Hi Linda. I had only one blooming plant of 'Fama', this past summer. The one (first) flower produced only three viable seeds & then the flowering stems of plant was promptly chewed off by a rabbit. I think it's probably better to have at least a pair of this particular cultivar, in order to cross pollinate, possibly increasing seed production. But, low production of viable seeds, may be the reason for this one being actually relatively expensive, when compared to the cost of most other perennial flower seeds.

Hi everyone! I had a wonderful time which wasn't unusual. The plant swaps are like early Christmas for plant fiends! What was unusual was that for the first time ever I actually went home with far less than I brought WOOT! I apologize if I was overly enthusiastic (pushy) foisting my stuff on you folks, esp new-gardener123 who was such a sweetheart. I feel like I made out like a bandit! I don't know hardly anyone's name so these are general thankyous. The lady I got several rosemary cuttings from Thank you! I've been trying all year to get mine to root so I'm super impressed with your skills. April: I love my little sedum/ echevaria baby and the cutting, and the visiting of course :) Annette: thanks for letting me have another go at the lovely little blue salvia that I got in the spring. Plus all those fab irises you gave me in the spring are just thriving:) The wonderful lady I was set up next to (possibly Pat?): the well behaved tansy, the Korean chive seeds, among other goodies. I'll be sure to bring you my super ferny tansy (tanacetum crispum) to the spring swap! It does best in poor dry conditions but still looked great during this ultra rainy year. And didn't you also give me the early Iris 'Indian chief'? Tn veggie gardener: I think I remember you, you're Steve right? I'm delighted I could share so many herbs with everyone, happy cooking! Also, the Indian Mint is Plectranthus amboinicus variegata. Also the chocolate akebia, golden variegated ivy, the super fuzzy jew, the super-cute iron hanging baskets, all the wonderful violas. The wonderful miniature jew in the GORGEOUS hypertuffa  seriously, I meant to get the recipe before I left because mine don't look near as good! It' a shame I couldn't stick around this time to eat and chat, but my husband had just arrived home with three new babies from the animal shelter. Jennifer, thank you for the warm wishes! Our new rescue kitties are just delightful, and guess what  they love plants too!! It's gonna be a wild winter :p Happy Gardening, ~Heather aka the Herb Lady PS: Well this was my third swap, but this is my first day as a gardenweb member, and my first post. I spoke with several of you about my procrastination to sign up, but how much I enjoy reading the posts. That's how I discovered that there's a name for this behavior: LURKING! God forbid I be a 'lurker' so here I am, all official-like ;)

A couple of things come to mind. 1) Has it been windy after a long period of calm? I have noticed that my carrots get beat up around the edges if the winds pick up. 30-40mph here for the last two days. 2) Aphids? In the second picture I see white around the base of the stems. Are those shed aphid skins? 3 Aster Yellows. I don't know much about the disease, here is a website about it. Aster Yellows

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