Alison, I'm checking that ebony flower every day so I don't miss the seeds. Funny, it's the only ebony one. How come only one flower on it though? Any ideas how to get more than one flower after I get the seeds from this one? I love the painted tongue too. Trying to get the seeds from those too. I want lots of them next year. I love gazania too, but those rabbits just won't leave them alone no matter where I plant them, they find them. PM2 The candy lily where WS 3 years ago and just started to bloom Aug 6. Funny to cause I was going to move the fans this fall to a different location because they weren't blooming and was so surprised to see the flower stems full of buds show up all but over night. They are planted in an area that gets morning sun and then sun again later in the afternoon. They will get more sun after a big oak tree is taken down. These are all the same color though I know they come in different colors. Hoping for seeds. I'm pretty sure they can grow in full sun to part shade. Mine are in part shade. Fran

1. Direct seeding onions is very tricky as proper spacing is very difficult to establish and requires a large amount of thinning. 2. October is pretty late to start short day onions. I start mine in dedicated beds just after Labor day and transplant in December. 3. If the plant has sufficient growth they will start bulbing in March. Harvest in May althos you can harvest green onions anytime they are large enough for your use. 4. Remember that an onion is a leafy vegetable ( the bulb is a modified leaf) NOT a root crop. The need higher than normal nitrogen.

FoxesEarth, I just love that daylily! (and combo). I've actually got the same 'white' daylily & lavender verbena combo, even with vinca! but I think its Joan Senior, along with another smaller pale yellow. This one is so much prettier and delicate, though. I, too, usually prefer the simpler forms, but this ruffle is just so delicate. We've got a double wild Tiger nearby and it is such a beauty. I've always loved just the simple, graceful daylily, since I was a young child ... and Lily of the Valley in Spring.

We have a Lorikeet enclosure here at the Nashville zoo, and they are the friendliest birds. Don't mind eating from your hand at all.