Rox, Knowing that you said "named" plants kind of precludes the statement of window shopping trees in a neighborhood and asking the owner if you could purchase a cutting. The answer usually falls between "Go Away" and "take what you want." I would recommend talking with Kara G. (the operator of the Dole Plantaion Kiosk). I have had very good cuttings from Kara and from the Swap Meet sellers too. Kenny also posted about a grower on Oahu a while back. I think its a rare day for many of the "premium" sellers to allow guests to walk their tree farms. I can understand the apprehension to visitors from some of the experiences other have posted about in the forum. There is a place just southwest of Lihue called "Kauai Nursery and Landscaping" or something like that which has some plants and will ship to the mainland but frankly speaking I have been previously underwhelmed by local nurseries on all the islands as far as named plumeria. They are just pink, red, yellow, etc. There was a place in the Iao Valley on Maui but again a selection about the size of a picnic table. They had one plant named "Iao Valley" but the worker could tell me very little about it. The Big Island I havent been to since 2003 but some family friends in Wiamea (Kumuela) on the island have looked in the Kohala area for me as late as 2011 without much luck.

Best Places to find a variety: Family Tree Nursery (several locations OP, Shawnee and I think up North) Heartland Nursery at View High Dr and I-470 (Very South KC) Soil Service Garden Center at 72nd and Troost KC, Mo Farrand Farms - 5941 South Noland Road Kansas City, MO For heirlooms you wont find elsewhere: Brookside Farmers Market 63rd St And Wornall Rd KC, Mo (look for Bear Creek Farms or KCCUA) There are also some events you will find different plants: Up coming events you can find plants from local growers Eat Local 2009!! 11th Annual Farmer's Exhibition Buy Direct from Local Family Farms  High-quality, organic vegetables available on-site and thru CSA memberships  Free Range meats, eggs and dairy products  Veggie seedlings and plants for spring gardens  Free Directory of Local Organic and Free Range Food Producers  Free admission, free parking  Original music by Eco-Troubadour Stan Slaughter Saturday, March 28th - 9 AM to 2 PM Shawnee Civic Center 13817 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, KS (2 miles east of I-435) Saturday, April 4th 9:15 AM to 2:00 PM Roger T. Sermon Community Center Truman & Noland Rd, Independence, MO (Corner of Truman and Noland Roads, Independence, Missouri) KC Community Farm Veggie & Transplant Sale Saturday, April 4 - 10 AM - 3 PM Kansas City Center For Urban Agriculture - KCCUA 4223 Gibbs Rd, Kansas City, KS 66106 Places like Suburban or the Grass Pad really dont have much on selection for tomatoes. They are better "landscape" sources. The best places for seed selections are Planters Seed in the River Market dowtown KC, Family Tree Nurseries (one in OP tends to have more) and Earl Mays (if there are any still around) Heartland Nursery has one of the better selections of annuals and perennial varieties (that you wont find elsewhere) but like Family Tree tend to be a little pricey. They are both worth going and just seeing what they have though! Planters Seed is also a very interesting place.

I read all the posts about trying to SPEND LESS MONEY on building tomato cages..even the one that wanted to built them for less than $3.00 each. There are a lot of suggestions...like buying fencing on a roll as a ONE time investment that LAST a life time. Well...to buy tomato cages or even to construct TOMATO cages for LESS than $3.00..........TRY FREE! CONSTRUCTION companies tear down a lot of old buildings, gates, fences. THEY HAVE TO PAY SOME DEBRI COMPANY TO DUMP THEM...so if you approach them for FREE MATERIAL..THEY ARE SO HAPPY to GIVE YOU ANYTHING you want that you can haul away yourself!. I built or use fulton bed Frames or mattress metal frames for trellis for cucumbers and string beans so they can climb up. IT'S FREE! For tomatoes, I found BIG HEAVY DUTY TALL tomato cages that I found in GROCERY OUTLET for $2.99 EACH that would have gone for $10.99 - $15.99 at HOME DEPOT. EVERY CITY HAS A "DUMP" day where tenants and homeowners leave out items on the sideways for pick up. YOU CAN FIND SOME REALLY NICE STUFF in them piles. One homeowner landscaped their house and left out a lot of big black empty planters holders (3 gallon - 5 gallon) which would have costs me $3.00 - $5.00 EACH if I have to buy them ..(FREE, FREE, FREE!!!) so I used them to plant all my herbs. I got fennel, dill, cilentro, parsley, oregano, basil going. AND do I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE HERBS or my VEGGIES? Heck no!. I use ROOT ALL or a ROOT HORMONE powder ($4.00 at WalMart) and CLONE all my veggies off from my friends or neighbor's garden. (Other than the $4 bucks that I have to spend for the rooting hormone).....otherwise it's FREE, FREE, FREE. What? "Buying" STRING to string up trellis? STRING is so FLIMSY!! If you go to HOME DEPOT or OSH...there are those LONG plastic "fastener"s that is WRAPPED around wooden boards. Those are cut and thrown to the ground as the boards are lifted up on to the display area. I picked them off shipping area grounds and use those PLASTIC string and string them across to the stakes for support for the tomato. They are STURDY and they are NOT FLIMSKY. (FREE, FREE, FREE). Got to go.... HOPE THIS ALL HELPS. FROM "FREE IS ME!!!"

I bought my peppers and tomatoes from the local home depot and lowes - Bonnie plant brand. As far as heat, yes it's a problem. Last year we had that terrible heat wave, I barely kept my plants alive through it. Once the heat broke, I got lots of production, except the hard frost killed everything just before they were ripe. Had literally hundreds of orange/almost red cherry tomatoes fall on the ground to rot. Bad luck, is all. I'd recommend planting now, so they reach maturity by the time the cooler weather rolls in, and get the fruit set ASAP. Here is a link that might be useful: DFW Gardener