I did it again? Did WHAT again? YOU ARE THE ONE THAT MADE ME AWARE ABOUT THIS FORUM POSTING IN A EMAIL. YOU DID IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did nothing defamatory or harassing...not in the least. I am not afraid of your threats. I have been a member here for a short while and I posted this thread to warn my Gardenweb friends, since many buy from Ebay. I see nothing wrong with that, as I did not lie about anything. There are many posts on here where people ask if a seller is reputable or not, and members don't get kicked off for sharing their experience with that seller (whether it's an ebay seller or any online seller). We have every right to discuss our experiences with sellers, whether it's negative or positive. THE DEFAMATORY, LIBELOUS PART IS THAT YOU POSTED MY EBAY ID IN A COMPLAINT THAT YOU HAVE WITH ME & THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GARDENWEB When I first joined, I put a post on here listing some sellers on ebay that I liked, just to share with other members who use ebay. Well, on that post there were people talking about other sellers BY NAME and telling of their negative experiences. They are still here. Many people have also talked about their negative experiences with online sellers. They are still here. SO SEND ME THAT POST, SINCE YOU ARN'T WORRIED????? YES, THEY MAY STILL BE HERE, BUT LIKE I SAID THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T READ THE RULES EITHER, JUST CLICKED THE LINK SAYING THEY DID. AND THEN AGAIN THEY DIDN'T TELL BY PERSONAL EMAIL, THOSE PEOPLE THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT TO LOOK WHAT THEY HAD SAID ABOUT THEM, BY POSTING IT ON THE GARDENWEB FORUMS. BUT YOU DID, YOU WANTED ME HERE DIDN'T YOU. So I'm not worried in the least. Obviously someone made you aware of this post. YOU DID IN A PRIVATE EMAIL TO ME. You signed up to this forum to make yourself look "better". i, HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SIGN UP AND MAKE MYSELF HEARD, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT...Well, you made yourself look worse. You're doing the same thing that you did in your emails...if you look at my FIRST reply, you can see that I tried to end the conversation. But you wouldn't let up. THE REASON THERE IS THAT YOU WANTED ME TO JUST SEND YOUR MONEY BACK, BUT YOU WOULD KEEP THE PLANT. SO IS THE SELLER RESPONDSIBLE FOR YOUR OTHER PLANTS BEING INFECTED WITH APHIDS THAT YOU FIND ANYTIME YOU DEEM FIT. I really don't think you're wanted here, because it's just to start trouble. You said your piece, now leave it be. OH BUT I DID GIVE UP ON THE LAST EMAIL THAT YOU SAID TO "LEAVE ME ALONE" DATED 13 MAR. BUT YOU ARE THE ONE THAT WANTED TO PURSUE IT FURTHER IN THE EMAIL YOU SENT ME ON 22 MAR. WITH THE SUBJECT LINE " Ebay item under inspection " AND TELLING ME TO LOOK AT THE POST YOU MADE ON THE GARDENWEB FORUMS. NOW I, HAVE SAID MY PIECE, AND WILL ONLY LEAVE IT ALONE ONCE YOU HAVE. i'VE ALREADY HAVE SENT A COMPLAINT TO GARDENWEB ABOUT THIS MATTER, AS GARDENWEB STATES IN THIER GUIDELINES... 'YOU ALONE ARE RESPONDSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU POST TO THE GARDENWEB FORUMS AND ANY CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE MESSAGES. ANY PUBIC ACCUSATIONS IN THE FORUMS OR ELSEWERE ON GARDENWEB, WILL RESULT IN THE ACCUSER BEING BANNED.

In the East and South, dogs are now the chief predator of native deer. Whether animal weeds or plant weeds, invasive species are a number one cause of the extinction of native animal and plant species or biological diversity. "The extinction of biological diversity is a threat to civilization second only to global, thermonuclear war." THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Why? Biological diversity or all native species, create, sustain, support and maintain Earth's ecosystems, are an ecosystem altogether with soil and water. Ecosystems are the physical body of Earth and all biological diversity is the living components of its ecosystem, much like the human body is one organism given life by all its living body parts. An ecosystem, functioning synergistically, altogether, is one, living organism/unit. Any agent that kills biological diversity, kills Earth's ecosystems, and any agent that kills ecosystems, kills Earth. Humankind is alive because of ecosystems and biological diversity. If it is a native animal or plant, it is a strand in the web of all life; a rivet in spaceship Earth; the bricks and mortar of man's house, Earth. Humans have life because of Earth's oxygen and fresh water factories, i.e., ecosystems. Past living species created Earth's atmosphere and maintain it today. Before the advent of plants/trees/ecosystems, there was no oxygen on Earth. What is the most deadly, Earth-killing invasive specie in history: The domestic cat. Most recorded extinctions occurred on Earth's islands, and the majority of these extinctions, 78% were caused when European explorers, fishermen and settlers introduced the domestic cat and European rat to these island ecosystems. The domestic cat caused over double the number of these extinctions. Only native plants and animals altogether with soil and water, are an ecosystem, the physical, living body of EArth and man's only home. There is a vast and deadly difference between native and introduced, unnatural, alien, transported plants and animals and biological diversity, man's life-support team and Earth's workforce. tessyt

Have only had one really nasty experience with E-bay but probably my own fault. I attempted to point out that Japanese iris were most unlikely to be protected by PBR. Really none of the iris breeders in aus do that! Also that no law in aus prevented a person from giving the registered name of an iris. My suspicion was that they were seedlings as the actual photo of the sale item was not being given. The irises were priced rediculously high, and the postage was also way high. She was extremely nasty back to me, and put my comments up on e-bay which of course was the last thing she should have done because it would have lost her sales, if any one was even interested at those prices. As far as the exchange here being better than e-bay - I beg to differ. I have had some fabulous stuff from e-bay (seeds that is). Some nice stuff here, but generally not of much interest to me anyway. I think the best place to go for seeds is specialist groups, such as SIGNA and the alpine plant groups, if you are looking for special little bits and pieces. Common plants are best bought in Aus rather than from O/S sources. There are plenty of catalogues (Diggers, New Gippsland, etc) who will probably have seeds for prices as good as those offered on e-bay. Watch closely for people who advertise a plant (say siberian iris at present on e-bay) and in the small print it tells you that you will get 1 seed, or 10 seeds, or whatever, rather than the plant that is advertised. Also if something is advertised as rare check out that it is not infact a weed. There are a couple of these on e-bay right now at crazy prices.

Its water needs can be hard to provide in a bed, depending on your area. Many places have summers that are much drier than the plant likes. You can grow it in planters set in trays of water, etc., but I personally wouldn't because of mosquitoes. So, on the one hand, it does grow easily... IF it gets enough consistent water. Maybe a shallow SIP setup is something to consider if one is very determined? There are 2 kinds IIRC, and one needs somewhat less water than the other. For those who want to try, I've seen seed pop up on etsy from US sources.