got your email nogmo, thank you, these lists make me want to look up more and see what is out there.I think my mom will kill me if i put more flowers in her garden. :') Maybe i can get some she will like then i won't get into to much trouble, LOL I really do like those one's with more different colors in them though. The lady slipper balsams have finally ripened up. Out goes alot of bubblers tomarow. I will keep checking to see what is new, I also have some white, pink cypress vine seeds. *tabor*

I would love to trade with you as well! I actually dont keep my list up to date at the moment, I wanted to know if the different varieties of violets are edible, I have jerusalem artichoke rhizomes i harvested this month plus sweet italian basil also harvested from my garden, the one you use for caprisi salads, yum, I'll email you a more detailed list. for medicinal and culinary herbs like white sage that one came from my school garden as well as vine plants like passiflora incarnata I am interested in your, Solomon's Seal - Polyonatum multiflorum, Skirret, Yarrow, Red, Basil 'Lettuce Leaf' (if the violet varieties are edible i would love some of those as well!) - Stephanie

Here in Elgin, IL, we finally had a good rainfall today. Hardly knew what to do after work tonight. So just walked around and looked at the various planted areas, and enjoyed leaving the hoses alone. In bloom in the front rose garden are Knockout, Rugosa Rubra and Snow Pavement. (can't guarantee spelling today!) Then there's the triangle garden in between the driveway loop, and blooming there is Joe Pye weed, Endless Summer Hydrangea, Phlox Nicky and Bright Eyes, Yarrow and a variegated lacecap hydrangea is starting to show some bloom. Alongside the driveway are several Angel's Blush Hydrangeas, they're white now but will change to a pinkish then a rusty color later. The hostas (unknown variety) are starting to send up their blue flowers. More Endless Summer Hydrangeas in various garden beds as well as Nikko Blue. Those babies have been getting water EVERY DAY and are thriving. Most of the phloxes are in bloom, can't remember all the names. Miss Lingard still has a few white flowers here and there. The rugosa roses in my back garden are doing OK -- been picking off Jap. beetles with a large pair of tweezers (all you have to do is catch a leg) and send them to their death into a jar of dish soap and veg oil. Then I leave it out as a message to their cousins -- beware!! Rudbeckia Goldsturm is in bloom, so is the Carefree Beauty rose. The Inula Sonnenspear, a strange, corn-plant type perennial, is not only in bloom, it's having babies everywhere. The flowers look like daisies, growing along a tall stalk. The ligularias are all blooming, both the rocket and the other one with the purple leaf underside. The Hall's honeysuckle has some flowers and it smells so good! The oakleaf hydrangeas are doing nicely, with big panicles of flowers getting fuller and fuller. The Annabelle hydrangeas are also doing well, their white mopheads drooping just a little from their own weight. That's all for now. Greetings from Elgin. Aunt Peach

Would like to trade for your tall zinnia and Siberian iris. Here's my list - Doreen. Flowers Ballonflower - blue Chinese houses [collinsia heterophylla] Columbine – red [canadensis] Cosmos – orange English daisy Hibiscus [hardy] – Luna pink/Luna white Hosta – yellow edge [lg.] Love lies bleeding Marigold – short mix Milkwood - pink Million gold Obedient plant - pink Pepper, Ornamental [hot - capsicum annum] Phlox [hardy] – white,pink & lavender mix w/ bicolors Rudbeckia - Autumn Sun [r.herbstonne] Rudbeckia triloba [prairie coneflower] Sunflower – Italian white/Multi-brown & yellow Vegetables & herbs Broccoli – Calabrese green sprouting Carrot – Nantes coreless Catnip Chicory – Blue southishe Dill Lettuce – Buttercrunch Peas – Sugar snap/Little marvel Pepper , bell – yellow/orange Pumpkin – Jack O'Lantern Radish – early Scarlet globe Thyme Tomato [heirloom] – Black Krim/Solar Flare/Hillbilly/Carbon/Red Zebra/Purple splash/Mortgage lifter/Cherokee purple/Black Brandywine/Yellow cherry/Great white beefsteak/Beauty king/Pineapple/Paul Robeson/Striped German Turnip – Purple top white globe Vines Morning glory - mix [includes Milky Way, Grandpa Ott, ivy-leaf blue, Crimson rambler and various others] /Grandpa Ott/Orange Noah Pea vine – white butterfly Trumpet vine – orange/red Trees/Shrubs Hydrangea - white [Annabelle] Rose of Sharon – single pink w/dark eye