Henry, If HT's are someone's thing, then many of the newer Kordes Hybrid Teas and Grandiflora's have very good, to exceptionally high standards of disease resistance to BS, mildew and rust. The latter not being a common disease issue in Ontario, but can be in cramped beds with poor air circulation and or proximity to fences and walls. Some very good examples would include, Grand Amore, Beverly, La Perla and Eliza in particular. Eliza has been in my garden for 4 years now and has never suffered even a hint of BS or mildew. You should not really need to treat any of these. Moreover, the Kordes bred Fairytale series does exceptionally well here and in PEI, Canada. Many of the Fairy Tale roses are also cross-classified as floribunda's and HT's and not as shrub roses. For example, Golden Fairy Tale is often listed as an HT rose because of its upright growth habit. It is very hardy for a yellow rose, blooms exceptionally well and is near bullet-proof in disease resistance terms, much like most of the Fairy Tale series in general. Their only real weakness is a general lack of stong fragrance. I also can't say enough about the Vigorosa series of roses. Once established, they are essentially season long blooming machines that are hardy and disease free here. Another good rose that is classified as a groundcover/landscape rose, but that grows very much as a shrub is the rose Escimo. It is a stunning single white. For miniatures, Kordes has a wondeful rose called 'Roxy' that is like an improved and more disease resistant version of Sweet Chariot, but not as strong in fragrance. Lots of the Austins do well here, but an equal number do not. Explorers and Rugosa's are bullet-proof by and large and the Parklands bloom very well and hold up to the heat, but some of them can be more prone to BS than I would care for. Morden Sunrise being a very good example and sometimes Morden Blush as well. If we're talking purely in terms of disease resistance and roses that are hardy and bloom well, I have a very strong leaning these days to the newer Kordes roses and in particular, those with an ADR certification.

They list two species of arrowhead plants (Sagittaria) but I don't see pitcher plants for sale. If you go to the website, there is a full list of all plants that you can buy. Most are available at the sale, but a few must be ordered ahead of time and picked up on sale day. Happy shopping!

First I don't have any seed for you sorry my tree is not big enough. Second there are 3 different populations (in Texas) of Acer grandidentatum one is in Ft.hood another in the Hill Country around Bandera (Lost maples area) these two share similar genetics to a Chalk Maple Acer saccharum var. leucoderme). (Acer saccharum var.grandidentatum) which is what most people have in central Texas. (Acer grandidentatum var grandidentatum) is in the Guadulaupe mountains and reaching as far north as Utah and as far south as Northern Mexico.I have a Acer saccharum var. leucoderme which was collected in east Texas and has performed well in my Alkaline clay of Austin.My point being you may be able to find the Chalk maple seed easier. The seed also needs cold to germinate typically moist stratification for 90- 120 days @ a temperature of 33-39 degrees.Many of these seed will not have a viable embryo. Put the seed in water if they drop to the bottom that is what will germinate @95%. Discard the floaters. Art

Wanted to see if there are any updates. I honestly dont know what to do to make my next soil mix. I have a bucket left of Flourite, Ill use that in place of turface. I used it for a few years to feed my aquatic plants. Flourite absorbs nutrients from the water and releases it slowly to the plant roots. I can buy succulent soil from anywhere, I think its the same price everywhere. I still need to call humber to check for periite, I went there a few weeks ago and didnt see any perilite. I also cannot buy it in cu ft because I dont have the space. Bark, Ive not seen bark anywhere where its not an inch in size. Same thing for crushed granite, no idea where they will have it.