Thanks for the kind comments. I'm glad you guys had fun. Some of you left before I remembered I was going to give everyone a packet of peony poppy seeds. Contact me with your address if you didn't get one and want one and I will mail it to you. The peony poppies are a tall (3-4') Asian poppy with large red peony-like flowers that last for several days. During the Heard's garden tour that particular plant received the most comments from people. In the first photo on top you can see the poppy in the center-left portion of the photo just behind the pink rose. Scatter these seeds sparingly otherwise you will have to thin them out. A few go a long way.... They should be surface spread (not buried) during the fall/winter. Stagger their planting a couple weeks each time to ensure a long lasting spring/summer of flowering.

Goodmorning Everybody ! :) I heard from my swappers last night...:))) Mariann I have a couple of surprizes for you...We love putting surprizes in our boxes Regina started it.. Chell you are so creative and your writing is so much fun to read... I bet the boys loved playing pirate.. I can see their smiling faces now...What a great idea to make a hideout.. They will always remeber their hideout mom made for them... Norma I havent traded with you but I am sure you went way above in sending her nice cuttings..I seen pics of what you send...They are awesome boxes..:)) Please dont be sad..:)) Regina howdy :) I am so sorry about Mark having to have surgery and the heart condition would just send me into heaven.. Wow I am so glad to read it all went well...Shooo My heart sank for a minute...He will be all healed for college this fall..:)) You empty nester dont go through what I went through...Stay busy and call them alot... I miss my kids so much it hurts sometimes... Dogs are okay but they cant replace our true babies...I love reading about chell and her boys... It makes me smile so much... Frances lol You poor gardener..ahhah You need a break from mother nature..Really..:)) Oh big snakes yucky... I would be screaming... I love chippies...They are so cute...Havent had many around with a cat now...Kiki has brought home two gardener snakes...He was very proud of himself... Yesterday I was getting ready to go out and play in the dirt...The crows or blackbirds were screaming...It just like a scene in the movie the "birds"... It creeped me out really bad...I couldnt see what they were yelling at.. I watched tv...Than got bored and went coleus shopping..lol The master gardener sale for the next county over is tommorow... I cant wait to see what they are going to be offering..I have never been to this one...Oh I almost forgot..I heard from the master gardener I met...Looks like we are building another gh..lol She wants to do it closer to fall since everyone is busy with their gardens...I am glad we could help her..They are a pain to build.. well I gabbed enough lol must be the strong coffee and I got a lot of sleep...:)) Have a good day everybody..Barb

â¢Posted by froeschli Meh, at risk for theft is anything that strikes someone's fancy, be it sparkly, colorful or valuable... I'd have to agree. In large part, know your neighborhood. If theft is not an uncommon thing, then why risk it? If it is rare to unheard of, that is another story. â¢Posted by froeschli yes, an african violet will grow outdoors, more likely in your climate than mine, but it will not "live up to its full potential"... I have to disagree with Karin, here. While that might be the case, with most plants it is just the opposite -- assuming your outdoor environmental conditions are conducive to their growth. The pink coloration you witnessed was due to the increased light levels in all likelihood. Temperature may have also been a factor. In any event, it posed no danger to the health of your AV. Having said that, I believe I would still recommend growing this one indoors for the nonce. As Karin noted, doing so would enable you to maintain greater control over environmental factors ... most notably pests. (While is just a "hunch", I suspect that the large black slugs -- Veronicella leydigi -- would wipe your plant out in no time should they find it.) Should the plant sucker at some point or should you propagate it via leaf cutting, then I most certainly would try the new plant(s) thus obtained outside once they had become established. (A friend of mine in Florida kept one I sent her out on her lanai and it did wonderfully.) At that point, I would still not recommend planting said extras in the ground unless you had lots of them. Having them in pots off the ground should make them less accessible to the local slug population. Btw, out of curiosity, which island are you on? I used to live on Oahu when I was in high school.

