Hi! Thank you everyone who had responded to my post. I had finally found out what plant this is. It is a sansevieria cylindrica. It is one of the weirdest plants I've ever seen. I returned to the store and had asked one of the salespeople what this plant was (Which is what I should've done in the first place...). The salesperson was so nice, she even placed an order for some sansevieria to be delivered the following day. Again, thank you for all of the responses. Everyone had brought up names and photos of plants I have always been curious about and have wanted to buy, but have never known what to call them by way of identification. Sincerely, mbluetyphoon

I am looking to set up some spring trades over the long boring winter where I can't garden here in zone 5. TO TRADE: I have collections of sedums (15 kinds), hens and chicks (25 kinds), mints (10 kinds), TONS OF IRISES and some other flowers to offer. Most of my daylilies are new so most will not be up for dividing this year. Some will but I won't really be able to tell which until spring so I hoping to mostly trade other plants for daylilies. BUT I LOVE REPEAT HONEST TRADERS - and will keep track of them!!! I am looking for spiders, unsual forms, very unusal colors, and some ruffled edges. I prefer to NOT add any more yellows or oranges to my garden but there is always an exception. Would realy like Hot Chocolate daylily. Email me if you are intersted at myohhmy@comcast.net might want to put daylilies in headers so I don't accidently delete them. THANKS!!!

Rick, I must of missed your post under your photo. For sure I would be interested in some seeds. I'll say the 'Word' too ;) Maybe to save on USA stamps, you can send a bulk order to Marcia and then she can divide them up and then we can send her the SASE? Good idea or not? Same here, I have no success with Tithonia rotundifolia, too bad I've read that the butterflies sure love this plant. Savona, your Felicia (blue Marguerite) kind of looks like that HETEROPAPPUS meyendorfii 'Blue Knoll' blue Chrysanthemum from Siberia, anyone try that one yet? Sharon

Yes, they'll grow very nicely in Zone 5. Two things are really important, though. 1) They MUST have very sandy, well drained soil, as the bulbs rot easily in wet soil. 2) Learned this lesson the hard way. They can be attacked by some kind of a root maggot, which destroys the bulb. I think it might be the same kind that gets into onions and root crops like radishes. At any rate, be sure to apply some type of granular insecticide a couple times a year to the bed, once in spring and once in fall. In the old days, i would say diazinon or dursban, but I think both of those are off the market now. I guess the Bayer Advanced grub control stuff would work. Unfortunately, since they're a Dutch bulb, it's the wrong time of the year. I've actually seen the plants forced for spring sale at a garden center once, but VERY overpriced, like $20 for one plant. The bulbs are expensive, like $5 or $6 each, but not $20.00. This is a very good place to buy them from: http://www.vanengelen.com/