I am looking for perinnals,or bulbs. I dont have no postage or seeds at this time plmk what you have thanks. Marcella

I'm interested in the euporbia and hippeastrum and also the phyllitis on your trade page. Not on my trade page, I have different gingers, astilbe color flash, a yellow gentian (have to check name) and small fans of daylily startle and french lingerie. Hedy

Both of those varieties are fully evergreen in your climate so you should see foliage and perhaps even some signs of new growth. My Ascot Rainbow is beginning to set flower buds...... Compared to AR, Blackbird has not been proven to be a very robust or stable plant. They often don't last more than a single season and many local wholesale growers have simply stopped growing them. Too bad, as that dark wine red foliage is pretty stunning. I wouldn't hold out a lot of hope for that but the AR should come back strong. As in my previous post to this thread, these are best cut back to the ground - the old flowering stem that is - after the flowers fade in late spring/early summer. New growth from the base should be appearing by then and that should remain in place all through the season and into winter.

That Checkmate is gorgeous. But been there, not done that with the rhodies. Last year I suggested some dwarf rhodies (not for the purple color but because I like them, lol) and they were too pricey for her, and the cheaper ones were too small. My friend is not a gardener, doesn't really want to wait for things to grow, and isn't really patient in terms of experimenting. And, in her defense, I have to say that it is ME who is thinking this sea of chartreuse needs a shot of purple, not her. She seems to be very happy with things... I just know I could make her happier, lol. The trick is talking her into spending the money and convincing her that she WILL be happier! I should add that her front windows are unusually low, so we do need to keep anything we plant on the small side (hence the dwarf rhodie suggestion on my part). I also considered a cimicifuga, and while I ruled it out for these two particular spots, I may add one further along the bed (we extended one side of the foundation bed to run along the driveway). I almost responded saying that I had checked out physocarpus today and they are too big, but on a whim I just googled dwarf physocarpus and got a hit for a Tiny Wine. Only trouble is I can't find any image of it except a close-up of it's blooms. I'll keep looking. PM2, thanks for the info on the Midnight Wine. I guess this won't work for this spot, but again, maybe for the stretch along the driveway. She wants the front two beds to be pretty similar, but we are mixing things up a bit along the driveway, although trying to keep the same color scheme. Hedy, would you mind taking a look at the link below, scrolling down to Gazania's photo of her Bonfire, and telling me if yours is similar? I am going to go look up the hypericum you mentioned. Thanks! (By the way, right below that Bonfire photo is a photo of a barberry with chartreuse shrubs, justt o rub in how great it would look with my spireas....) Thank you all! Dee Here is a link that might be useful: thread with euphorbia Bonfire