yes would love the iris sdbs all of them! Would also like some Persian berry and Rosalie Figge and as much Cat's eye as you can spare. I have Asc. Tuberosa Butterfly weed, Red Riding Hood Phlox and some unnamed dark hens and chicks. send me an e-mail, I am going to send you one and will find picture of my hens & chicks.See my trade list of other things. Have many more not even listed yet.Would like a large trade. Marsha

If you've ever seen garden phlox before they start to bloom, that's pretty much what they look like after the bloom is finished - especially if you deadhead the spent blooms. A green upright plant in the spring and summer, a brown upright stick in the winter (at least here in colder climates). They can get a little tired looking late in the season. And if it's real hot and muggy, or if planted too close together so the air flow is restricted, or you start getting evening and night time rains, powdery mildew can set in and they'll look dreadful. At the end of the season they can be cut down to the ground, and I'd recommend removing all the cut foliage and dropped leaves and disposing of them any place except in your compost pile. If powdery mildew exists, it can winter over on fallen debris and splash back up to affect plants the next season.

I don't have what you mentioned, but I do have August Lily--it's a type of hosta, but blooms later--August!!--with very fragrant white blossoms. Does great in the same conditions as other hostas. Let me know if you're interested so I can get a list going. I'm going to be more organized this time! Susan

I have had phlox stolonifera for years. It makes a great ground cover and forms a beautiful mat of flowers in spring. I have both pink and white, but the pink does better for me. Most of mine is in fairly heavy dappled shade under trees in our woodland garden. In spring, it gets sun before the trees leaf out. It may take a little while to form a good mat, but once it is established it spreads easily. I have to pull it out when it grows too far into the path. I also have phlox subulata, but I agree it blooms better in full sun, although it does bloom in shade if it gets some daily sun. As to a source in the Twin Cities, I can't help you there. I got mine from the Winter Greenhouse in Winter, Wisconsin, but they do not sell by catalog.