Hi Han. Han, I'll have to look in favorites and/or old emails for a second Thailand seller I have purchased plants. Besides Aleya, I've ordered from this nursery, 'great prices,' a woman from Malaysia, a seller in Thailand who happened to be related to 'don't want to say,' one of the other Thailand sellers I've ordered from half a dozen times and China..All have decent prices, and by using a different shipping method, I've never, ever paid 30.00-35.00 for shipping..I've only paid for the Phyto once: $5.00 USD. Han, I've been on Flickr from the beginning..Flickr was original owned by Yahoo, but supposedly, Yahoo sold to Flickr. Anyway, to this day, the only thing I know how to do on Flickr is post pictures..lol.. Other Flickr members have sent emails about my plants, or just to talk, and others asking permission to use one of my plant pictures. To this day, other than posting pictures, I don't know anything about Flickr..lol.. What's its purpose??? Thanks, I will check Nature's Asset's plants, but can't now because I'm going visiting in a couple hours and still have much to do before leaving. So, here I sit on the puter..lol. Han, several years ago, I made up a home-made insecticide..No chemcials. Here's a list of Ingredients. Mites.. I mix: 16 oz spray bottle Water 2-4 drops dish soap..'not Dawn.' 1 clove finely chopped garlic. The juice works best. Citrus rind or juice. Lemon or lime. Hot Pepper..the hotter the better. Cayenne works okay. Listerine, mouth wash. 1/4 teas. Add water in sprayer, then remaining ingredients the night before you plan on spraying. Shake spray bottle thoroughly before use. Spraying every other week keeps bugs at bay. Scale: Although Fish Emulsion is primarily used as an organic fertilizer, it also prevents and kills Scale. Believe me, I saved my Olive Tree by spraying with 1 cap of Fish Emulsion and water, in a 16oz sprayer. Before bringing plants indoors in autumn, I spray with all the ingredients above, including Fish Emulsion..It works as a preventative and, since I don't fertilizer during winter, a last feeding. Han, last winter, like most other winters, I feel down, and forget to spray with my mix, but before last winter, I've sprayed religiously, and never had plant bugs. This last winter, my plants contracted Mealy..the one bug I cannot rid. They attacked my African Violets and Scale. Since I can't find an organic solution to kill these creatures from hell, I ended up tossing most AV's and a few Clivias..I did spray with Rubbing Alcohol, but with some plants, too late. But when I sprayed every other week, my plants were w/o insects. BTW, if you decide to try this mix..if you add FE, discard leftovers..However, if you use the first recepie, it won't spoil, can be used days later. Please give it a try. There's nothing in my insecticide that will harm your plants, so what have you got to lose? I don't like using chemicals, mainly since I have birds..I dont want them breathing the fumes or, if by chance one flys out of the room and lands on a plant that was sprayed w/a chemical, it can kill the bird. Besides, I just don't like handling chemicals. Yuck,. Good luck, Hans. PS. Have you checked Anthuriums in HI? I don't know if they can or will ship to Germany, but it's worth researching..And HI has some true beautys.. Toni There are a few overseas sellers on Ebay who charge way too much for shipping. I know what you mean when you said, while visiting Thailand plants were 3.00..lol..Did you have problems bringing a plant on the plane? How does it work? Once I find the second seller's name, I'll send it to you. His site doesn't list most plants available, so you'll have to email him and ask about Anthuriums or plants you'd like to have.

A weed is something growing where you don't want it to grow. For years my gardens would be overgrown with self seeders like daisys, gallardia, larkspur, petunia etc. I would go into this zen like state when weeding and my mind would be on other things and I was programmed not pull certain plants....and my gardens were a hodge podge of color...really quite magnificent...but very disorderly! Eventually I learned to program my self into the "clear out this area" mode....so much so that I pulled out my agastache! Jack in the pulpet is a weed...but I love it! Queen Anne's lace is a weed and I grew it until it took over. As I said....a weed is a plant in the wrong place. Linda C

This is a guess, but it sounds like you have Johnsongrass. My response is for that problem. If it isn't Johnsongrass, there may be another solution. It is a perennial weed, but also comes from the (annual) seed it produces. Non-selective weed killing products can kill the top, but you've got to get it before it goes to seed. It has very deep roots which stalls weed killers from completely eradicating it. Seeds that have been produced may last up to 6-10 years of viability in the soil! The best answer is to use glyphosate on known Johnsongrass areas and to mow, mow, mow to prevent more seed production. It may take persistance and years. Hortster

@peren and @floral: By George I think you two have it. I googled Melilotus and Melilotus officinalis and saw pictures very like the plant I have. Wikipedia says it's native to Eurasia and alien here, grows 4 to 6 feet and has a large taproot. I think I know enough now to yank it. If I goof, well, there's still time to fill that spot with something else. Thanks for the help. Maybe I'll follow up with a picture of the root. If it's a long taproot then I guess I'll know I did the right thing.