Hi, I would like to trade for the 7 sisters rose cuttings. I can trade cutting from my antique double bloom fragrant rose. Hot pink color . Also have a climber that blooms cream and turns light pink when the sun touches it . I don't know the names as they came with the house. Thanks, Marcy MaricelaLeiva@aol.com

I have tons of daylilies and a few dozen Asiatic lilies (easter lilies) They have been such a delight until this beetle came around! I am in in the north western part of CT. Our infestation in this neighborhood is going on 4 years now. Last year I tried neem oil and cedar oil (cedarcide for yard spraying.) Neither worked. Since I only had 30 max, I went around the yard with a bucket of warm soapy water with some cedar oil in it. I hand washed each stalk (what a flipping pain in the rear-end.) It helped some, others were a loss. A few went completely unscathed because they were buried between large hosta's. This year (since we are redoing the pool masonry) I had to rip out all of my perrennials. The lilies were about 6" high when I took them out. I loosened the soil and pulled out the stalk and bulb and shoved them in an old pot and dumped new potting soil on them. (At this point I've dug up so many plants that no plant got coddled or special treatment.) The bucket has been out side in partial shade for 10 days now, and yesterday I noticed about 3 huge larvae and 5 tiny ones on the underside of the leaves. So the dirt had nothing to do with it at this point...the eggs must have already been on the leaves. Our spring has just been so very cold (it is mid may and this weekend was the first 80 degree weather.) I never thought to get out there for larvae control...I was too busy digging up 250 sq feet of plants! Anyway, I sprayed with neem and picked off the critters. Having them in a pot really does help because I can tip it to look under the plant's leaves. I will go back to where they were planted and spray with neem even thought that dirt will soon be landfill someplace. *FYI Cedar oil is supposed to kill the eggs, larvae and the beetle but on a gradual basis. It is amazing for grubs, fleas and ticks and beneficial insect safe. I have also been using beneficial nematodes (from gardens alive) in my garden to fight vine borer larvae (it was about 75% effective last year.) So Perhaps using the cedar oil and nematodes to soak the ground in the spring and fall will produce better results. Time for me to check the lilies that I have elsewhere! Good luck all, Andrea

Hi Amazin , sorry I'm new at this web stuff ( mostly just a lurker) and couldn't find were I wrote to you the 1st time ... me feel so dumb with this puter stuff... but yes I have 9 begonias and 6 are from Logee's, some are named and other are ( pass a along's ) ..... Named ones= Begonia " Richardsiana" B." Snow Capped " B. "Tea Rose" B. "Hot Tamale" B. "Good and Plenty " B, "Tiny Gem " B. " Silver Queen " The Richardsiana has in pass week took a big flop , and so not sure whats up with it , taken it back into house , hope it was just heat stroking from 100 + daze we have been in for pass couple of weeks here in nastyville , so not sure about it. Two other's unknown named ones but pretty just the same and last one I think mite be B. " Sophia Cecile " not sure. I see you have " My Special Angel " have been looking at it in the catalogs . sorry I'm so long winded.... but sure there must be something in your long list that we can work with . P.s. I wont make it to any plant swap so..... not sure how we would do this if we've a mind to ???? But thanks for your time and effort if thats the only way .

rosecanadian, you may have already seen the pictures I shared before, but here we go again! I love Belinda because she smells dreamy, tough as nails, in constant bloom and one of my first roses! (my mom purchased her for me, along with a few others) The other thing is that she has so many different "faces". Classy, upright buds that turn into the most glorious blowsy blooms! I can cut flowers and they seem to last forever in the vase...scents the whole room. I have seen many post that she is not that fragrant for them..but not the case in my humid, hot climate. She is a rose that I will always have..234I cut her back for the first time this year (4th year growing, I think) so she would put on more growth from the bottom. My son's lab plowed thru her while playing with my little dogs! My girls went under and Scout went through! lol I did see a touch of black spot this year, but she drops a few leaves and soldiers on. NEVER looks bad..even in our 98 degree + weather. I have one that I rooted a few years ago, planted in a spot in the yard that is a pain to access with a hose, and it is thriving. I watered it a few times with a watering can and that is it! This was a few years ago. She is in my back yard that gets full sun from the south and west. She never wilts even with the excessive heat radiating from the driveway and light colored bricks. (and gracious, everything else does!!) I actually planted a forest pansy redbud behind her...that area bakes!! Tea olives are another must have southern staple. They also just bake and thrive.