Join us May 19 for the annual Ann Arbor area plant swap! We'll meet at 11:00 at South East Area Park in this combined event of Garden Faerie's third annual and the Neighborhood Coalition of Southeast Ann Arbor's fifth annual plant swaps! Yep, two good swaps are now one great swap! Please bring labeled plants (annuals, perennials, shrubs, veggies, herbs) to swap. Seeds and gardening magazines/books/ornaments/tools are also great swap items. Here is a link that might be useful: Plant Swap Details (PDF file)

Hey Friends! The Ann Arbor Library is hosting an exchange at its Mallets Creek branch, 3090 Eisenhower RD on May 22 from 10-noon. Master Gardener, Carol Brodbeck will available to answer any questions. She's great. Call 734-327-4200 for more information.

Do you have a street address for it? I have no idea where its at, but could MapQuest it. I'd be comming from Redford.

Geeze you guys if I would have thought we could continue this in this particular thread I wouldn't have made the other one in the Gesneriads forum! Ok,,,,,,I guess I will stay here for this. My sinningias are in a closed container. They don't dry out quickly. I check them every so often to make sure they are slightly damp. I have not yet had one go "dormant" . It seems as though they just keep growing in a pile on top of the original tuber and leaves and they have eensy weensy little leaves that never get very big. Could it be that when the flower self polinated instead of seed falling on the soil it just fell down onto the original plant and germinated? And just piled up? I thought the seed would fall down onto the soil and pretty soon I would have a "carpet" of sinningia. I just don't understand the "rock" pile! The one plant that fell out of the cup I bought it in (hey I didn't mean it,,,,,,it was an accident! My old fingers get clumsy at times!) is the one I got all those little baby tubers from. And they sure as heck didn't look like your nice cupful Irina!!!! There was nothing that large. I dunno. They are doing well, but I was just curious as to this "rock pile" effect. After reading this I now know how to handle the tuber if it should go totally dormant. Oh and mine are in an East window. Inquisitive Rosie