I would like to trade crocosmia,echinacea,obedient plant,brugs(how could we ship them if there that big)is it to early to do cuttings.I got cuttings once and they did good,but died second year.I have hostas and comfrey plants,also have other perennials.

I gather seed from my larkspur as the seed heads dry and then sprinkle the seed where I want it to grow in late summer. You could pull the plants as the seeds ripen, and toss the seeds onto the unsettled soil. Trying to avoid stepping on other plants is a challenge. If you can make the beds narrow enough so weeding can be done from the paths, that helps a lot. I only have very limited sun, so I have one giant bed across the entire front of my property. I try to leave "access" spaces between groups of plants. But, the clumps are spreading and the spaces are disappearing. But, that also leaves less room for weeds. Martha

Posted by whitelacey 6 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 5, 13 at 2:36 Thank you so much. I know Phalaenopsis do abandon buds if they are moved at the wrong period. I did not know AV's are similar. Yes, I have moved the plants. Then, some of the previously healthy buds appear to have been aborted.

Wild Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) doesn't bloom until late summer early fall. It is used to help supply nectar to migrant hummers when other summer plants are winding down. My Salvia coccineas, Salvia Guaraniticas, bloom all summer right up until the time they are killed by a freeze. Pineapple sage and Salvia Microphylla 'Wild Watermelon' bloom as the days are getting shorter in fall. Coral honeysuckle will bloom all summer and into fall. Agastaches will bloom all summer and fall. Gartenmeister fushia will bloom all season but it is tender and will have to be brought inside once the temps start dropping. My bat faced cuphea bloomed until I brought it inside for the winter in November then i cut it back and it has doubled in size already and I am looking forward to putting it back out for the hummers next spring. My cannas still had blooms up until our first hard freeze. Impomopsis (standing cypress) is another hardy plant that will bloom through fall. Even after a couple of freezes mine is still green. Lobeliea cardinalis (cardinal flower) and Lobelia Siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia) bloom later in summer through fall until frost. The Great Blue Lobelia does seem to be a bit hardier than my Lobelia Cardinalis and can take withstand more freezing. There are also late blooming hostas that my hummers feed on that will bloom unitl early to mid fall. Cypress vine (cardinal climber is a hybrid of the cypress vine) will bloom earlier and longer than cardinal climber. Spring flowering plants besides the bleeding hearts already mentioned by Wetbug that may help are: baskets of red impatiens (I make up several baskets to hang around my yard as soon as they are available) azaleas rhododendrons dwarf red buckeye (flowering tree which can be pruned to height) bottlebrush buckeye (flowering shrub) Weigelia (mid spring blooming shrub) Red flowering currant (shrub) Flowering Quince (shrub) Leonitus leonurus (Lion's Tail)(Spring through fall) Native columbine which you have Cross vine (related to trumpet vine but a spring bloomer) Coral bells White wild Indigo Lily of the valley Penny