Hi Ann, As it happens you chose ones I do have extras of. The "cost" is three first class stamps - four if you wish for me to provide the bubble mailer. Just so you know, if my post office does not require all three stamps I will keep the extra to cover the cost of my seed envelopes which are $17 per box of 500 (usually they only require .58 cents for an envelope less than an ounce, but it depends on who is at the window when I take them in). One of the other people who took me up on the offer (and I sent them over 10 packets of seed - most with more than 100 seeds included) was very upset that I kept the extra first class stamp so I want to be very clear so there are no further misunderstandings. I am not trying to "make" money, but it would be nice not to lose it. I also need from you. A copy of your want list and a filled out return label. If you don't have a sticky one no problem I'll be happy to tape it on. Please put your gardenweb name in there somewhere too. I also have the following left if you want to add any of these to your list: Adenophora lilifolia (Ladybells) Amaranthus 'Intense Purple' (Amaranth) Campanula alliarifolia (Bellflower) Campanula persicifolia (Blue & White Mixed) (Peach-Leaf Bellflower) Campanula rapunculoides (Rapunzel) Celosia argentea (Tall Plumed Mix) Digitalis purpurea 'Exelsior Mix' (Foxglove) Digitalis x mertonensis (Strawberry Foxglove - short lived perennial) Heuchera Palace Purple (Purple Leaf Coral Bells) Hypericum tomentosum (Wooly St. John's Wort) Lychnis coronaria 'Angel Blush' (Angel's Campion) Nicotiana sylvestris Ophiopogon planiscapus (Mondo Grass) (only 3 packets left of 15 seeds each but I can collect more) Ratibida columnifera (Mexican Hat) Thank you and best wishes, Jase

I took a peek at your have list...oh, that was dangerous - even though you might be out of these things by now, I've got to ask if you might trade your: Chocolate Soldier Aram italicum Verbena bonariensis Bellflower - Peach leaf Yellow Dianthus African Iris _ Dietes vegeta 05 Daisy, Gerbera, reddish Digitalis parvafloria 'Milk Chocolate' Sunflower ÂChianti ..wow, that's a bunch. If you still have any of these, I have Chocolate Joe Pye weed, Dwarf pomegranate, and am getting a few new tropicals edibles in this week -- please let me know. Thanks, Tina Here is a link that might be useful: my trade list

It really is awful. Mine are the type that might not run around above ground, but they do use mole tunnels. I have both moles and voles, and so the tunneling is extensive. If you see holes in the ground that are like a quarter in diameter, those are the vole holes. I use 1/2 inch-spaced hardware cloth and cut it with straight-tipped "tin snip" metal cutters that look a bit like scissors. I'm really fast and good at making the baskets now :) It works wonderfully. I've seen holes where they tried to go in from below and couldn't do it, or where they changed their mind if they went in the top. When they hit the metal, they change course either way. I did have to dig up all of my established roses when the voles found the roses. I was losing too many, so fast! There is a bait that does not cause the same damage to dogs, etc, but it would hurt squirrels and smaller rodents that ate it. I bought some once but was still too afraid to use it. I just have so much wildlife here that I didn't risk it. The baskets work the best anyway, so that's how I handle it now. And I encourage the snakes that the neighbors had practically killed off. That'll help :D :D

jerijen also does not document her answer, nor does she discuss the recent reviewed published scientific paper that I presented. The well respected rose web site Help-Me-Find states the following: "Symptoms of RMV can include bright yellow banding, yellow netting, unequal leaf margins and leaf distortion, less winter hardiness than virus-free specimens, diminished flower production, reduced plant size and reduced vigor. Strains of viruses differ in their virulence. Infection by some strains is almost symptomless." http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/gl.php?n=293 ---------------------------------------------------------- The Help-Me-Find article provides a link to a University of New Mexico web page on the subject. The link does not work, but this one does: http://aces.nmsu.edu/ces/plantclinic/documents/rose-mosaic-virus-_od-9__final.pdf It states: Because the disease often occurs on only one cane or a few leaves, it is mistakenly thought to be relatively harmless. However infected plants have decreased vigor, produce fewer flowers on shorter stems, have poorer transplant survival rates, and are more susceptible to winter-kill." --------------------------------------------------- jerijen has an article about rose viruses on Paul Barden's website. The website includes the following statements: "Rose Mosaic Virus Disease does not kill a rose. It is said, however, to be cause lack of vigor, distorted blooms, scanty bloom production, or smaller blooms than are typical for their variety. It is thought that the disease causes stems that are thin and weak where they emerge from the bud union, reduces plant survival rates. Virus may impede a plant from establishing itself, after transplanting." Later the article states: "There is also the undeniable fact that not all virused roses are bad roses. In my own garden, I can point to numerous bushes, CLEARLY virused, which grow like a house afire and bloom their fool heads off. I've seen old bushes, thirty years, forty years old, and older, which are healthy and productive despite age and virus. Still, some roses in our garden DO lack vigor, and in some cases I blame Rose Mosaic Virus. I'll accept virused plants where nothing else is available - but I'd really prefer "clean" ones, when and if they are available." ----------------------------------------------- Regarding Seil's comments about what I assume is mainly her inherited virused roses. I ask: how many virused roses did her parents purchase that died in cold winters or were replaced due to a lack of satisfactory growth? Her present statement is consistent with the New Mexico statement that: "Strains of viruses differ in their virulence. Infection by some strains is almost symptomless." ---------------------------------------------- The University of Oregon has a very respected Horticulture program. Their rose virus information is very recent 2014 date). "Flower distortion, reduction in flower production, flower size, stem caliper at the graft union, winter survival, and early leaf drop, and increase susceptibility to cold injury have all been reported. Some infected cultivars may not show any symptoms at all." Of particular interest (to me) are the pictures that carry the caption: "Each of these leaves were from the same plant." http://pnwhandbooks.org/plantdisease/node/3883/print -------------------------------------------- Please note that since the present symptoms appeared so quickly after planting, I still feel it is premature to conclude that the symptoms were caused by a virus.. Here is a link that might be useful: link to article by jerijen