Walter AndersonÂs Nursery 3642 Enterprise St. San Diego, CA 92110-3212 (619) 224-8271 Buena Creek Gardens 418 Buena Creek Rd. San Marcos, CA 92069 760-744-2810 Perennials, tropicals buenacreekgdns@aol.com http://www.buenacreekgardens.com Hidden Valley Hibiscus 2411 East Valley Parkway Escondido, CA 92027 760-749-6410 Hibiscus info@hiddenvalleyhibiscus.com http://www.exotic-hibiscus.com/ Mission Hills Nursery 1525 Fort Stockton Drive San Diego, California 92103 Phone: (619) 295-2808 Fax: (619) 295-7833 http://www.missionhillsnursery.com/ sales@missionhillsnursery.com Pacific Tree Farms 4301 Lynwood Drive Chula Vista, CA 91910 619-422-2400 Conifers, exotic fruits kyburg@ix.netcom.com Tropic World 26437 North Centre City Pkwy Escondido, CA 92026 760-746-6108 Palms, bamboos, exotica WeidnerÂs Plants 695 Normandy Encinitas, CA 92024 760 436 2194 http://www.weidners.com/ staff@weidners.com Your friend will NEVER tire of the selection available from these nurseries. The heck with mailorder. I sometimes wish I lived back in San Diego (my home town). Joe

Thank you Silvergold, You are giving some very nice ideas about plant combos. Like Bonnie said, we have unusually cold weather here in Maryland and your pictures are just what we need. I will bookmark this page. I hope I will have a real garden at some point... Bonnie, I live in Montgomery County, not very close to you, but not too far either. I've been lurking a little at the Mid-Atlantic Forum, but did not post there. Since I do not have a garden yet (have a couple of severe plant addictions though) and do not have much to swap, I will not attend your wonderful swap this time. I have to stop ordering for this spring now - I ordered more than 40 types of Lilies already; it is kind of too much for container planting. I thought about spliting some Lily orders with someone in our area, because some wholesale offers are very attractive. For example, Brent and Becky's offers Triumphator for $1 per bulb if you order 25 bulbs. That's unbeatable! We can stay in touch if you are interested in this kind of deals. I would join some gardening club, but I should probably get a garden first :0) BTW, Helen lives in Baltimore area also. She is a very knowledgeable person when it comes to Lilies. I enjoy reading her posts very much. I am so glad to know that there are some Lily lovers in my area! Have a good spring swap, Bonnie!

call a local nursery they should be able to get the 4cu bags for ~20$ amazon prices are not good for this because perlite bags are so big / cheap. Local nursery will have connections with a distributor in your area and can get it for wholesale and won't charge you shipping.

I just received a batch of native eastern trees (bitternut hickory; American beech; sassafras; American chestnut; mockernut) from Nutcracker nursery. They're all right, but shipping is outrageous, ($87 to Alberta for 500 grams of bare-root trees), and several seedlings were broken on arrival. I'm giving them a pass this year, as things have been so strange, but I may not buy from them again. Acorus Restoration in Ontario is excellent. They stopped selling for a few years, but I see that they've started up again. Prices are great and shipping is reasonable, so I'll try another order from them in the fall. Next year I'll try Grimo Nut Farms, as they have an interesting selection of nut trees. Honeytree Nursery in PEI also sells a variety of interesting trees, and it's worth looking at their website.