california wonder purple pepper mini brown bell pepper shungiku edible chrysanthemum wonderberry, soy bean/edamame crystal apple cucumber tiny melons (that can be trelissed) sweet potatos cherry tomato-any color-rainbow mix would be awesome first pick tomato juane flammee tomato mammoth red rock cabbage strawberry spinach viking purple potato red brussel sprouts

Hi Kate, I'm interested in: Astilboides tabularis Geranium 'Splish Splash' Impatiens glandulifera Alba Phlomis tuberosa 'Amazone' Sanguisorba obtusa From your wish list I have: Amaranthus 'Autumn Palette' Aquilegia flabellata var. pumila kurilensis 'Rosea' Cleome serrulata Ligularia dentata 'Dark Beauty' (commercial seed) Silene lacinata 'Jack Flash' (also have some variegated-leaved with white flowers) The Aquilegia and Silene lacinata were from a recent (Nov.) T&M order, I can split the packet with you. Thanks for your consideration. Hope we can work out a trade. Maria Here is a link that might be useful: my list

i completely sympathize w/ all of you. august is the one month that i am really NOT proud of our gardens. there is a famous garden designer/gardener in Vancouver, Pam Frost, who will not let anyone visit her garden in August. 'blousy' is her term for it, but then Pam's english, and the english are so lovely with their euphamisms.i think the use of 'scruffy' in one of the above posts- is far more appropriate. I myself call it 'the jungle', when the plants on our narrow paths really take the term 'touchy feely' to new heights. whacking and pruning are great for purging and purifying. as we are in our houses, when the chaos gets out of control, we can get quite uncomfortable. So Ms. Snippy if on the prowl, feeling better every hour.... best, mindy

Christin, The phloz I have is 'Phlox divericata', wild Blue Phlox. Here is what my North American Wildlife book says about it: BLUE PHLOX Phlox divericata SIZE: 6 to 12 in. tall; flower, 3/4 to 1 1/2 in. across WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Flowers light blue (light blue violet) with 5 petals, often notched, at end of a slender tube, in clusters atop a sticky stem; Leaves in pairs, lance shaped. (shiny) HABITAT: Rich woods, clearings, fields, bluffs IN BLOOM: Apr.-June (I added what is in parenthesis) What it doesn't say is how deliciously fragrant this little flower is. It fill the air with its sweet fragrance. Everyone who visits asks, "What is that sweet perfumed flower I smell?" They are always surprised to discover it is that little plant on the ground. Even more fragrant than summer garden phlox. - It likes full sun or partial sun, btw. It has survived many of our severe droughts too. It is a ground cover, so it spreads, but I let it go where it wants to go as it fills in the bare spots between my spring bulbs and does not crowd out its neighbors. I can send you a few starts of it with roots. I started out with only two little plants that I dug up along the Illinois river in Northeast Oklahoma. It was growing on a cliff overlooking the river. I was white-water rafting at the time. I parked my canoe on a sandy gravel bar and climbed that rocky cliff, bagged two sprigs, and then dove down into the river with my prize in hand and swam back to my canoe, continuing on my 21 mile trip. Yahoo! :). That was such a blast! Anyway, it is just a wonderful little spring flowering phlox. I have taken a start of it with me every time I move. (I'm not moving again. Got too much junk and too many plants and rocks that I would NOT leave behind.) I am sure you would love it. ~Annie