quote: Yea hawwwww all r coming up now just didn't with long enough but I had thrown all the rest of the seed away soguess I should not have been so hasty =================== aha! excellent. yeah, it was waiting for a bit more warmth, cold stratifying naturally through the cold season. thats what i think. yes i always throw the pots that havent shown anything forever in a place i wouldnt mind if they sprout. usually off to the side of an existing bed. and totally totally, a lot of that stuff sprouts later.... the right cold then warm cycle....and putting them on the ground beside the garden beds makes them finally pop.

Hi again jungle87, I see you got an email link set up. Great! I have 3 varieties of butterfly bush, 2 named and a lavender one with no name. If you will send me your addy, I'll get some of each out to you...no trade needed. Just LMK Sue...chemocurl

I have just gotten interested in Hardy Hibiscus the past couple of years. I tried winter sowing some seed that I traded for, the past two winters. This past winter I didn't get any germination...disappointing. The winter before I ended up with only two seedlings. One was an annual yellow that didn't come back, but one grew and didn't bloom that summer. This year it was slow to emerge in the spring, but I have been watching it form buds for a few weeks and I just came in the house from looking at it and I am so excited. It has two buds unfurling and they are a luscious pink. Here in the northeast, how do you collect seed since they bloom so late? I am going to try to grow more from seed again. I would love to have more of these beautiful plants. :-)

Jackie, I never thought I'd buy hardy hib seeds either, but after several attempts at finding a hardy hib and failing, I decided to order from Parks SEeds in 1989. I can't recall the number of seeds they sent, but only one germinated..enough for 1 plant..I started the seeds in spring, set in a south window after it germinated. I really didn't think it'd do much, but after planting in the ground it really took off..To this day, that HIb emerges from the earth in mid summer..It has the largest, 12-14" diameter red flowers. I can't recall if it's a Disco Belle or Southern Belle, but one of the two. So, if people want another hib, go for it..what have you got to lose? You'd be surprised..Toni