Drippy, I thought 'plumb crazy' was just a normal part of being a gardener! Looks like I'm in good company here, I should fit right in! I used tansy along with a couple other herbs in insect repellent kerchief collars for my K9 friends (it's not recommended for cats)& it worked well for us with no side effects. As with people though, not all animals can tolerate certain herbs, so it's good to test on a small area before using on a larger scale! Anyone growing one of the species of tansy shouldn't panic over what's been said about it. Just be aware of it's desire to take over the world & diligent in your refusal to allow it to do so! By that I mean never, ever, ever allow it to go to seed, be fanatical about deadheading this one. And as northerner shared about what (I'm assuming) was T. vulgare busting out of it's sunken pot, even deadheading won't be enough! The mattes of roots this plant forms are formidable; that's what I'm doing battle with in the neglected patch of ground it's taken over here. I may even bring in some strong young'uns to help with it this year, because I think the stinker's got me beat! Happy gardening, good luck to y'all, & as always thanks to everyone for sharing so much valuable information!

These will be going in today, and barring the "call of the seed rack", should be the last for me. Allium Christophii Allium Heavenly Blue Amaranthus aurora Yellow Fountain Amaranthus gangeticus Elephanthead Calendula Calendula - Radio Candytuft Cathedral Bells Cup&Saucer Foxglove - South African Hyacinth Bean Marigold - Colossus Marigold - Mr. Majestic Marigold - Patula Marigold - Solon Marigold Scarlet Starlet Nasturtium - Strawberries and cream Nasturtium Empress of India Nasturtium Peach Melba Nasturtium Strawberry Ice Salvia - Lady in Red Ageratum - Leilani Blue Aster - astoria mix Aster - Crego mix Balsam Impatiens Balsam Impatiens Double Celosia - Maroon Cleome - pink Cleome - serrulata Cleome - Spinosa Cleome Rose Queen Cosmidium Phillipine Cosmos - orange Dahlia - Bishop's Children Dahlia - Delight mix Datura - Double black Datura - Double yellow Datura - white Ipomopsis Hummingbird Mix Lobelia Crystal Palace Melampodium Nicotiana Nicotiana - purple Snapdragon - Labelle mix Snapdragon - tall deluxe Verbena Amarilla Bidens Vinca - Stardust orchid Vinca - Stardust rose Vinca - Tropicana Bright Eye Vinca Rosea Zinnia - California Giant Zinnia - Cherry profusion Zinnia - mixed English Daisy Red Pomponette Kniphofia uvaria Torch Lily Maiden Pinks Brilliancy Perennial mix Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder) blue Bottlebrush bush - red Rose of Sharon

I wish I had more time to stick around, but we wanted to get up to Cougar Mountan before it got to busy. Thanks to Jim for the wonderful bamboo, its beautiful *G* I sat the bag up to fill with water and saw a little 1/2" new culm coming up, so tomorrow I'll plant the two clumps. Thnks to Teresa for the ferns, and Shilpa for the day lillies. As my trees and bamboo grows up taller, and I get more shade I'll have lots of sun loving plants to trade as time goes by. Kendal *we made it up to the falls in good time, and got out just as a rush of people with their kids started up*

I should have the following, mostly in small quantities: Agastache 'Blue Delight' seedlings in 4-packs. Resembles 'Blue Fortune' Aquilegia (columbine), 2d year plants, blue flowers, 3.5" pots Amsonia hubrictii (Arkansas bluestar), 2d year seedlings (only 2 of these) Aster tataricus (Tatarian aster), divisions, 4" or quart pots. Belamcanda chinensis (Blackberry Lily), 3.5" pots Galanthus nivalis (snowdrops), at least 50 mixed-sized bulbs per trade, more than half of blooming size Geranium, seedlings of 'Claridge Druce' probably, 3.5" pots Geranium 'Biokovo,' small divisions Helleborus x hybridus (lenten rose), several dozen 1st year seedlings in 4- and 6-packs and a few 2d year seedlings in 3.5" pots. Parent plants are white, rose, & purple. Nandina domestica, 2d year seedlings, about 6" tall. Unnamed parent plants have reached about 4 feet. Nepeta (catmint). Unknown variety, compact & low-growing, purple flowers. 4" pots. Pulmonaria (lungwort), 3.5" pots. Seedlings of 'Mrs. Moon' (I think) Rudbeckia (black-eyed Susan), divisions, quart pots, unnamed, orange flowers, reach about 2 ft. for me. Salvia guaranitica (the species, not 'Black and Blue'), small divisions Salvia reptans (upright form), small 2d-year plant (only 1) I can dig these if anyone wants them, but won't pot up: Helianthus 'Flore Pleno' Tradescantia (spiderwort), mostly cobalt blue and purple-blue shades Ditchlilies Email sfmiller AT umd DOT edu in case the GW mail system is wonky. Steven