Many of my little seedlings are growing now:

• Cosmos: I have about 20 seedlings growing now, and every day a few more of the seeds sprout in their little paper towel/ziploc bag environment. I think they would have done better if I hadn’t had that one day that they got scorched. Some seeds are clearly dead, but others are coming along.
• White coneflowers: I did not get enough sprouts from these. I am still waiting for the ones I gathered anew last Saturday to sprout while sitting on top of the soil in the planter cells. I threw away the ziploc full of seeds that had been scorched. I think I only got six or so that sprouted out of that batch. I don’t know if the new batch will work well — I wonder if these seeds don’t like being left on the plant all winter outside in the cold?
• Salvia nemorosa: The new seeds I gathered on Saturday are beginning to sprout in their new ziploc bag. I threw away the old bag. Out of the new batch, I put three seeds in pots today because they were sprouted. I expect more in the next few days.
• California poppies: I thought I had sprouting seeds in each little “jiffy pellet” in a tray of 72, but about 15 aren’t doing anything. Perhaps they’ll break ground soon. Maybe I covered them too deep or firmly. The others are growing and starting to produce their first branching leaves.
• Coreopsis: These babies are doing great. The seeds never got scorched, and I have quite a few little seedlings going now. This may be my largest crop this year (aside from the poppies if they do OK).