you said the peppers were beginning to turn orange. did they continue to red? if so it looks a lot like what was given to me, labeled as tabasco. mine was extremely badly stunted (spending 2+ months in a half inch of soil in one of those seed started things. my friend had given up on it, and I took it over. the plant was started in feb and is now barely 10" tall, but has produced close to 200 pods. all of which are far smaller than a tabasco should be (the biggest ones reaching 1/2" long), so I assume the pod growth is stunted too. the pods look much like a piquin pepper, except they start out yellow then turn red. it's either oddly stunted, or a cross between a tabasco and a piquin. either way it's an awesome plant with exceptionally tasty juicy and fiery little pods. I will be doing my best to regrow it next year.

I'd guess a guaranitica is most likely, though there are other species that have a similar leaf shape. My cuttings often look a little anemic after spending the winter under a grow light. They perk right up after I harden them off outside and they get some sunlight. Be sure the potting medium is well drained. Most salvia don't like to stay wet.

There are a number of Sambucus species native to North America....some have dark, almost black berries, some have blue berries and some have red. All are edible although taste varies and cooking is generally required :-)) Cultivated forms of elderberry - and there are many - are usually cultivars of Sambucus racemosa or red elderberry. Sambucus are nitrogen loving plants and typically grow where organic matter is plentiful.

I'll bet you did, Bev. I bought some Shannon Minky for the back of the little 4-patch scrappy quilt I was having problems with, so when that's quilted, I'll have nothing left to quilt but the one I'm working on. You know, I just remembered... I have the fabric cut for a wall hanging and a baby quilt that I left in Hawaii to work on next winter. My checked bag was maxed out at 49.8 pounds, so I didn't dare pack the fabric. Maybe those count as UFOs too, but I prefer to think of them as WIPs, works in progress.