Plants I am looking for: * anything on my plants list: * This list is updated every time I discover a new plant!lol * And - most anything tropical or variegated!!!!!!! * Banana plants- Rhino Horn, Orinoco , Brazilian * and Thousand Fingers. * You can Tempt me with other Bananas also, since I am new * to them. * Spanish Flag Vine. * clematis vine - any but white. * Flame Acanthus. * Coral vine/ antigonon leptopus. * Thunbergia Mysorensis / Clock vine. * Strawberry Begonia. * Asters. * lamium. * mexican breadfruit - monstera delisiosa. * cyclamen. * Crinum bulbs. * Brugmansias. * geraniums. * banana shrub/ michalia figo shrub? * Lemon Grass - great for cooking, etc! * Red passion vine and most others. * Oxalis - the one with the maroon leaves and pink flowers. * most tropical vines. * tropical looking lilies. * tropical cannas - red leaves & variegated. * ornamental grasses- pink pampas, african, mexican * feather, hakone, asian types, etc...... * gingers - would love to get these plants: reds ,pinks, and * blue. * Really Want - Heliconia Rostrata plants, they are so * awesome looking! * Hostas - any big and fast growing. * Big ferns for the garden. * large type e.e.'s - like black, variegated and unusual * looking. * pond plants - horsetail, lizard tail, big papyrus, etc.... * Daylilies - all but orange. Got these coming out of my * beds. * Agapanthus. * Crocosmia bulbs. * Japanese Maples. * Tempt me, send pics. - I am still finding plants I * like...

I am in your vicinity and my night jasmine bushes bloom when it is a little warmer than 75 degrees. It blooms and puts out its fragrance at night. Night jasmine was used very much in the Vieux Carre' in New Orleans in the 18th and 19th centuries to mask the smells of the horses and domestic animals (not to mention the outhouses). Some people do not like its sweet smell but I love it. I plant it where the breeze from the south blows the fragrance towards the house. And, if you pick a branch for the indoors, it will begin to smell at dusk also and REALLY give your house a good fragrance. It makes white berries in the fall and you can use them in Christmas wreaths and arrangements. I used the blooming branches in church once for a nighttime wedding and the whole church smelled very "weddingly." Coleen

Our local "Home Depot" has Hot Lips. I bought mine in very early spring, sometime in March, and it's still blooming today! The only thing, it has not set one seed pod and I've probably had 1000 blooms. I would advise buying one also, I'm not sure if it is propagated by seed. It was in a gallon pot, very nice size plant and only cost $5.96. It is about 4 times bigger now, so it's a good investment. I, too am going to try some cuttings. Good luck on your search and if you do find seeds, please post that you did so I'll know that they do set seeds. May God bless you with his loving Grace, Mona

The Eurasian meadow sages grow from basal rosettes, and the stems are dead soon after seed has set, ripened, and dispersed. Don't cut back wood on reglas, greggiis, and microphyllas. New growth should come from near the base and at the ends. You can rub or lightly scrape off the bark on a piece of wood and look for a green xylem, the layer that carries moisture and nutrients. The wood should be supple, not dry and brittle.