Hi Jsoto, I have some of the green with red tips, but don't know their name. Might you like me to send some of those when I send the irises? LMK and I'll add them to the list. Sue...chemocurl

would you do 10 hen and chicks, 10 cat nip, 10 romanesco broccoli, and 10 sunflower mix for 20 lisbon bunching green onion and 20 sweet basil ( i think it's genovese) i am going to have to check. My seeds were purchased this year commercial.

You DO know that the 'hens' die not too long after flowering, right? All of those little ones are the next generation. They've been happiest, for me, in full sun, and I grow them in our red clay. It does drain well, however, but I've not amended it with much of anything. Occasionally, I kidnap a few of the chicks to pot up in very gritty mix composed largely of granite chicken grit (or it might be turkey grit), Turface, and pine bark fines. Any that might be containerized stay near my back patio, which is sheltered from the hottest afternoon sun from about 4:00. They are SO cute in containers, aren't they? Are you growing yours in the ground or in containers?

Hi, the root rot might be right, but it sounds like vine weevil to me. These are fat maggots with brown heads, they are particularly fond of living in pot plants and feed on the roots, until the plant literally falls out of the ground. I have had vine weevil on semps..my suggestion is if they have any base of the plant to put them into dryish sand and hope they grow new roots.In the UK you can either get nematodes (ie biological control) or use provado. Both give protection for about 6 months. Nursery's over here now have to use this kind of treatment or whole stocks are lost to the little blighters. Hope this helps, Mark