I'm interested in your seedlings. I have LOTS of hosta that will be available soon (I'm zone 5/6 too). Have a couple blue ones, dwarf and a large corrugated leaf variety. Should have Papaver 'Lauren's Grape' too (perennial poppy variety) if you're interested. Will provide easy specific packing/shipping directions too. Just let me know if you're interested. Atravers

In my yard I have a Amethyst Falls wisteria vine which is being trained into a tree. I just purchased a Blue Moon variety which will be trained onto a wooden fence that get's full sun. I have wild wisteria growing near a State Park near me which I thought I could transplant and use in my yard. After noticing that it practically has taken over a city block, I thought better of it and decided to stay with my American varieties. I'm pleased to hear that the Blue Moon variety is fragrant as I intend to move it to a portico over the backyard patio once it is built. I have two questions for all the "Blue Moon" owners out there: 1. How much growth do you see per season with this variety? 2. Have you actually seen re-blooming with this variety and if so, are their any tricks to force the wisteria to re-bloom that I should know about? Thanks, smithmal

Well, I just typed in a thread, accidentally clicked something & it is all gone. If it shows back up when I type this out, don't think I'm crazy. Well, I am, just not this time. Maryl, I love the boulder & the rustic fence, I don't have much in the way of garden interest other than plants. I think I need to do something about that, but not something I'm good at. Brad, I do envy the look of your flower beds, so very neat & tidy. Mine NEVER look that good. I do have lots of perennials stuffed in every nook I can find between daylilies. My effort to slow weeds. It works to an extent, but sometimes looks a bit messy in itself. Plus, weeds grow underneath sometimes & fool me. I like to think I've at least weakened them though :) Cindy, your garden always leaves me in awe. It isn't just the daylilies, but the entire setting is so beautiful, & you have everything placed so nicely. I wish I had your talent. Patty, you have so many daylilies, it must be stunning to be there in person when they are blooming. I spotted several I especially like. Nice Julia! I really like the last garden scene photo. Love that balloon too, makes me feel warmer just looking at it.

they are not attractive to me at all unless in bloom, which is about two weeks. ron's description of the summer habit with long tentacles going in all directions is spot-on as well as the ground hugging cables that require seriously sharp pruning equipment (not all seem to do this unless you remove too much from the top). the shoots reach a stage that becomes sinewy and don't cut easily. i am still working to eradicate one that i trained as a standard and decided to take out. after i cut the trunk, sprouts started coming up everywhere, running just beneath the surface from the base to 15' away. it may behave well for you in your colder zone and i can certainly see the attractiveness of it but it behaves badly here and is one of the worst exotic invasives we have. the white-flowered form is much more uncommon in natural areas. having said that, here is a photo i took of one at a friends house that he planted after digging it up along a roadside. this one is probably chinese wisteria with the lighter bark and april flowers. should be about 9-10 years old.