"Ellen" wrote in
:

Last year I bought Burpee Seeds (flower) from Wal-Mart.

What kind of flower? Zinnia? Hollyhock? Were they annuals biennials or
perennial flowers?

When I went
to plant them, I noticed they had been packaged in France.

When did you plant the seeds? In Northern Michigan, you might have to
start certain long growing varieties indoors and transplant them out
after frosts end in order to get blooms.

A month or
so later, beautiful foliage, but not one bud or flower.

A month isn't much time, when starting from seed, for some varieties to
start blooming. How about after 2, 3 months?

I managed to find some more seeds on the shelves (Martha Stewart),
also packaged in France. These did produce some puny blooms toward
the end of the season.

Again, what kind of flowers were supposed to be coming from the 'seeds'?

How do I avoid having this happen? I am in Northern Michigan, so the
season is short and seed stock is not re-ordered.

Is France the problem?

Depends if you're a red state or a blue state...

Lowe's just opened but I do not know what
brand they will carry.



Any suggestions would be welcome. TIA.

Ellen