I have lots of oregano and rosemary seeds, and an assortment of other herbs and veggies, and a few flowers. Take a look at my trade list and see it there's anything you'd like. I've been looking for a lot of the things you have- I would love to trade for your Lincoln peas, beets, yellow Spanish onions, salsify, atomic red carrot, purple sprouting broccoli, and/or summer savory. I have limited garden space, so I'm not looking for large amounts of any particular seeds, but I like to grow a wide variety of things each season. Here is a link that might be useful: My Trade List

I am in northern Michigan, zone 5. I have grown 5 of these for 4 years, and I love them. They are more like a small shrub with their woody stems. Mine grow about 3' high with a spread of about 4'. Once they start blooming this beautiful yellow, they will continue into fall with a little deadheading. I have not found them invasive at all, but they do have a fairly wide spread.

Im a purple lover too! Its my favorite colour! Something new for me is Alternanthera 'Purple Knight'. Has anyone grown this plant before? I ordered these seeds from Dominion Seed House in Ontario and sowed them yesterday. Since its considered an annual here in Canada, I think they would look nice in large containers like a whiskey barrel and perhaps a Carmencita Red-Bronze Castor Bean in the middle. Oh yes, we need some color, Purple Tidal Waves would look good with this plant too. Im also going to leave a plant indoors to use as indoor plant all year around. (see photo below) Alternanthera dentata ÂPurple Knight This is a beautiful foliage plant that thrives in full sun, but will also grow in shade. ÂPurple Knight is a fast growing plant with deep purple to green foliage. In full sun, the stems of ÂPurple Knight spread out wide. In the shade, plants tend to grow more upright and tall. Plants retained better purple color and a more attractive growth habit in full sun. Plants grew up to 3-feet tall and 3-feet across in the shade, and up to 2-feet in full sun. Also excellent in containers. (Annual- full sun) Im sure all of you addicted gardeners out there have seen this in the catalogues this year, its called, Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple Majesty' (Ornamental Millet) which I will start later on in the season. Should be a show stopper! I also ordered 2 Sambucus 'Black Beauty' shrubs from Dominion Seed House. Beautiful display of deep rich purple dissected foliage, enhanced in June by loads of lemon scented rich pink flowers, follwed by edible purplish black berries. Very easy to grow, it tolerates hard pruning. A "must" for every garden. Birds will love it too! Zone 3. http://www.koiwascotland.plus.com/garden/sambucus.jpg Happy Gardening everyone! I can't wait till Spring! Rose Here is a link that might be useful:

We have trumpetcreeper vine in several places and, while it is more invasive than I like, the hummers do love it. The only place it is under-control is on the arbor down near the driveway gate and mailbox. There I have both the orange and yellow flowered trumpet creepers in unimproved, rock-hard red clay and the only irrigation they get is rainfall. In those conditions they stay fairly small and manageable and I don't have to prune them or anything. During a really prolonged dry spell they may even drop foliage and go dormant, but they always rebound when the rain finally starts falling again. The trumpet creeper plants I have near the house sometimes pop up in places where I don't want them, but I either dig them out, or smother them with cardboard and mulch. I have trumpet creeper planted around our in-ground tornado shelter, which sticks up out of the ground a couple of feet. It doesn't look that great in winter when it is dormant, but in the springtime, the vines totally hide the tornado shelter. Of course, I have to prune it back regularly to keep it from growing across the door. While trumpet creeper is not my favorite vine, I grow it for the wild critters and it is lovely in bloom in August when other plants are struggling in the heat. Another vine the hummers love is American Cross Vine. It is native in Texas and the hummers follow its blooms as they migrate across Texas. Here, the hummers sometimes arrive before my Cross Vine blooms so I can only assume they don't rely on it as they migrate across our state. We have wild honeysuckle in the woods, but I won't plant that kind of honeysuckle in the "civilized" part of our landscape. Here around the house I have a coral honeysuckle called "Pink Lemonade" that the hummers absolutely adore. It is blooming now on the entry arbor that leads into my veggie garden and the hummers are buzzing around it all day long. Dawn