I've been waiting to post to see if my orange esperanza survived. Still no signs of any green showing. I would be happy to trade for your Liatris mucronata seeds. We can mail or trade at the Denton swap. Actually I may have a very small plant I could bring to the swap. I saw 1 coming up so far from the seeds I planted.

Hi Ruth, I'm definitely in need of fimbriata, the cats prefer this to the calico (which they somehow rip off the vine as a whole leaf and then run out). Where can I find your want list to see if I have what you're looking for? Thanks so much!

Thought I'd "hop" in here. This is a plant I've been growing from seed for several years. Last year I potted up the plants in the terra cotta plastic bowls--about 15" in diameter, and they did well. I put the pots in a protected place over the winter, and they are back. They have little tubers that look a lot like the asclepias tuberosa tubers. You could probably dig the tubers and store them. I lost my first crop as I let the tubers freeze. Putting them in a bag of peat and storing them over the winter would probably work well if you don't have a garage or greenhouse, and you are in zone 8 or colder. HTH, Sandy

Dear Mechelle - I live in the Tidewater area of Eastern Virginia out near Williamsburg, and am desperately trying to farm Aritolochias to raise PVS cats also, as are many other people. If you have any fimbriata seeds still available at this late date, I would love to have a few and give them a try. I'm afraid I don't know much about raising the very small serpentaria roots that I recently purchased. But they are potted up and show signs of growth, even in now in August. The seller said that they wouldn't grow until next Spring, which kinda surprised me! So I've been online reading on the Forum here and I've learned that having "back-up" forage plants is a must when one has a female PVS visitor, which I plan for next Spring. Can you help? Do you have suggestions for keeping serpentaria "vines" alive until next Spring in zone 7? I could even send you an SASE to make it easy (if you have any fimbriata seeds still available)! Thanks!