Items I have for trade I have the following rather large plants in my yard. If someone could talk me through how to get samples, I should be able to do this. azalea (pink) Bamboo camellia (deep rose) crepe myrtle (I think this one blooms a light pink, but I am unsure) Fantasia Japonica Fig tree hydrangea Monkey grass Also, I just germinated a few Majorcan Date seeds. Seeds I can share (I purchased these seeds): alfalfa (VNS) Amaranth, red Garnet Angelica Anise Anise hyssop Arugula Asparagus -Mary Washington Basil – Italian, Thai Bean – Blue Lake (BUSH), FAVA – Broad Windor, Golden Wax, King of the Garden Beets – hioggia, cylindra, early wonder, ruby queen, bull's Blood, Detroit dark red Bergamot Borage Broccoli - Waltham 29, green sprouting Brussels sprouts - Long Island Bush beans - blue lake, contender Butternut squash - winter squash Cabbage – Copenhagen market, golden acre, pak choy, Chinese cabbage, red rock mammoth California giant heirloom zinnia carraway Carrots-Danvers, scarlet Nantes, red cored chantenay, shin kuroda, royal chantenay Catnip Cauliflower - Snowball Cayenne Pepper Celery – Tall Utah Chamomile Roman and German Cherry Tomato - Large Red Cherry Chervil - Curled Collards – Georgia Southern, vates Coriander - Cilantro Corn - golden Bantham, Yellow Dent Cornsalad - Dutch Cosmos crazy mix Cress - Curled Cucumber - Marketmore, pickling Boston, Straight Eight, poinsett Culver's root Cumin Dark opal basil Dill - Mammoth Echinacea Eggplant - Black Beauty, long purple Fennel - Florence Garlic chives Gerbera Daisy Goji berry Green beans - provider Heal all Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden Mix (perennial and annuals) Hyssop Kale - blue curled scotch, dwarf Siberian, dwarf blue curled, red Russian Kohlrabi – purple Vienna, white vienna Lavender Lemon balm Lettuce - black seeded Simpson, iceberg, ruby red, bronze mignonette, butter crunch, oak leaf, prizehead, red romaine Lima beans - Henderson Mad dog skullcap Marigold Marjoram Melon - Hales Best Jumbo, Hearts of gold, honey dew green flesh, honey rock, banana, rocky ford Mexican mint Milk thistle Mint Mixed Daisies Mustard – florida broadleaf, southern giant curled, old fashioned okra - spineless Clemson, emerald, perkin’s long pod, red burgundy Onion - Red Burgundy, yellow Utah sweet, evergreen bunching, white sweet Spanish, yellow sweet spanish Onion chives Oregano Oregano Greek Parsley – moss curle Parsnip - Harris model, hollow crown Peas - green arrow, little marvel, sugar snap Pepper – banana, alifornia wonder, cubanelle, early jalapeno, Hungarian hot was, cayenne, long red thin, serrano Pink chrysanthemum Pinto beans - shell Pumpkin - small sugar, mammoth gold Radish - cherry belle, French breakfast, white icicle, champion, china rose, comet Rosemary Rutabaga – American purple top Sage Savory - summer Scallions - green bunching Snap peas - sugar peas Spaghetti squash - winter squash Spinach - blooms dale, giant noble Squash – early straight neck, table queen acorn, cocozelle, table queen, Waltham butternut, zucchini dark green, zucchini golden, blue hubbard, early white bush, table king bush, vegetable spaghetti Stevia Swiss chard - ford hook, large white ribbed, ruby red Tarragon Thimbelina Fragrant Double Thyme - winter Thyme, orange Tomato - Beefsteak, Roma, Rutgers, ACE 55, San Marzano, Floradde, golden jubilee, homestead 24, red cherry lg, Rutgers, azoychka, big rainbow, brandywine red, Cherokee purple, chocolate stripes, costoluto Genovese, marion, marglobe improved, purple calabash, striped suffer, tigerella, yellow pear Turnip - seven top, white globe purple, purple top, shogoin, white egg Watermelon - Crimson sweet, sugar baby, black diamond, Charleston grey, congo, tendersweet orange Witch hazel Yarrow, white Zucchini - black Beauty WHAT I Want If it blooms, smells good, looks interesting, has different textures, can be used as a house plant or a container plant outdoors, or can go in the garden (veggies or fruit) then I am interested. I am listing a ton of ideas, but this is in no way extensive. If you have something that isn't on my list, let me know because I am probably interested. (Seeds, bulbs, cuttings, plants) Abutilon Adenium African mask plant African violets (My grandmother always collected these) Ageratum Aloe Vera Alternanthera Aluminum plant Angelonia Anthurium Arabian jasmine Asiatic lily Asparagus fern Asters Astilbe Autumn joy Baby's breath Bacopa Bamboo Palm Begonias Birds nest fern Black-eye-Susan Blanket flower Bleeding heart Bolivian Jew Boston fern Brachycome Brandywine (viburnum nudum) Brazillian fireworks Bridal wreath spiraea Browallia Butterfly bush Caladium Calatheas Calibrachoa Cannas Celosia Chenile Chinese evergreen (Aglaonemo) Chrysanthemum Cipher Citrus Coleus Copper leaf Corabells Cordyline Corsage orchid Creeping wire vine Croton Crown of thorns Daffodil Dalmatian bellflower Daphne's Odara Day lily Delphinium Diachondra silver falls Diacia Dianthus Diascia Dracaena Dragon wing begonia Dusty Miller Dwarfs plume grass ERysimum Eucalyptus European cornel Evovulus Fiber Optic Grass Fiddle leaf plant Fire witch dianthus Forget-me-not Foxglove Fuchsia Gazznia Geraniums Gerbera Daisies Gomphrena Graptophyllum Guara Pink Fountain Harlequin glory bower Helichrysum Helichrysum Icicles Helichrysum licorice vine Heliotrope He'll ours peppermint ice Hibiscus – (My Mother always collected these) Honey suckle Hypoestes Impatients Indian blood peach tree (This is what my Grandmother called this tree) Iresine Iris Ivy geranium Ivy variegated and Green Jacaranda tree Joseph's Coat Kaleidoscope Amelia Knock out roses Lamium beacon silver Lantana Lemon grass Lobelia Lotus Lysimachis Magilla Perilla Maidenhair Fern Melampodium Mock orange Money tree Monstera deliciosa Moss rose Muscadine Bush Nemesia Nerve plant New Guinea Impatients Newesia Nicaoataians Nierembergia Nirembergia Oleander Orange jasmine Ormental grasses Osteserman Oxalis Pansy Pansy Orchids Papyrus Passion flower / may pop Peace lily Pelargonium Pentas Peony Peruvian lily Petit blue Petunia Phlox Plectranthus Pleomele (Song of India) Plumbago Poimsettia Portulacca Potatoes (red, gold, yellow) Prayer plant Purple fountain grass Purple Heart Rainbow chard Reblooming lilac Red Aglaoneme Red Japanese Oak Rex begonias Rubella (skimmia japonica) Salvia San coleus Scaevola Scheduler a Silver vase plant Solanum Spider plant Strawberries Streptocarpus String of pearls Sun coleus Super cascade petunia Sweet bay tree Sweet potato vine Tahitian Bridal Veil Tea rose begonia Thyme, doon valley Ti Plant Tomatillos Torenia Trailing petunia Trailing vinca Tulips Umbrella plank Variegated basket grass Verbena Vina vine Vinca minor Wandering Jew Wave Torenia Zinnia Anything Tropical