Debbie, Kathleen's right, go ahead and sow some Hollyhocks, they'll have plenty of time to develop in your zone.
Lucy, I loved the wild Aruncus when I lived in the woods, it was the tall kind. Your mention makes me miss it. Do you have any pics?
I've got so many wintersown perennial seedlings that need to get in the ground, I'm so far behind! Penstemons are the ones I'm most concerned about, but they're looking really good in their containers. The gardens are insanely full, full of weeds too, but thankfully the flowers are bigger. There's nowhere to plant any of these seedlings till I do considerable weeding and whacking back. Even then its going to be a challenge. I think I've finally overwhelmed myself with plants...it was bound to happen. There's so much blooming each day, by the time I walk around and observe, its getting dark.
