Hi Phyllis! When you say you tried to contact the person several times do you mean concerning an existing trade? If so,than no it is not rude,good communication is golden when in a trade with someone.If you were emailing this person trying to set up a trade,and they didn't respond by the second email,that could be considered rude,I guess. "Also I sent the seeds and emailed her to let her know they were on the way. Was that the right way or should I have done something different?" It is absolutely the right thing to do,again,good communication. I am sure just about everybody would agree with that! :) It is nice to know when to expect your seeds,and I like to let people know in case of a PO error. If it gets lost ,I can take care of it right away, and than there are no assumptions or misunderstandings because too much time went by before I realized there was a problem. Sorry one of your 2 trades was not pleasant,I hope you plan to stick around,you will see it is not common to have bad experiences,you will have many more good ones,I promise! I have done many trades and cant even count on one hand for the bad ones,the odds are for you! :) Check out the winter sowing forum if you haven't already,there are always good topics on the board and the method is unbelievable! ~Angie...who needs to get her rear back outside...it is a beautiful day! :D

Hi Im interested in a trade I have perennial rose milkweed and I also have white milkweed the seeds I gathered from the white milkweed are out of the wild I also have other kinds of seeds on my have list. I love clematis of any type if you are interested let me know. I also have a few hyacinth bean and some coral vine seeds.

Most of the other GW forums had a notice that the 'Garden Gremlins' were at work overnight and that GW techs were working to bring functionality back, in other words, the forum was hacked. Looks to be back to normal now. Pam

-mmqchdygg, I took a look at the stock image site (openstockphotography) they mentioned. It was REALLY strange, because when I went there the first time all the images on the Scrophularia (the plant in my pic) page were blocked out and said something like they were 'pending removal from WikiCommons'. Today the page is totally empty! -Mindy, no appology. At this point I would rather not hear from them again. Maybe they wanted my address to send a dozen 'sorry' roses? Lol! More like skunk cabbage and poison ivy. :-] -quick side note-you mentioned above that you couldnt get Scrophularia auriculata to overwinter? That is interesting since mine seems super hardy. The basal foliage is even semi-evergreen. Thanks one and all for the support in this. I am so glad it is over. Now we can get back to to pleasant garden/plant talks! CMK