Hi! I am also just starting out with AVs, I have an order of 25 different leaves arriving this week. I am also in Michigan- outside GR. I'm not into mailing, but if you are close, I have an extensive perennial garden that you might like something from, I have some divisions of orchids I grow, or -some of the leaves I am getting might be in twos. I could give you the extra. Let me know if this tickles your fancy. -Lisa

The first is Wisteria floribunda, Japanese Wisteria. The second is Wisteria sinensis, Chinese wisteria. The third is Wisteria frutescens, American wisteria. Generally the Asian wisterias are more aggressive, larger vines that can seed around invasively, particularly in warm climates like yours. The flowers are scented and are longer hanging panicles. They can damage buildings so you don't want to plant one by your house unless you are willing to prune religiously. The American wisteria is less aggressive with somewhat smaller flower panicles and less sweetly scented. Here's a page that compares Amethyst Falls to general Asian wisterias though not any particular selection.

I dont HAVE any 'Little Dragon', unless someone is sending me one that I dont know about? I would be VERY happy to get an early/only X-Mas present of the dragon, or another fantasy one?? I like the blue with a raspberry edge. to me that is fantasy. Not like Cosmic art, or Cosmic Silk, but it is pretty and i want one. I am not stupid enough to buy one for OVER $45, like it just sold for on Ebay, for some reason. I still cant understand that!! Its like it was the first solid deep yellow, or first the first polka dotted violet. IF I manage to get the cash, and can place an order now with Lyons, i will, and get a Blue Dragon, they said they will ship to me, since I am in the deep south,as long as it is still not COLD up there,but sooner or later , they will have to start the winter shipping prices, and I WON'T pay that! They said it is triple the price. On EBay, when I just HAVE to get a violet, for some reason in like January, the add a heat pack to the box, for $2-4, why Lyons triples their price i dont understand. The violets I get in 'winter' from a cold place, always arrive in a hot box! The heat pack lasts for days, outside of the box, after it has arrived, I keep it around to see how long it lasts, and they last a long time and put out a lot of heat. . And the violets are alive and grow well. Never a problem. better packing in winter, it seems.

I must disagree, Rosie. Those primrose sold in groceries and box stores in spring are perfectly happy planted out and come back year after year here in northern Michigan - I buy some to add to the garden every year where they not only grow but often rebloom for me if we get a spell of cool weather in early summer or even in early autumn. I can't see why they shouldn't grow well for you there at the bottom of the state. The trick for me is keeping the terrible peat they always come potted in sufficiently moist to keep from killing them by repeated drying and wilting until it is warm enough to transplant them outdoors! (Which is exactly why my AV's are on wicks!!)