Tuberous begonia and button flowers transplanted into containers

The button flowers have been fully hardened off for a while now, so went ahead and put them into their permanent containers.

The tuberous begonia was part of Group B, but since its permanent home is full shade (along the fence) and it's huge for its little pot, I went ahead and transplanted it.  Very root bound but looks good so far.

Beets, hollyhock, ageratum, and other flower started in paper towels

 - Hmm, two bags of collected seeds both from 2019, one called "button flower" (which I know now is ageratum), the other called "purple-headed flower, nice" -- I can't remember what the latter could be, and I wonder if it's also the ageratum, but the seeds look different.  So, started both, and we shall see.

- Hollyhock collected last year from neighbour (my first time trying hollyhock)

- Beets (x~60) collected from last year's biennial beets that went to seed

4 degrees predicted for tonight -- most tenders under cover -- containers brought inside

Used old sheets, pillowcases, dog bed cover, cloches, and upside down pots to cover most of the tenders.  Sheets/pillowcases over top of upside down pots in some cases.

Containers brought inside:  big potted ground cherry (the most sunburnt one which now looks like the best one), big potted Sweetie tomato, big potted basil, all the not-yet-transplanted zinnias and squashes/cucumbers, the nasturtiums, and the potted ageratum.

Tenders not protected:
- Sweetie in central bed -- has a few tiny tomatoes on the way, will be interesting to see if the plant will be affected
- Ground cherry in north bed east of compost bin
- Most beans:  Kentucky Wax along north wall, Great Northern along west wall, and Tendergreen Everlasting at south end of west wall

Aha! Button flower is ageratum

Came across the labels from last year's store-bought plants.  Aha!  Button flower is ageratum, specifically Blue Hawaii 5.0, or at least that was what the seed came from.  (hybrid)

The three plants look great so far.  Amazingly bushy yet compact, I would have sworn each one consisted of a clump of seeds, but no; all that growth from one seed.  Really cute foliage/plant.  One is already flowering.