I broke down and bought a purple smoke bush at the nursery yesterday. Still looking for double Rose of Sharon and my Blue Spruce trees still need homes.

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Please check out my tradelist for 'wants' and other 'haves'! I do prefer trades. I'll consider most trades, even if you can offer just a small amount of something on my 'want' list for a generous amount of the Rose of Sharon mix in return. If you don't have anything specific from my list, check out my note at the bottom for other ideas =) I have never done SASE, but I can do it for the Rose of Sharon, as long as you either: send a bubble envelope with appropriate postage; or, include some bubblewrap or other padding in a regular envelope, and send enough postage (one regular stamp, plus 20 cents). Thanks, Lori Here is a link that might be useful: Vikingkirken's Trade List

bently on, The easiest way I have found to root hardy Rose of Sharon is to take 4 inch long cuttings of just thickened fairly new stem tips from the shrub, just prior to its setting bloom buds period. Remove all the leaves except the top two or three, and pinch off any suggestions of pre-bloom bud forming bumps that might be found near the top most end of the tip. You should have taken 4 or 5 such tips. Next, insert them into individual, moistened soil, pots that you prefilled with clean well draining potting soil. Press the potting soil firmly around each inserted stem, and sprinkle the pots with more water. Then put all of them under the shadiest side (possibly the Northeast side) under a dappled shade tree's canopy. This will work best if there is also a privacy fence or other similar thing which produces such eastern shade. A covered patio might also provide enough filtered light. keep the pots gently sprinkled. or even misted if you have such a set-up. Making sure keep the soil moist, but not soggy. by late fall your tips should be well rooted enough to repot them into one size up pots and then sink those, pots into a sheltered planting bed. Let the young rose of sharon go dormant and cover them with mulch or straw through the coldest part of the winter. In the following Spring, just before they break dormancy, plant them out into the landscape bed where you want them to continue growing.