Good Morning! If you still have slips, I'm v. interested in Salvia- I seem to have missed the commercial wave; here in Cali it's still legal but no longer being openly marketed ! What to do?. Right now I have to offer stem cuttings from a tall [18"] & well-warted Echeverria "etna". My inland summer sun has often had too much UV for it here; but shade makes them grow taller. So mine topped itself. From So Africa.

You're so very welcome Leesa. The plants are doing great and look wonderful! Can't wait for these guys to change colors. They're simply beautiful, I'm so excited! Great trade, thank you so much! Suzanne

Died out, beachplant? Count your lucky stars!!! Oh yes, texasgal, I grew it, and it does stay colorful. I am in Zone 5/6, lower Westchester NY. As I said, I grew it in a bed - and decided to grow it in three other beds. And THEN it became as The Blob with Steve McQueen - it grew, and grew, and grew, and grew, and grew. You get the idea. This plant should have a skull and crossbones on it. The nursery that sold it to me should be ashamed of themselves. It took me TWO full years to tear it out of the beds, and I had to be careful about the most microscopic piece I was carrying, lest I dropped it, as it would root before it hit the ground. Oh, it's very pretty and interestingly odorous (icky, actually) but be VERY CAREFUL. It is EXTREMELY invasive, a fact I didn't learn from the internet after it had almost climbed into my living room. Speaking of invasive, don't buy chia seeds, no matter what Dr. Youknowwho says, they are disgusting. And if you DO buy chia seeds and hate them and think the birds might like them, don't throw them in your garden. Neither the birds nor the squirrels like them. And if you DO buy chia seeds and put them in your garden and it rains, get ready. For The Blob II, as the chia seeds morph into a gelatinous mess, and then sprout. And sprout and sprout and sprout and sprout. And then you have to take them out by hand, almost with a tweezer, as they too will take over. Read up on chia seeds, they are an easy growing bumper crop (for all the idiots who eat them) that is EXTREMELY invasive. Think I've learned my lesson? I wonder.

Here are some plants that people have found to be invasive in their yards: Burning Bush -- Euonymus Caroline Jessamine -- Gelsemium Catnip -- Nepeta cataria Chameleon Plant -- Houttuynia cordata Chinese Privet -- Ligustrum sinense Creeping Jenny -- Lysimachia nummularia Crown Vetch -- Coronilla varia English Ivy, Common Ivy -- Hedera helix Goldenrain Tree -- Koelreuteria bipinnata Golden Bamboo -- Phyllostachys aurea Honeysuckle -- Lonicera, Lonicera japonica Liriope, Lily turf -- Liriope Mint -- Mentha Miscanthus, silvergrass -- Miscanthus Mirabilis -- four o'clocks, Marvel of Peru Nandina, Heavenly Bamboo -- Nandina Oxalis, Wood sorrel -- Oxalis Orange Daylily, Common Daylily -- Hemerocallis fulva Oregon Grape -- Mahonia japonica Periwinkle -- Vinca Pink Evening Primrose -- Oenothera speciosa Queen Anne's Lace -- Daucus carota Soapwort, Bouncing Bet -- Saponaria officinalis Salvia uliginosa -- Salvia uliginosa Strobilanthes -- Mexican petunia Sweet Autumn Clematis -- Clematis terniflora, C. maximowicziana Thistle -- many different types Tickseed -- Coreopsis Water celery, American eelgrass -- Vallisneria americana Wild Strawberry -- Fragaria vesca Wild violets -- Viola Wisteria -- Wisteria You may be able to find photos of these by looking them up on gardenweb's Hortiplex. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Celeste posted this bit of wisdom to our forum: The difference between fast grower and invasive is: whether you like it or not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~