I planted basil, both Genovese and Summerlong, I have no idea what the difference is, but we will see. I had great success with basil last year, I had a great crop all summer and even dried some for use this winter. I also planted Rosemary, although I am not expecting great results. I tried that last year and most of the seeds didn't even germinate, and the ones that did never did grow much. I figure at less than $2.00 a packet it was worth one more try.
In the flower category, I planted Dahlia seeds. Yes, seeds. I never even knew you could grow dahlias from seed until last year. I tried it and had great success. I had beautiful, plentifully flowering dahlias until frost. My plan was to save the roots to replant this year, but my procrastination got in the way of that. Last year I also started zinnia's inside. I did buy some seeds, but I think I might just plant them outside when it gets warm enough, I've been told starting them inside doesn't give you that much of a headstart with zinnia's and I don't have a whole lot of room for growing inside. I started marigolds inside last year also, but again, I don't think it is worth the space.
For the starter containers I used the little greenhouse things that you can buy at the gardening stores. Last year I used the little pellets but I found that the seedlings soon outgrow the size of the pellets and you need to transplant to a bigger container. This year I started with the bigger containers. I used the biodegradable containers that you can just plop in the ground when it gets warm enough to transplant outside.
Here is a picture of one of my gardens from last year:
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