Neillia Sinensis. I had this shrub at my old house and have always regretted leaving it behind. When I bought it at a specialty nursery I asked the mature, quintessential British gardener looking saleslady what it was and she leaned her head down a little, peered/glared over her glasses at me, and said, "it's a very choice shrub." I almost felt guilty for buying it as I was a gardening newbie and wasn't sure I was worthy of such a 'choice' plant but I did and it was indeed very pretty. I'm very sad that I have never been able to find another one as I would plant one in my new garden if I could. Here is a link that might be useful: Neillia Sinensis

Is it too late??? I noticed that the RR thread has reached its limit. In case it's not too late, here's my wish list... I've only inlcuded the scientific name for detail. I am not picky about varieties, etc.:-) Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Cat Tail (Typha latifolia) Common Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) Crossvine (Bignonia Capreolata) Iris (Iris virginica -- all varieties) Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata) Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba) Michigan holly (Ilex verticillata) Paw Paw (Asimina triloba) Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) Wild Blue Lupine (Lupinus perennis)

I am lucky to have a huge yard with every habitat from dry sunny to swampy shade. I am gradually transforming large beds of English Ivy, Bamboo, and Russian Olive to native plants. Swamp Milkweed Asclepia incarnata or A. tuberosa Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii Red Baneberry Actaea rubra Western skunk cabbage (Lysichitum americana) Nodding Onion or any ornamental onion (Allium cernuum, A. tricoccum, A. stellatum, A. acuminatum) Mayapples Podophylum petatum any Trillium any Arum Jack in the Pulpit any Hellebore Crossvine (Bignonia capriolata any variety) Plumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides) Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) looking for Moerheim beauty or Coppelia White Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) Jerusalem sage (Phlomis fructicosa) African blue lily Agapanthus campanulatus Native Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempivirens)any variety Gentian sage Salvia patens Wine Poppy Mallow Callirhoe involucrata Pinkroot Petunia (native) Ruellia carolinensis or R. ciliosa, R. humilis Red Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly (Silene virginiata) Meadow Rue Thalictrum aquileiifolium or T. dlavayi, or T. rochebrunianum Barrenwort (Epimedium spp.) any variety Smokebush purple(Cotinus spp.) Fall bearing red raspberries Thornless blackberries Hardy Kiwi Vine Gooseberry Honeyberry (have only seen this in a catalogue, its a variety of Lonicera created by Luther Burbank) Serviceberry seedlings Chokecherry Aronia black or red Pawpaw seedlings Asimina triloba Any summer blooming lillies: turks cap, tree-form Montmorency or edible Cherry seedlings Hawthorne seedlings Ilex verticulata Winterberry any variety Possum haw Any Oregon grape (Mahonia spp)

All my winter sowing was stunted this year and I wasn't able to use hardly any of it. I don't know what the trouble was and it wasn't late start b/c I put mine out the first of February. The beebalm and other perennials I started by wintersowing are still only 1 and a half inches in height. I'm going to just put them in a protected area for over the fall and winter and see if any return next spring. This was my final year for winter sowing. I've never had a good return and this year I did both winter sowing and then also did seed-starts inside the house and the indoor seed-starts were 5x+ larger than the winter sown stuff after only a month. I sowed Bottle Gentian right into the ground but that was this spring so most of the seed will likely lay dormant until next spring because it hasn't been cold stratified yet. I would take a spatula and put your little seedlings right into the ground now and see how much they can get established before winter sets in. Using a spatula and taking up large pieces of your flat of gentian will be the least stressful to the already stressed plants. Really loosen up the soil where you are going to lay the plants and then give the soil a good watering before you lay down the spatulas of seedlings/soil. Wait a day and then water them lightly as needed.