Hi John! I believe you responded before to my post about the blue bird... I emailed you through GW, but since your email is blocked, it may have not gone through. :O) I still have several of these, most are seedlings from 4"-10". I would love to trade for your pastel clivia. Please let me know! :O) hazelnutbunny@hotmail.com Thanks! Melissa

My 'Bluebird' was 10 ft. by 10 ft. before I mostly cut it to the ground, last Winter. I hoped it would come back, and, being easy, it has. It will bloom soon. I concientiously pull up any seedlings, even though they must be just from my bush. There are none other nearby except a new, small, 'Blue Satin', that waited until it was 4 feet tall to bloom. Any seedlings would probably be close in appearance to the parent plant, but you can never be sure. I do prefer the appearance of the flowers on 'Blue Satin' although neither are really more than a violet blue.

I did not mention, the four that I found at the nursery later after my earlier started cuttings had just begun to root. One of the four I purchased at the nursery looked like it was struggling at the time I purchased it. It clearly had a thcker trunk and was about 8 inches tall. I brought it home and transplanted it to a 3 gallon pot. It too has been growing under the oak tree. Now it has abundant and nice dark leaves, and its main leader trunk is about 1/4th inch thick. All summer long its flower buds just dried up. I think that might have been due to the amount of shade where it was located. when I purchased that larger one, I also found three more that were in 4 inch pots. Their trunks are about 1/8th inch thick now, and have developed lots of dark green leaves and has bloomed a little under the dappled afternoon shade of the oak tree. At Ken's advice I took those 4 young potted starts out and set them just south of some taller azaleas, west of a still young camelia, and a few feet just east of my house. It seems reasonable that they will survive the winter if I dump them out of the pots to plant and over winter them in that location. But I am still concerned about the rooted cuttings that have been staying alive in 6 inch pots under my oak tree. They look healthy now, and I know I need to take them out from under so much shade. The fact that their main leader trunks are only about 1/32 or just slightly thicker, makes me doubt that they can survive our outside winter condtions, even when they go dormant. I do not have a greenhouse, but should I find someone with one, who is willing to over winter these 4 smallest ones in their greenhouse for me?

I'm looking for any type of seed from rose of sharon "Freedom," "Blue Bird," "Aphrodite," "Blushing Bride" and "Helene" or from 'Hybiscus Syriacus' plant and Morning Glory. This year I'm trying to grow all different types of plants from the same family so I can SASE next fall. Hummingbirds collecting nectar from these flowers which I'm looking forward to see next year. Thank you all, Mary