We are making a dream trip to Arizona in late summer or early fall, we havn't finalized things yet. WE are going to drive the entire way from TN....stopping to see what we want to see on the way, take a zillion pictures, and probably buy a zillion plants LOL. I really would love to meet some fellow gardeners who live in Arizona before we make the trip. Maybe we can set up a trade. I have quite an extensive sedum collection, which would do well in your area. We havn't pinpointed it yet, but we have it narrowed down to most likely Tuscon. We are herpers..my son works with the reptiles at the local zoo, so his main interest in the trip is to see the local reptiles ( which I love to photograph)..

Thanks, actually Sarracenia are a temperate species of cps, which means they have to experience a dormancy period to preform there best. Last year i left all of them outside in the pool, moved them to the center, cut there pitchers off used a fungiacid and filled the pool with pine mulch, with it covering 6+ over the pots too, and all these successfully overwintered in zone 5. Sorry to say my favorite plant S. fledgling did not survive, and some of the smaller vfts did not either, the only things you have to bring inside during the winter are...nepenthes, tropical sudews, mexican butterworts, heliamphora, cephalotus can be treated as a tropical, and few others.

Early Oct. sounds good...when can you set a date? If the weather doesn't go south just before the date, I'm contemplating a big change in part of my backyard's layout that will involve digging out a number of plants. I'll try to list some of those items just before the trade date. Tom, it seems there's always a "left behind" item to help keep us in touch...lol. BTW, you have email!

HI Sandy. I haven't put them out yet, but I've got lupine seeds all ready to go. Our little volunteers are coming along so good that I probably don't need more but am going to put them in anyway. I've also got some hollyhock and poppy seeds tucked away somewhere that I'd like to get out and get started. What are you putting in?