i collected several pods of trumpet vine seeds last fall.they are more orange than red but i can send some to you for postage if you want them.i dug several plants too but they have shown no sign of life yet this spring i would like liriope but i cannot afford to trade plants for a while .do you have seeds from them

Hi Joy, I would love to trade for the telosoma! Thank you for offerening the cutting but I will have to pass since I just don't have any luck with any I have gotten in the mail. I will email you.

I also have been wanting these for several years now and was thinking about them just today (since I'm dividing my own convallaria at the moment). Unfortunately, I don't have the specific things on your wish list but I have a ton of perennials here (mostly sun but quite few for shade also). Of course, I have over 600 named daylily varieties if you have any interest in those. I have the pink lily of the valley and the double white. I have lots of hellebore babies. There are some double pink primula I just potted today. How about some tetraploid Japanese iris? There are also some species tree peonies (paeonia ostii 'Phoenix White') that I've grown from seed - one to two year away from blooming size. Give me some more ideas if there might be something else you want to consider. Thanks - Pat

It's hard to tell you what to do when we don't know what your gardening climate is. It looks like it was growing indoors for a long time. If so, it will probably do much better outdoors, if you live in a relatively mild winter climate--warmer than USDA zone 7. If you have to keep it indoors over the winter, give it as much direct sun as possible: a south or west exposure would be ideal, and a bay window even better. If you grow it outdoors, give it morning sun and afternoon shade if your summer highs exceed 105 degrees. Feed it regularly, and--judging by the current size of it--it should be big enough to bloom in about 2 years. By the way, Crinums aren't true lilies, and you might get more and better info from the folks at the Amaryllis or Bulbs forums. Welcome to Gardenweb! Kevin : )