Geranium
Geraniums do fantasically during the frost-free days. If I grow them under lights for two months of so and then put them outside, the plants can get two feet tall by August. They never get bugs and give great bunches of flowers, too. There's a native geranium species here in the woods near the house, and I wonder about the relation between that plants and these cultivated varieties. The seed is from Thompson and Morgon, which has dozens of varieties. The one I liked best was called "Buxton Blue" (I believe) and produced a sky-blue flower with dark lines running along the petals.
