The Obovata don't need to be chilled. You can separate the seeds and put them in damp cloth or napkins until you plant them. The best pots for Paw Paws are the long citrus pots that allow the plants to throw down long roots. I cover the seeds with a very thin layer of soil and let them be. I've been successful at growing Paw Paws, but I still have not attracted one Zebra Swallowtail to my garden.

Linda, ALL auctions that I attend are open to ALL buyers. There is no such thing (at least in the eastern states)as a distinct "collector's sale", nor are there "trade only" sales. Taking this from the auctioneer's perspective-the goal is to maximise the hammer price of each lot that crosses the block. This benefits both auction and consignor. Therefore, closing sales to the public (collectors) contraindicates that goal. Perhaps there may be a few places local to you that require a dealer to have a tax ID or license of some sort in order to attend but that is not the practice here. Is the Harris auction a dealer only auction? I didn't see any restrictions in a quick perusal of the site. In this area, if trade attends sales, trade does so in order to buy specific items for specific clients, or hopes that something 'slips through the cracks' so that it may be purchased for later retail sale. Unfortunately most things are greedily grabbed by clients with very deep pockets! It's no secret that many in the gallery and most of the telephone bids are trade bidding on behalf of these clients. I looked up the Gene Harris-got Tom Harris, presumably that's the son who took over? I used to go to sales like this but never, ever found one single thing that I would retail; although there have been two or three objects within my specialty, these were so tatty that I couldn't be bothered. I rarely buy 'projects'. I have one object sitting in my house that needs only a re-gluing and re-set of its tripod base (minor repair and not considered attrition). I have had this object since the end of March and haven't got the job done yet. All it takes is a telephone call. Just so you know why I can't buy projects! We often fall into inventory just by word of mouth, mostly through our networks. I really prefer buying from and selling to trade, although margins are slimmer it's enormously fun. But oh my I do love the axcitement of an auction. Hehe, now I sortakinda know where you are! You must come east, ma'am, and let me take you round with me. You'd have a blast and would probably be the 'belle of the ball'. But then, in return, you'd have to haul me around all the good places in your region.

I just downloaded the FireFox Browser. I figured so many people have been telling me how easy it is to use and if so many are happy I can be too! Lately IE has really been dogging my work by not connecting to web pages or just freezing up completely and my poor system has to find a solution or restart the page which disconnects me. blahblahblahyaddayaddayadda Oh How I HOPE I can learn how to use it with very few dummy questions. Is there a firefox for dummies booklet out? LOL I'm off to the getting started page to learn. Please wish me luck. CT.

I would go with spacing of about 1.5 feet between those plants. The brunnera and heuchera are low-growers; the flower scapes of the heucheras get 1.5-2.0 foot tall, but the overall effect is airy - the foliage stays low, pretty much same size as the brunnera. Helleborus are taller plants than the other two, so I'd avoid blocking the view of the brunnera and heucheras with the helleborus (in other words, don't plant the helleborus in front of them) unless the bed is viewed from multiple sides, then it won't matter so much, although think about the primary viewing angle and put the shorter plants in front. I don't particularly care for plants planted in straight lines - I prefer a woven-type arrangement with one plant leading the eye to another.