Is the perennial sweet peas different from regular fragrant sweet peas? Sweet peas only grow for a short time(spring) in my area due to hot weather. I do have an heirloom sweet pea that pretty much grows all year long but no fragrance. According to my research, it was planted in Thomas Jefferson's garden. It's pink color and looks like a mini orchid. I like to try other sweet peas variety especially the ruffled fragrant kind or Cupani's Original. If anyone wants to trade, email me directly.

Hi again marigold lovers, Send me an email with your name and address and also your Garden Web name so I can keep track . . . too hard to keep track of people here. I will then email you my address and you can send me a self-addressed and stamped bubble envelope or a 4 x 9 regular envelope (I have thin bubble wrap). I called the post office, and to mail the envelope will take two 41 cent stamps. I will send you a generous MIX of the following flowers. I have 3 different single-layer, flat flowers, one of which is Scarlet Starlet; other flat flowers are maroon outer with yellow inner stripe; and yellow outer with maroon center stripe. I also have plain orange, plain gold, plain yellow which are 2-inch blooms, fluffy and full. I also have one that is a rust color and another that is a multi-colored orange and yellow. Hoping to hear from you soon. Donna

Are these the bottom leaves? If so, it is the seed leaves (cotyledons) that are dying. That is natural. Those are the leaves (two, in the case of marigolds) that are in the seed itself. When true leaves start to form, the seed leaves die off. If all is well, you should have new leaves at the tops of the plants that actually look like marigold leaves. Eleanor

Thank you for the seed offer, pg- I really appreciate it. I, too, have marigold seeds up the wahzoo- full baggies of many, but as is often the case with me, I see something that someone else has that I don't have, and must...have...that...too. It's truly a sickness. This one's a hybrid, unfortunately, so I won't even be able to collect true, or even viable seed from it (although I will, and I'll experiment to see what comes from them). There are so many marigolds that I just love; I really should learn to just use what I have available. I feel like I came into this game "late," since rumor has it that this particular series is being discontinued in favor of some new thing (ok, if this is a favorite of commercial displays, WHY are they messing with a good thing, and discontinuing it?!) So that's my story. just1- Here's a pic of the area the year I put the Colossus in there; it's the portion directly around the flagpole, and extends to the left a few feet where you can't see, slopes down about 3' in the back, and extends behind that bush on the right where you can't see it. Sorry the pic is so far away.