I was haunting the forums, looking for pictures of flowers for ideas for wintersowing and saw this string and had to put in my fav! I'm verging on zone 4 at my altitude, listed as zone 5 and last year was the first spring I had Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mountain Blue was the variety) bloom in my garden. It bloomed pretty much the entire time I had peonies. I have around 90 varieties that bloom from early to late and this penstemon bloomed the entire time. It's a larger blooming penstemon but only gets to around 3' high max, spread probably around 18-24". It's still a slightly spiky bloom and the blue looked great with every peony I put it with, made wonderful arrangements. It is one of the easiest seeds to wintersow, also. If started this winter I wouldn't be surprised if it had a small amount of blooms late spring this next season and a large spread the 2nd year.

Hi i was wanting to know if ou had any of your passion or bigonia vines or any of your hibiscus left. i have some stuff on my list that you might like. let me know.

Received my seeds today! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thank you Kamil and everyone! I'm just about to go start mine! I even got my favorite color, how's that for cool! Maybe we could do a swap based on color next time...Hm, I might have to start one of those based on purple.... :0) Thanks a bunch guys/gals it was fun!

laura : Yes I sent you a thank you by email for the braclet as soon as it arrived .I'm sorry if you did not get it I should have posted . sorry I have your list of plants that I owe you for the feb swap & on monday they will go out to you . earthly,debbya,sandlapper yours went out yesterday . sassyd,cadarnest,shirley, llbean ,micke will be going out this next week. happy gardening to all susie I JUST HAD TO TAKE A GUESS AT THIS :)))) 1. I am a giant herb, but I grow in a tree, what am I.? A giant knotweed (Reynoutria 2. I have the highest calorie content of any fruit, what am I? (Strawberries ) 3. IÂm vegetable, but I am a member of the thistle family. What am I? ( cardoon/artichoke) 4. In the 1600Âs how much did a collector paid for a Viceroy Tulip? (TILIPOMANIA $35,000. 5. How old does an Oak tree have to be before they produce acorns? (Acorn Production -- Oak trees can start producing acorns when they are 20 years old, but sometimes can go all the way to 50 years for the first production. By the time the tree is 70 to 80 years old it will produce thousands of acorns. 6. I have the smallest seeds and it takes more than 1.25 million to weigh 1 gram. What kind of plant will I grow to be? (ORCHIDS) 7. What is the tallest and largest living organism in the world? ( CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ) 8. I arrived in Europe from China, Japan, Korea and Eastern Siberia during the 16th century. By the 17th century I crossed the Atlantic to North America. What plant am I? (DAYLILY) 9. I was the first hosta to be introduced to western Botany. What is my name? (Lancifolia') IÂm considered undesirable, unattractive, or troublesome, when I grow where I am not wanted. What am I? ( WEEDS) In earlier times I was planted by the outhouse. What am I and why was I planted there? (DUTCHMANPIPE )