I didn't realize I had this much red till I started looking at old pictures. I'm glad you brought it up. I'm not crazy about the combo of the yellow oenothera and astilbe red sentinel + Lychnis arkwrightii, reminds of Lifesavers. In my garden L. arkwrightii politely resows to make a nice area, and the L. chalcedonia eventually died out. They are both shallow rooted and easy to pull. They were planted together originally. The daylily afficionadoes can tell you about rebloom, but in my experience daylilies have the heaviest flush on the first bloom which would be June, then rebloom is sporadic, and not into the fall months. And they take up a lot of space for the amt of rebloom if you are trying to fit them in a border. I have a few big red daylilies and they don't rebloom. Maybe hybrids or dwarfs are better. Lobelia cardinalis is still my favorite for color - but it prefers more moisture than zinnias or daylilies. It is a straight narrow plant that reaches maybe 3-4' depending on how much sun and stretching its doing. It expands a small clump slightly every yr - you would dig to divide. This is a part sun area. bloomed till Oct. July 22, 2006 Here is a different part of the garden - and the lobelia in tucked way in the back of a border in shade Both on August 25, 2006 - everything was late last yr This is Monarda Jacob Klein bloomed til end August. It blooms at different times in different parts of the garden. Monarda is a clumping spreader by runners and if it likes the conditions will start pushing other things out of the way. So either give it room or plan to divide July 1, 2006 Lychnis is a June bloomer and then its done and the foliage is a bit straggly. This is L. arkwrightii. I call this tomato red - same color as L. macedonia. The slight variation in color is correct - it does not come true to a color as it resows - some are darker some are lighter. June 10th 05 --- note this is a different yr than below! This shows the difference in reds. This is L. arkwrightii with Astilbe Red Sentinel beside it. Red Sentinel and Dahlia Bishop of Llandaff have almost black stems and dark burgundy-ish foliage. July 1, 2006 Zinnias, dahlias, cannas and red salvias thrive in the heat of summer and bloom hard till the first frost. This Dahlia Bishop of Llandaff bloomed till the first week of Nov. You control the height by pinching it but if let go its going to be minimum 4 ft August 25, 2006 Yesterday I was at Bluestone and they had vivid red annual vinca, bright scarlet annual salvia and a New Guinea Impatiens in bright red. Also annual begonias in red for the foot of the border. At the risk of sounding corny - this was a fun walk down memory lane in my garden!

I have both the raspberry bushes you would like, the Royalty and the Fall Gold, growing in my garden. Email me privately and see if we can work something out. Brenda

Hi Patrick and thanks! on the Garden photo : 1 yes the salvias in the foreground are 'lady in red' 2 leftside background are Robert Kemp Canna 3 the purple leaf Cannas are Skyhawks, thier blooms are similar to Robert Kemp but the are pink .I dont see blooms on this particular shot 4 the orange blooms you circled in the background are mexican Sunflowers (they get big and bushy) 5 The shorter plant you circled is Panache Canna with peachy blooms , they are also hummer attractive. others in the photo are Great Blue Lobelias on the right,Tropicanna Canna behind them.Spiderflower in the center, some Nicotianas above them.Purple Bee Balm is twoards the left in the pic. -I did order a very cool Kniphofia for this spring and I will save you seeds if I get any.It's a solid Flame-Orange Bloom, I forgot the name of it for the moment but I will let you know when it comes in. -stephen

Trades are getting slimmer. I've been weeding out the plants I don't want over the past few years and haven't got enough of the plants I like to be able to divide much. Hope that changes in a year or two! I can bring: My seed stash 1 black walnut seedling Daylilies (unknown type but definitely not ditch lilies) Mums (yellow) Black eyed susans Grape hyacinth bulbs Lycoris bulbs Small flowered coreopsis seedlings Russian sage cuttings (roots easily in water during the spring) Star of Bethlehem bulbs (can be VERY invasive and is very poisonous to dogs and cats but perhaps in a pot it wouldn't be too bad) Hyacinthoides (wood hyacinth)-white I may not get to dig all of these (time is getting short), so let me know if you want something and I'll make sure I bring it. Diana Lynn