Gerbera's must all be females!.....just kidding ladies. They are a pain in the ... This is my first year planting these outside in my outdoor flower garden. A couple have died, a few more do bloom and one looks healthy but will no longer seems to bloom at all. They all get approx. 3-4 hrs of sun usually from 11 am to 2-3 pm. All planted facing east in front of residence. I watered lightly in spring and almost daily in summer. Some blooms wilt in summer sun some do not. The red bloom gerbers are NOT the hardiest for some reason. I use Miracle Gro fertilizer approx. once every 7-10 days. I have a large bright orange gerber that when I bought it, it had huge size blooms ....now they still bloom but are very short petal sized blooms and not very tall....and the yellow/orangish blooms on other gerbers are now tall in length of stem and bloom well. So, go figure, they are very puzzling plants indeed. Finally, I have one general strong suggestion for all for all outdoor planting of new flowers bought anywhere. Miracle-Gro Garden Soil is just superb. Everything I plant with it does so well. I have never seen such wonderful soil to plant with. BIG HINT: When planting with this soil, make sure you have an approx. minimum extra inch of free space all around the plant you are planting outdoors, then stuff down all around the plant this MG soil garden soil. Believe it or not....Too many outdoor gardeners only plant the new plant in its exact size in the ground-you have to leave some space all the way around it at least 1 full inch-then add then MG soil all around that space. Good luck and remember- a good gardener does not only necessarily have a green thumb- he/she has brown knees!...get a good knee scrubber too.

Hi Richard, I can help you out. I can send you a 2X3inch stuffed full baggie of fresh red gerbera daisy seeds. I would be interested in a few of your Monarda fastilosa seeds. If you are interested in a trade please e-mail me. dmprivett@msn.com Thanks Deanie

A helpful anonymous ebay member notified me of an auction of a Bauer/Coble piece and I thought I would share the link here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250473851489&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1123 I'm certain it's worth the $2,500 starting bid, but I don't have a chance at affording that. It's awfully neat to get to see it, though (and to think I was just talking with Bob and John last Wednesday at the SWMIS dig :) )

colorblind, this is my first time on this particular forum. I am very interested in seeing Behr's Moss Grey after your description above. Is it as simple as going to Behr's website and searching that color. I am really thinking I want that color in my house more than any other after spending a weekend at a friend's house that was a muddy beige-gold THROUGHOUT. I almost shot myself. I suspect the Rugerrio Red would be gorgeous with the Moss Grey also.