I have Clematis Montana Rubens. I planted it last year planning to let it grow up and over my garage doors, but realized this year that that side of the house really doesn't get enough sun. I also have hostas 'goober' and 'gold standard'. In a few weeks I'll be taking cuttings from most of my roses, and can either send cuttings or can root some for you to send this fall. PLMK. Thanks! Amanda :)

You are right it is a NOID plant, meaning it has no I.D. or petigree as a variety. So you'll never find it listed anywhere. But, you may find a few close to it (maybe close to the parent plants used in the cross) But, it should never be identified as one variety, or another. Just enjoy it for what it is...different but, pretty! But, still a noid! The African Violet Society of America frowns badly on naming a plant as a variety when it's not offically I.D'ed, or registered with The AV Society of America as such. And is considered dishonest to do so. Your plant was probably one of a thousand random genetic crosses when grown from seed, and the breeder sold the rejected plants for whatever reason, but, usually becaue they saw it as genetically inferior for whatever they were looking to accomplish as a new variety. So, the breeder sold them on the open market rather than destroy the whole crop of a thousand plants. Just for the sake of one or two plants for further cross breeding. (money, money money !) So each baby plant is/was slightly different from it's siblings, yet still unstable genetically. they were they not named or registered! Which costs $$$ and time to do! Even though each plant will grow, flower, and be healthy other wise, it's just not a named variety.. I once had an AV that was a named variety at the time, that had all white, with blue speckled flowers, and varigated leaves which grew this way for years. Then SUDDENLY one day it changed! It changed to all white, with blue speckled flowers, and varigated leaves on exactly half of the plant, and dark blue flowers, and dark leaves on exactly half of the opposite half of the AV! You could actually see the dividing line exactly down the middle of the two types on this plant! Even to any flowers on the dividing line were half white/speckled and half Dk blue! Leaves, on the dividing line were exactly half varigated, half dk green! It was weird to look at! But, so cool! That was back in the 1970's BTW, The African Violet Society of America (or AVSA for short) has a huge A-Z research library of named varieties on they're website that you can research offical pictures, and discriptions of named varieties that are accepted as genuine varieties, and registered with them as such. You can become a member if you like for a membership fee, and they also offer an AV picture and discription data base on computer disc which has monthly updates that can be downloaded . Also for a fee. The AVSA is considered the Hall mark of recognized varieties. And is the final word on AV varieties. You can even breed your own type of new plant, or color combination, etc. and if you can get that specific plant's genetic's to remain stable for 3-4 generations from seed, you can then name it anything you wish, and register it with The AVSA. There are local AV groups in your area you can join that will have AV shows, with plants, cuttings, seeds, etc. for sale cheaper than anywhere else! Also state wide shows with other groups in each state, America wide shows, and International AV shows, and expo's. just like dog or cat petigree shows, (but without all the barking, meowing, leashes, flying hair, and cages!) AVSA will have all that info, with pictures, and more on they're website for you! They may still have a seed exchange library still available free to members. I hope that explanation, and information helps you.

OMG you mean i get to get MORE insane than i am NOW??? OHHHHHH NOOOOOO!!!! LOL she drives me absolutely NUTS now!! that girl is only 6 and she "think" she has to act like a 13-16 yr old! and we wont' even talk about the boys, her idea of .....well lets just say, the boys pick on her, and we told her that they might be doing that because they like her, so she said that "well, ohhhh i'll just have to kick their butt!! " LOL now that's just bad!! and believe me, that girl could do it! her brother irritates her, she'll wait a few then go over and just WHOP that boy right in his jaw and he's just stunned. LOL and she just walks away like nothing ever happened. yes that boy did that. he did a great job!! :') i told him i was gonna post it and he was like MOM you better NOT!!!! i am sooooo mean!! LOL but a very proud mommmy!! and yes i do have a garden, and one that i'm proud of, just one though. HEE HEE HEE

Oh, gosh, if I put things in capital letters I do it for emphasis. I would never be so boorish as to yell at someone on a forum. So if I have offended anyone I apologize. My mother was a squabbler and it was really embarrassing for me as a teenager because she would take anybody on and run her mouth till she figured she'd "won". But my best friend had a mother who always said, "If you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all". I really respected that woman for her restraint and her good manners. So you won't find me being obnoxious on a forum, on purpose, anyway. I appreciate everyone's input. Even if you don't all have the same opinions, it still gives me lots to think about. And, knowing that some things sound more harsh when they are written than the writer may have meant, I try to take everything other people say at face value. I love these forums and feel like I have learned so much from them. Cearbhaill, I'm going to offer Pearl a raw chicken wing tip today and see what she does. Stbonner, I will watch out for gluten on the ingredients list from now on. And also "meat by-products" or "meat and bone meal". Thanks for that information. Those who use blood-soaked sawdust from the floor, what would they call that? Does that fall in the "meat by-products" category? Minnie, I think that's a good idea you have there. I think it would be good to e-mail all these pet food producers who have the above items on their lists of ingredients and tell them we know what that is and we will not be buying their products as long as those ingredients are on the list. If they are just asked "if" they include euthanized pets and roadkill in their food, they'll just find someone who works there that doesn't know about "anything" that they put in the food, who can then truthfully tell you "I know of no such ingredients in our brand". Here's the ingredients list on the Chicken Soup brand of cat food: chicken, chicken meal, cracked pearled barley, chicken fat preserved with mixed tocopherols, ocean fish meal, white rice, potatoes, oatmeal, millet, natural chicken flavor, salmon, turkey, duck, flaxseed, sodium bisulfate, egg product, methionine, potassium chloride, choline chloride, dried chicory root, taurine, kelp, carrots, peas, apples, tomatoes, blueberries, spinach, dried skim milk, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flakes, yucca schidigera extract, L-carnitine, Enterococcus facium, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation solubles, dried Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, zinc proteinate, vitamin E supplement, niacin, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin A supplement, biotin, potassium iodide, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, manganese oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin D supplement, folic acid. I had never heard of Eagle Pack. I checked the price and it runs about $2 for a 13-oz can of cat food, if ordered from Amazon.com. I have sent an e-mail to a distributor 35 miles away to see what their price is. For that price, though, I'd think it would be cheaper to feed raw chicken if she will eat it. Would there be calcium in the cartilage that's in the wing? When I had cats as a child we always fed them milk and table scraps, and they supplemented it by hunting. Then people started saying cats couldn't digest milk and not to feed it. My dog, Sonny, has gotten so that he doesn't want to eat the dry Chicken Soup dog food. So to about a cup of dry food I've been adding about a half cup of leftovers from our most recent meal and some water that had sausage cooked in it (fat removed), or water with dry milk powder added, and he has been cleaning the bowl.