Morning Bushie, 

I don't know why, but I bought packets of seeds the other day.  I'll make up some seedling trays and scatter the seeds on them.  If they work, okay.  If not, that's it.  

At the old home, the neighbour was a nurseryman who supplied Woolies, Bunnings with "Pots O Color" plants. He was forever watering and spraying and adding to the pots with fertilizer pellets prior to sending to the stores.  I was allowed to take his "not fit for store presentation" seedlings and had a pleasant rainbow amongst the roses.

I remember my mum at one stage, finding all the "bargain" seed packets she'd bought over a couple of years.  She levelled out a couple of areas between shrubs and just scattered the seeds around.  "Let them sort it out amongst themselves, she said"  So a jungle of zinnias, marigolds, cosmos and some other things brightened up the areas for awhile.

I think some of the newer varieties of seedlings (hybrids) are not "hardy".  The old fashioned varieties seem to do better.

DEB