It's no problem, Xuan... I'm happy to help enable you! My only hope is that Clematis will take kindly to your climate, and grow well for you. Clematis like their heads in the sun, and their feet kept cool... we do this either by using a thick layer of mulch, or under-planting the vine with a thick-growing ground cover that will help shade the root area. I don't think you'll have too many problems starting the seeds, but once the vine grows a bit, I hope it can survive and thrive in your hot climate. Also... there are different types of Clematis... I get confused all the time, and have to go reread my information... I believe there are three types, and they all require different pruning techniques to flower well. One type can be cut back quite a bit each year, while another type only flowers on the previous year's wood and must be pruned differently, and one type is autumn-blooming, etc... so, my advice is to read up on the different types before you begin. I'll let you know which type I send seeds from so you'll know what the proper method of pruning is, and how to best take care of your vines. It sounds like a pain in the butt, but once you see a large Clematis in full bloom up close, you'll be amazed! They are beautiful vines, and totally worth the effort! I've never tried to grow Passiflora, even as just an annual fence climber... I should give it a go next spring. Usually, annual vines grow slowly here until late summer, and then they go nuts as the weather begins to cool a bit! Last year, I had gorgeous Mina Lobata and Cup & Saucer Vine, and my Morning Glories covered a huge fence area and bloomed beautifully! This year, the poor weather has really hampered my attempts to grow nice vines. I just now am bumping up seedlings into 3" pots, and will plant them by the fence as soon as they gain a bit of size and strength. The only climbers that are doing well this year are the roses, although, this is what I've been hoping for since they were planted three years ago! Chaz - It's probably best that you can't have a dog, given the current condition of most breeds, genetically speaking! I weep for Man's Best Friend, and the poor state of canine affairs... it's just deplorable what most breeds have become in the hands of irresponsible and greedy breeders... and I use that term loosely! And the registries, which the general public thinks they can trust, are the greediest of all, registering anything as long as that check clears! They don't research pedigrees, even though they claim to... pedigrees and dog papers are among the easiest forgeries to create and pass off as authentic... and they don't have the future welfare of the dogs in mind at all! If they did, there would be a lot less rescue organizations and shelters in existence! And anyone who thinks I'm wrong should go take a look at the digs where these registries are headquartered... very expensive! The whole thing is a very sore subject with me, mainly because we've taken so much flack over the years for culling hard and not selling to every tom, dick, and harry with a wad of cash in hand... and because I've watched the very breed I love so much go down the toilet, and become nothing more than an unhealthy version of what it should be, able to do little more than parade around a show ring!

LOL Kristy. That's WONDERFUL! I don't know anything about medical stuff, but if it made you feel better, maybe your doctor could find something safer for you to help? I would hope he could. Karyn, I'm in Illinois. And yes, Campis Radicans is what I'm talking about. And yea, it is pretty hardy (like the cockroaches) LOL, I just wanted something STURDY to go on my fence. For something that is supposedly so "hardy", it sure took a long time for those at the back of the fence to catch up. Those particular volunteers from Mom's house must have been really young. I'm concerned about the "suckers" now also. Now that they whacked the main trunks, I'm afraid they're going to run ALL OVER now because the main is dead. They will put all their efforts into running. So, we're trying to decide if we are going to "shovel" prune them out, and find something else, or do I want to try to recover again. They've got some climbing roses on sale over at Lowes. I bought 1. Thought I'd give it a try (although Roses and I don't get along) I'll look into that passi and see if it is cold hardy here. Otherwise, morning glories. The moon vines didn't bloom until very late one year with a freak warm October. I was going to put down "tile" and some mulch this year along the fence so I didn't have any grass or weeds growing and make it easy with the trumpets this year. NOW I'm going to have to weed that area again if I put down morning glories, etc. Last year, those idiots MOWED my morning glories down. Took out a couple of Brugs I put along the fence also. Or I could just leave it uncovered. Just hate chain links. They're so ugly and unfriendly looking. But if I take it down, I'd have to go through the permitting process all over again to get another one. Eh, whine whine whine. . . .LOL I'm gonna look into that passi, and see what it will tolerate.

Renee - I LOVE Bridalwreath spirea and have three of them. I generally like things that have big, abundant displays of flowers - like the wisteria... Thyme - Yes, the wisteria was trained as a tree and I'm currently training a young Japanese wisteria to be a tree. The Chinese one has a trunk that splits in two just above the graft union so there are two poles that supported it when it was young. The Japanese one just has one pole. During the growing season, pruning is sometimes a daily task! And you have to be vigilant about root suckers - they need to be removed as soon as they appear. Also all seed pods are removed in late fall after the leaves drop and you can see the seedpods. I did a germination test one year and about 25% of the seeds germinated, so I remove the pods to prevent seedlings appearing. There are very detailed 'rules' for pruning wisteria - but I ignore them! What works for me is that everytime it puts out long whippy new growth, I cut it back to where I want the tree to grow - usually cut it back to 6-12" from the point of origin. One thing I have learned is that when I do that, about 10-14 days later, it produces a flower at that location! So the Chinese wisteria blooms all summer! Not profusely but it's nice to have it in bloom. It took about 5 years for it to produce its first big spring display but it did the summer bloom after pruning from the second year in the ground, so I knew it would eventually do a big bloom - May frosts sometimes prevents a spring bloom. We have long arm pruners to make it easy to prune the top of the tree. We'll likely keep it to the size it is now. This picture shows both wisteria trees. The Japanese one is what is on the pole at the near end of the bed. This is a pichure from a couple of years ago that shows the summer bloom - this is July 18 2007:

Ornamental pomegranate (punica nana) My neighbor has several which she purchased a few years ago here in Ocala. When she went back to buy more she was told that "they don't do well here" so the nurseries no longer stocked them in this area.I really wanted to have this plant in my landscaping, so I took hardwood cuttings and they survived the winter in a makeshift greenhouse in the garage. They flourished this year, with lots of brilliant orange flowers and pomegranates and I have given all but two away. I guess it is the nature of the individual cultivar that determines success in propagation. I have had requests from friends to grow some more this winter, so I guess I will. Now and again I am "tempted" to commit petty larceny at a nursery and snitch a twig or two, but then I would be in the county jail and not able to have fun in the garden, except for the vegetable one the prisoners run!