I still have a lot of the purple Foxglove seed available. I am trading the yellow Foxglove and Campion seed as fast as I can gather them. First come first serve. I also have fresh Portulaca "Sundial mix", pink Hollyhocks and Lamb's ear seed plus many more available on my list, please take a look. Thank you to everyone who has traded with me thus far! :)

I am cleaning up my yard and I have so many Rose Campion plants. These are Biennial but they will flower this year. Color is hot pinkish/reddish. Anybody want some?

Hi! The above advice is great, what I have to say is just adding a little to it. If you know you like different shapes next to one another, honestly, that's about all you need to get started with the look you want. Poring over pictures on here, in magazines and books is a good way so see combos you like. You may want to pay the most attention to photos from your zone and region; many times, plants that bloom together in one area don't do that everywhere, and of course there may be many plants in a southern photo that aren't hardy for you. But if you like the look of a plant combo, you can search out a hardy plant that has a similar look. I think "visually interesting" has to do with the eye of the beholder. What you want to achieve may be considered by some to be too busy, or too plain. Since there's no universal perfect look, there aren't instructions on how to get it. What's challenging (and frustrating!) about gardening is the desire to create interesting plant combinations, with bloom colors we think look good together, that maintain flowers or at least an interesting look all season long, are not eaten up by the wildlife and which like our growing conditions. So, gardening books that show photos of the same beds at different times of year would help a lot (I hope there are some out there!). Quite a few posters on Gweb post shots throughout the season. Also, using plants with interesting foliage color and shape really makes a difference, or at least is has for me. At the Bluestone perennials site, you can search with keywords like "spiky" etc.. in order to find plants with a certain color or look. Another resource is Plantfiles, which is hosted by our "rival" garden forum. Plantfiles is great because there are comments and posts from (usually) multiple gardeners about a particular plant. It's not a blurb by someone trying to sell you the plant, it's from gardeners who own it. So, if the plant breeders are lying about the plant, it gets revealed on there! Plus you get all the essential info for a plant: zone, light needs, bloom time, water needs, even pH sometimes. However, sometimes it's wrong about zone, so I like to look up the plant's zone on a couple of sites. I get to the plantfiles listing by using google and entering the plant's name, either the common or latin one, and the word "plantfiles" Best of luck with your gardening!

Did your seedlings fry in the sun? Mine did. :( Send me a msg I have some leftover coreopsis seeds (if I can find them)..