Words for Wednesday :: Plant Edition

This challenge started a long time ago. Now it has turned into a movable feast with Elephant's Child as our coordinator; and the Words provided by a number of people.

The general idea of this challenge is to make us write. Poems, stories, subtitles, tales, jokes, haiku, crosswords, puns, ... you're the boss.
Use all Words, some Words, one Word, or even none of them if that makes your creative juices flow. Anything goes, only please nothing rude or vulgar.

 It is also a challenge, where the old saying "The more the merrier" holds true.

So please, remember to follow the links, go back and read other peoples' stories. And please leave a comment after reading. Challenges like this one thrives on interaction, feedback and encouragement. And we ALL need encouragement.

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The Words for the Wednesdays in March are provided by River, who has decided to use fewer words in the hope that more people might be tempted to join us.

Today's words are:
Bewilderment
Gossamer
Previous
Umbrella
Survivor
Midnight
Windowless

I am busy plant dyeing, planting, weeding and growing. So a real life story must do.

To my bewilderment all 24 of my Dyers knotweed seeds sent up their gossamer sprouts. Previous attempts have only made one in three grow.
Now I'll have to invent some sort of plant-umbrella so that the sun won't scorch the pretties. Any and all survivors will eventually be transplanted into larger containers, and later into my garden - when the frost is wholly and totally gone. It won't be a midnight project, but sure a late evening one, so that the small ones - hopefully way larger by then - will be able to survive the jump from my windowsill to the great, windowless outdoors.

And a picture to prove my words:

I know, it looks like the three bottom left has not germinated. They have.