Hi, Just saw your post. Here's my list, I just copied from "my page - exchanges". achillea millefolium - cranberry pink achillea tomentosa - very dwarf yellow yarrow - not invasive amaranthus seedlings - dwarf and tall ampelopsis brevipendunculata variegata anise hyssop - agastache blue fortune anthriscus sylvestris ravenswing aster frikartii astrantia Moulin Rouge baptisia bearded german iris - all colors, all gorgeous fancy and large, bee balm - red, maroon, pink, white, lavender bleeding heart  pink, white, pink fringed bronze fennel brunnera brunnera ÂJack Frost campanula blue clips campanula cherry bells campanula cochlearifolia campanula glomerata campanula persicifolia campanula sarastro centaurea dealbata  persian coneflower centaurea montana  montana bluet clematis  Radar Love - yellow coreopsis  crème brulee coreopsis  moonbeam coreopsis - zagreb corydalis lutea dahlia - arabian night - dark red dahlias - red, yellow, pink, maroon, white with purple edges dark red sweet william "sooty" daylilies - orange, red, yellow, maroon, cream, etc. dog tooth violet - erythronium donkey tail - euphorbia myrsinites eryngium  sea holly eupatorium - joe pye weed eupatorium 'cori' - dwarf blue (perennial ageratum) euphorbia dulcis Âchamaeleon  red leaves euphorbia myrsinites  donkeytail fleece flower - polygonum bistorta geranium Âmax frei geranium Âsamobor geranium sanguineum striatum  light pink golden creeping jenny hens and chicks hibiscus moscheutos - pink hardy hibiscus hosta patriot hosta sum and substance hyacinthoides hispanica - wood hyacinth  purple, pink and white iris  german bearded  ÂBatik  dark purple splashed with white iris  german bearded  ÂBeverly Sills pink iris  german bearded  ÂDover Beach  light and dark blue bicolor iris  german bearded  ÂSamurai Warrior red iris  german bearded  various purples and pinks, peach iris ensata Âgusto jack-in-the-pulpit japanese blood grass kniphofia  poker plant lady's mantle - alchemilla mollis lambs ears lilies - asiatic orange, yellow, light pink, dark pink lily Âblack beauty lily -asiaticÂmonte negro lysimachia - alexander may apple - podophyllum miscanthus sinensis Âsilver feather miscanthus sinensis variegatus nepeta  walkers low pearly everlasting peonies - sarah bernhardt, karl rosenfeld, festiva maxima, ballerina polygonum bistorta - fleece flower primrose  heirloom light yellow - very, very long bloom time primrose  scarlet with yellow eye rose campion - lychnis coronaria rose of sharon - various colors salvia may night salvia schwellenburg scabiosa ochreleuca sedums creeping - lots of different kinds - pink, yellow, white sedums tall - autumn joy, frosty morn, brilliant, matrona seedlings - knautia macedonica soapwort - pink stachys hummelo - betony stokesia - purple parasol tradescantia  spiderwort  dark purple, violet purple, hot pink, light purple turtlehead - chelone - pink - careful it's a spreader! verbena bonariensis - tall and purple veronica Âcrater lake blue veronica incana - silver leaves, purple spiky flowers willow  arctic willow  narrow blue-green leaves willow - hakura nishiki (white variegated leaves) willow - salix alba 'flame' - gorgeous bright orange bark wood hyacinth - pink yucca - bright edge (yellow striped leaves) Please email me directly if interested. thanks

Hi. This is nothing to be worried about. When the candle burns the wax is kept at sustained heat longer than it was when it was poured. This makes the wax "chalky" when it cools. The color can change depending on the dye and or fragrance added to the candle, sometimes making a distinct layer, sometimes making only a subtle line where the liquid layer ended. In one respect, the ring can be helpful-- if you pour your own candles & the ring is more than 1/4" from the top of the wax, your wick is too big and you are burning your candle faster than you need to. Or, if the chalky part is bubbly, you might have too much fragrance oil in the candle-- not really a problem, either unless you're drowning your wick. BTW leaving a soy candle in a hot place (like the car) can also eventually turn the exposed parts of the candle chalky-- on the sides, it looks like solarization (& sort of is), but on the top, the candle looks "old". Unless it IS old, the way it looks should have no affect on the way it smells when it burns. Hope this helps.

Hello, I read your post and use to buy & sell Party Lite candles. I stopped using them when I found out that Party Light candles are not all made here in the USA which we did not like since we had no knowledge of the quality of the materials used in making their candles. We agree, Party Lite had a nice scent throw but the soot is far too much for our liking. We couldnt help wonder what it was doing to our lungs. So to find a healthier alternitive to burning candles, Many years ago, I became interested in making my own candles. I have sold them in my own retail locations for years. I have made all sort of candles using many types of waxes. Overall (next to beeswax) we prefer soy wax. There is no dispute that soy wax is a much cleaner wax to burn. We have had great results from our soy candles and our customers come back for more. We found that measuring our fragrances by weight, not by volume gave us a better scent throw. We also found that buying a higher quality of fragrance oil also worked well for us. At times, depending on the fragrance, we have used 1.5 ounces (by weight) of fragrance oil per pound of wax. Keep in mind, wax is like a sponge and can only hold so much fragrance oil. Too much oil and you can get the opposit effect and have a poor scent throw. It is important to mix the fragrance oils very well to make sure they bind to the wax. Without aggitating, we mix ours for about two minutes. Hope this is helpful. Debbie

For those of you who make candles maybe you can help me. I want to purchase some 100% soy scented candles wholesale for my non profit to do fund raising. I cannot find a pure soy candle with a self cleaning wick. When I say self cleaning, I'm talking about a wick that falls off as it burns and doesn't turn into a big black glob that throws off black smoke. Can you help?