Hi - Here, are a few plants I am looking for to put in a shade garden. Here are just a few plants I am looking for; lady ferns southern wood ferns hostas ajugas astilbes chelone/ turtleheads geraniums wild ginger/ quicksilver epimediums; Frohnleiten Ellen Willmott Splishsplash oakleaf hydrangeas I am switching a sun garden to a shade garden. Let me know. Thank you, Mistee For the trade - I can offer these plants: Hi - I have these for sun, perennials for trade. These plants, never need replacing as they are perennials. I ,am needing shade loving plants. I, would like some perennials. All of these plants are mature, there are no small starts. You, will be getting mature plants. Plants: pink pampass grass, tallish plant. morning glory vine , large electric purple blooms, large heart shaped leaves. tall bearded iris, yellow blooms. fragrant serviceberry bush, pinkish white blooms fragrant , evergreen privet bush, white blooms. variegated, evergreen vinca vine, blue blooms, ground cover. jewel of opar , tallish plants succulent bright green leaves- pink star shaped blooms. mexican petunias , tallish plants bright purple blooms. ornamental grass - monkey grass, spikey purple blooms, ground cover. artemesia , silver grey - grey fuzzy foliage tallish plant. red yucca, nice accent plant with long spike covered in small red flowers, tallish plant. fragrant corkscrew vine, curling purpley,white blooms. red salvia, fragrant tallish plant with red tubular blooms that the hummingbirds love to visit. cuttings; hardy red hibiscus , large red blooms hummingbird bush , red tubular blooms rose of sharon, large lavender blooms I am in zone 8a, Texas. I ship, priority with delivery confirmation and would like the same. I hope, we can trade! I prefer, a multi - plant trade to maximize on the postage. Thanks for looking, Mistee

We had some of these all ready growing at the house we recently purchased. The flowers grow sooooo tall, and are pretty neat looking. After the flowers are done, the plant produces pretty large seed pods, which burst open with TONS of seeds when they have dried in the fall. Good luck with them, I know they are pretty popular in my neighborhood, but I have never seen them at a garden shop.

They make great shrub plantings as they're evergreen. In my neighborhood you don't see them too often except around nicely landscaped offices and malls, and the houses of the apparently well-to-do. They are very expensive here, a yucca sold in a 10" pot is usally about $20-$30, the larger the yucca the more expensive they are. Yuccas are very choice plantings for xeriscape gardens, once they're established you don't have to water them. Every year you can remove the browned leaves at the base of the plant whcih doesn't take a long time and makes it tidy looking. Sometimes they make new "pups" which can be snapped off and transplanted with high success rate. I agree that they have die-hard roots and will come back from small root pieces, so do choose your site wisely for them. Other than the spring clean-up to remove the browned leaves, and cutting off the spent bud stalk, they're practically maintainence free. T

I hope other more experienced growers can give some advice on what exactly to do with the plant, but there's one thing that you have to be aware of-sunburn. "so I placed the plant on my balcony 2 days ago to really give it some heavy direct sunlight throughout the day." If you just took the plant and plopped it out in direct sun with no prior acclimation I'm pretty sure a couple leaves will sunburn. If you want to put the plant outside then I would first leave it in an area that recieves ambient light from the sky with no direct sun. After a week passes, leave the plant out in brighter light for an hour, then the next day for two hours, etc. until the plant is left in direct sun for the entire day. "He said the plant could survive with no drainage... just water it once a week with 2 cups of water and provide it with lots of sunlight." Definitely untrue-I'm pretty certain that no plant can grow properly in a pot with no drainage. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure of this. Transferring the plant to a pot with drainage will definitely make both your life and the plant's life easier. Where approximately do you live?