Kitty, I rec'd your email saying you didn't get mine Thanks, Kitty, but - Euphorbia 'wulfenii' - not hardy for me - Euphorbia 'wood spurge' - same? - Variegated green/white ornamental grass not sure what kind -not interested in grasses - Pink water lily rhizome - not hardy for me - Balsam (Touch me not) in pink - not hardy for me - Red Raspberry baby canes 'Carolina' - plenty of raspberries growing wild here - French pink pussy willow rooted cuttings - have - Black Pussy willow rooted cuttings - have - Hellebore seedlinds single petal in pinkish green- interested in named varieties only I'm interested in named perennials for my zone only. There just isn't any sense in trading for plants that will die here in Sept.

I would love to have a solomon's seal for my woodland garden. I have some lamiums (I can send pix of the foliage but they are not in bloom): 1. yellow flowering that is a little invasive so you'd want to be careful. I brought it with me from WA State where I had planted it under mature big-leaf maples and nothing else could compete with the roots. About 10 yrs later I stopped back at that property which I had sold to a family member. The lamium escaped the tree zone & had taken over acres of nearby swamp. Here is CO the dryness keeps it a little more manageable. Leaves are green edge & center with silver between. 2. Less invasive is a pink flowering variety. Leaves are green with silver center. 3. A new variety that I have in a pot this year is light purple or lavender flowering. Leaves are mostly silver with green edge. Still small so I don't have it on my trade list. I could divide one start out. Or look at my trade list to see if something tempts you. Here is a link that might be useful: berrytea4me trade lists

Well,I will have Limber Honeysuckle fromcuttings. One is rooting,but will be fully rooted in another 2 weeks?

Lynn, I'm so glad you brought this topic up!!! I have VSS in a three foot swath between a privacy fence and a gravel path in a shady area. It has always arched towards the gravel path which looked lovely the first several years. However, it kept marching forward arching INTO the path. I put up a cute low fence to hold it back which worked for a while. Now it's coming up in the gravel path and all of the plants have grown a foot away from the fence leaving a big gap and it's all messy looking. I finally GET IT! They want more sun and are growing toward it. I'm moving them all to an area I think they will like better. Thanks you for ending my fight against Nature. I had "trouble" with day lilies and sunflowers blooming "backwards" or "sideways" until I read that they both face the setting sun. Right plants, wrong places! Barbara