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By BIRGITT THORNHILL
Extciuhm Agent
Herbaceous Plants:
• Sowing seeds of hardy annuals such as sweet alyssum, pinks and sweet peas will give the seedlings time to get established and develop good root systems before the coldest part of winter. This gives them a head start on growth and flowering next spring.
• Other annuals that can be sown now include larkspur, nigella, calendula, Shirley poppies, annual scabious, and coreopsis. Sown in the open, they should be well established by the time the cold weather comes.
• Dig prize gladiolus corms when the leaves yellow. The tops should be cut off 1/2 inch above the top of the corm immediately after digging. After digging, dry the corms (about 10-20 days), separate the large corms from the smaller ones and store them in damp peat moss at 4045 degrees F. where there is good air circulation. In most parts of the state, glads will normally over-winter without the need to dig them.
• To harvest sunflower seeds, wait until the seeds are fully grown and starting to take on a brownish
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