’t have much luck with Dara, delphinium, rudbeckia. My cosmos germinated but then got killed by frost so they would probably work if you started later or lived in a warmer zone
Some lupines bloom year 2.
6a – I’ve been WSing for several years. I love it!! I’ve done veggies too, even tomatoes and peppers. This year’s flowers are liatris, larkspur, cleome, scabiosa , erygium, rudbeckia (several varieties), Chinese forget me not, Ammi magus. If I can find the Lambada too! Thanks for the tip of Botanical Interests…heading there tomorrow!
I did the same thing with Mexican sunflower first, yr…lol.
Now I grow this in the back of a flower bed right right outside a window. Blooms till the last frost, even in part shade
Zone 9 California desert and I winter sowed a ton of things. Scabiosa, coneflower, stock, straw flowers, status, Shasta daisies, foxglove, lisianthus, bee balm, snapdragons, lots of yarrow. I tried to stay with more drought tolerant and perennials. These are still showing life in the garden. I have a whole bunch of stuff started this year!
I'm a newer winter sower myself. Outside Chicago zone 5b. I found my butterfly weed did well, but read it might not bloom the 1st year. I didn't have luck with the lupine either, maybe this year it will bloom. I also had good luck with phlox and stock , both did really nicely for me and I will be sowing those again this year.
Great video!
Oh wow, beautiful garden
Hi from N.Y zone 6a. I prepped the ground for a butterfly garden in the fall of 2022 and I winter sowed alot of seeds also from Botanical Interest in 2023. This will be my 3rd year in doing so. I was very interested in milkweed and what did the best for me was the Swamp milkweed. I also did the cold stratification for it in the refrigerator and then grew it also under grow lights to compare and both ways did really well. I raised and released so many monarchs. They love the swamp milkweed over the rest of the native which I grew. I had so many seeds from my swamp milkweed that I even shared them with another channel called Butterfly Garden Inspirations. She has a channel in Florida. Because she has so many monarchs her swamp milkweed never got a chance to produce any flowers for seed. I also winter sowed Purple cone flower, Verbena, Penstemon, Anise Hyssop, Wild Bergamot and so much more. A tip for the Tithonia just like Zinnias. Pinch it back after it starts to get tall and it will bush out with more flowers. Love your garden great job. I'll be watching now.
Ok. I’ll try again. 😂
just stumbled across your channel, good stuff. I grew Mexican sunflower as a hedge along the front of my veg garden. they are awesome. FYI i'm in zone 8a eastern NC.
Okay, you sold me on winter sowing! And on subscribing when you did that lambada shimmy!
Your video makes me want to try winter sowing again. Love bee balm but not it’s invasiveness. For that reason I won’t grow
It sounds like you are basing your rating on whether or not you like the flower. Not based on how well the winter sowing method worked on each individual plant. 👎🏻
Celosia for winter sowing any kind or color
I am in zone 5, Ontario, Canada. I had great success with nicotiana, foxglove, native penstemons, rudbeckia, annual phlox, zinnia, cosmos, parsley, lettuce. I am sowing warm loving plants in March. Other seeds in January. This year I have winter sown a lot of native plants. I can let you know later how it went.