This is a guess, but could your "chartreuse leaves with fuchsia pink flowers" plant be "Limelight" four o'clocks? (Mirabilis jalapa) You've posted about them before. I like them too. I've got two tubers I saved which are potted and leafing out indoors, and plan to sow seeds for more. I have had them nibbled and suspect it was deer. Here is a link that might be useful: Your post re: Limelight volunteers

gsweater... Turns out that I had measured incorrectly and it will cost me about $850 to have sod installed...plus I don't like the installer's approach who want to till in everything (including the existing weeds) with the soil ammendments. I have also looked at the sun situation and get at least 5 or more hours of sun on most of the area and since I already have perennial rye on my front lawn (from oregon turf and trees), I think I will stay with that... This coming weekend is supposed to be nice so I am thinking of tackling the project then. So here is my plan: 1. Kill weeds--any sugestions on a good weed killer I can spray with my garden hose? I have nothing in the way that needs to be protected. 2.For soil preparation, I am going to add a mix of 35% sandy loam, 45% garden compost,5% super mulch, 5% mushroom compost, 10% and horticultural pumice. Based on what I have read around here I am thinking about adding around 2 inches, so about 5 yards. Do you recommend I scrape off the exisiting bark dust or leave it? 3. Since I have decided to go with seed (it will be just me doing the job) and since I have a good amount of sun, I will go to ace and order some PRG. Any other thoughts or anything I have missed that I need to consider before getting started ordering materials? Thanks!

Recommendations will depend in part on what you have already seeded. You are going to want something that is compatable. (color, growth rate, etc.) It will also depend on what you want to accomplish and how much additional work/cost you are willing to incur.

Buying named tubers is not my thing, since I don't have the proper space and sunlight. Too staid for me as well. I rather experiment with what is in the seed mix. Yes, starting with Unwins is 'lower rent', but I now have blooming for the third year: three semi-double whites, and single purple/white/yellow-green, double apricot, large rosy single, and a single yellow, a single scarlet. If I had the space, I'd plant collected seeds, and evaluate the results. I'm a propagator; it's my safe s**. Enjoy a Sudoku puzzle on the shaded porch, watching the bumble bees, butterflies, and flies, flit and fly!! Gotta love the gardening, eh? Happy growing, ya'll!