Hi, I'm looking for Ping Tung eggplant (the OP kind) and Indian Stripe tomato seeds. I'd also love to get some seeds for those round green Thai eggplants! You can also check out my trade list :) I have: (G) Gai lan - Chinese broccoli, Kailan, Kailaan (G) Swiss chard - red stemmed (C) Summer squash - Black Beauty Zucchini (C) Summer squash - Early Prolific Straightneck (T) Summer squash - Crook neck treated (C) Pepper - NuMex Big Jim (L) (C) Pepper - Corno di Toro Giallo (L) (C) Pepper - Hungarian hot wax (T) Pepper - Peter pepper (L) (T) Pepper - Alma paprika (L) (T) Pepper - Yellow bell (L) (T) Pepper - Orange cal wonder (L) (T) Okra - Red burgundy (L) (T) Pumpkin - Jack be little (T) Winter squash - Spaghetti (T) Beans - Kentucky Wonder White (Pole 191) (C) Tomato - Ananas Noire (L) (T) Tomato - Green zebra (G) Tomato - Kellogg's Breakfast RL (L) (T) Tomato - Yellow cherry (L) (T) Tomato - Rosalita pink grape (L) (C) Ground cherry (C) Corn - Kandy Korn (C) Corn - Sugar Pearl (C) Corn - Silver Queen treated (T) Catnip (T) Basil - Sweet (T) Cosmos - Sea shells (T) Cosmos - Sensation (L) (T) Cosmos - Sunset (T) Cosmos - pink, purple, pale pink (T) Coreopsis - mix (T) Dame's Rocket (T) Columbine mix

EVERYONE should grow Cosmos! They are the flower of LOVE. I will have to try some of these Rose Bonbon Cosmos though. They remind me of Pincushions! Pretty! Kris, I had good luck with the shorter Cosmos called "Picotte". Mine had white or soft pink flowers with deep pink to magenta petal tips. They were about 3-4 feet tall and when planted amongst other flowers stood up to our fierce Okie winds pretty good. They bloom very early and last through the summer. Very pretty. I planted them and White Cosmos in with big Gloriosa Daisies, blue salvias and Magenta Bee Balm (Monarda). I adore the white ones. I tried some new varieties in late summer (...well, new to me anyway). Will grow those colors again this spring. One was a Chocolate color and another had tawny honey colored flowers. Another one is called "Day Dreams" that was just gorgeous. Both were under 3 feet tall. Some stood tall and some fell over. So I will plant them thickly like they grow in the wild. Going to plant Cosmos up in the meadow this year too. They can take the harsh Oklahoma summer heat, the winds and dry spells and they can reseed and spread about all they want up there in great abandon. :) Annie ~ a Flower Child of the 60s who still loves cosmos and daisies

Hey Everyone! Just got home about 3:30, am totally wiped out, wanted to post about my package before I fall asleep standing up! Jayeanne sent a really nice package, two packages actually, she forgot to put the dog treats in the first one! I got what I think is a leash holder, shaped like a dog bone, with 3 hooks on it; it says "good dog" but that can easily be changed to "good Kitties"! Pink also sent a cinnamon pumpkin candle, a backpack size hand sanitizer (I use these ALOT), and a very sweet note, with baby Pugs on the front. And then there were the seeds she sent. I AM SO EXCITED! There were Coleus, sweet peas, California poppies and acorn squash. AND THEN, there was Broom Corn, Fleabane and Bishops Flower, all three of which great for attracting Butterflies!! I have one lonely little patch of Fleabane show up in a different spot every year, Now I'll have it where I want it! All three of these are new to me and I can't wait to get them planted! Jayeanne, thank you very much for a great "Dog Days" package. Loved it! If I didn't think I would wake up at 3 am and be awake for the rest of the day, I would go to bed NOW! Tabs and MyrnD were really good for me, but now I know why Chris sounds so tired sometimes, when I call. Gonna miss them, tho! Jeanne, thanks for hosting a great swap! Take care of yourself, please! Shirley!

a. the tall skinnny evergreen might be sky pencil holly b. salvia greggii & knockouts (already mentioned) are perfect, i think, for those areas - both are relatively zero-maintenance - you'd only have to "climb up there" once a year c. i agree with the comment that the stonework/concrete will increase the ambient heat - native & drought-tolerant is the way to go if you want low-maintenance d. i've got some purple heart, if you want some - they do spread, but not in an invasive way - they're native to mexico & can handle the heat e. there's someone on our forum who describes their style as "native texas cottage" or something similar - who is that? not exactly an english garden counterpart, but similar - is it the orderly, geometric, trimmed "english garden" that you like, or the overflowing, miss marple "english garden" that you prefer? - that would help us make texas-friendly suggestions f. your structure would look wonderful with a local native flowering vine - have you already told us what part of texas? - that would also go a long way in lowering the ambient temp