brenda, i wonder if it just resents being transplanted. have you tried sowing the seeds in pots? or sowing them elsewhere? i'd love to try it. it's very pretty. i'm sure your patch is beautiful. yeah, the wildflowers in PA are incredible. there was one small area (not a park- actually in a strip mine) within a 5 minute walk of where i grew up that had troutlilies, trilliums, hepaticas, mayapples, solomon's seals, ferns, skunk cabbage, and probably lots more that as a kid i didn't know just in huge swaths. i can think of areas that had carpets of bloodroot, dutchman's breeches, wintergreen, violets in all colors, phlox, dame's rocket, columbines, jack in the pulpits, all within a 10 mile radius of my mom's place. and that's just the spring stuff i can think of off the top. we had so many trilliums around i always picked a bouquet for my mom & dad's anniversary because they were their favorite and i had no idea i was killing the plants. of course i'm embarrassed by that now, but they grew like weeds up there. is it any wonder with that bounty around i love wildflowers, especially the spring ephemerals? it's truly stuning up there. unfortunately, it's also cold and there aren't a lot of good jobs. where we you at, alicia, and what were the parks? i was lucky enough to grow up in the shadow of 2 wonderful (and very different) parks. i miss the scenery. and my family of course. that said, i love carolina. and, you know, i was on a plant save for the randleman lake project last yr (out towards winston salem), and there were carpets- and i mean solid sheets- of trillium cuneatum, troutlilies, bloodroots, dicentras, green dragons, hepaticas, tiarella, heucheras, asarums- evergreen & not, cinereria, violets, solomon's seal, iris cristata, toothwort, spring beauties, sevral types of ferns and so much more. and i was on a plant dig just a few weeks ago that was similar, if not as diverse or heavily covered right here in the triangle. and those are natural- not planned or planted areas. so it's out there- you just need to know where to look. for anyone into wildflowers a visit to the blomquist section of duke gardens is a must see. also, franklin co nature preserve is stunning. my advice for folks wanting to have wildflowers at an affordable price? join the nc wildflower society ($25 a yr for a single membership). they let you know where & when there are plant digs/saves and have nature walks and are a wealth of information all around. the folks are just super nice. and you're helping yourself while you're saving a small piece of nc wildlife from being bulldozed. the more the merrier! i sure wish i'd known about it sooner. tam

Here's what is left Marguerite Daisy - Yellow (2) Forget-me-not Anise Hyssop - Agastache foeniculum Datura - White Chives Datura metel - Lafleur Lilac Basil - Napleotano Bolloso Allium - White Mexican Hat - Ratibida columnaris Love in a Mist - Nigella damascene False Sunflower - Heliopsis heliantoides Aster - Pink Powderpuff Heuchera - Dales Strain Digitalis Grandiflora - Foxglove Black Eyed Susan (2) Brown Eyed Susan Echinacea - White Swan Rudbeckia - Amplexicaulis - Sunkeeper Rudbeckia - Harvest Moon Rudbeckia - Prairie Sun Buddleija davidii - Deep Purple Echinacea - Pink Marigold - Orange Allium - Purple Crocosmia - Lucifer St. Mary's Milk Thistle - Silybum marianum Nemophilia - Penny Black Alchemilla erythropada Feverfew Red Beebalm Burgundy Beebalm Ornamental Pepper - Embers And, these that are out of my garden Black Hollyhock

There's nothing quite as cool-looking(temperaturewise) as BLUE flowers. I grew Phacelia a few years ago, best blue i ever saw, next to cornflowers. The bell-shaped blue flowers with icy-white anthers were beautiful, and stirred up images of cooler weather. They do have a short bloom time, hot weather just about stops the show, cutting back helps somewhat. Give 'em a try, i believe there are 2 or 3 varieties. Good luck, and enjoy.

Hi, Thanks for the reply... I'm not planning to do anything special with them, other than grow them in my woodland garden. I am familiar with the difficulty of getting woodland seeds to germinate, but I don't usually have too much trouble. I either plant them outside, and let them come up naturally, or I'll put them in little cups in moist dirt through the winter so that they can get any stratification they need. Thanks again, God bless, Jeff