I have joe pye weed seed and strawberry plants also buddlia davidi butterfly bush .i am very much wanting turks cap and the mexican petunia seeds sound wonderful i would be grateful! Donna Frost 52 sunshine way monticello ky 42633. God bless!

OK, everyone. I'm going to split the cuttings between Jan and Jill. There are only a few (6 or so) so that will give them a chance to get both colors.

Hi, Cathy. There are several types of malvaviscus Turks' Turban. Cut and paste as needed. Take a look at http://almostedenplants.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?page=1 There are two types of red malvas in the catalog. There is just plain arboreus and arboreus drummondii, two reds of which I am aware. See http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/Detail/00272.html for more information. Seeds are in the little berries. See http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=malvaviscus+arboreus&btnG=Search+Images. The berry usually has 5 seeds inside. Peel them when red, remove the pulpy flesh with a paper towel and dry them. When spring comes, there is no rush to plant them. They will not sprout until it is hot weather. It was May here before they sprouted in the greenhouse. Do you need some more plants? Would you like to trade?

Hi Tesa, I'm guessing the plant is Malvaviscus drummondii (just to make sure were on the same plant). I only know it as a sun plant and a google search for malvaviscus drummondii will show many sites saying the same however in your zone 9 it is supposed to be OK in some shade. I grow mine in a pot because it is only marginally cold-hardy here and I'm a chicken. I enjoy it in it's pot because I can move it wherever I need the color. It's actually pretty tough so If you decide to put it in the ground and it doesn't work out well you can dig it up (w/ as much root ball as you can get and cut the top back by a third) and move it or put it back in a big pot and into a sunnier(or shadier) spot. Good Luck, it's a great plant. LauraAnn Here is a link that might be useful: Malvaviscus drummondii