Happy Spring everyone. So far, I have fresh seeds of Salvia Coccinea "Lady in Red" and "Coral Nymph" from plants that reseeded themselves from last year, butterfly and hummingbird magnets, plus Japanese Plum tree seeds Loquats), requires no grafting to bear plums. Wanting : Mex. Flame vine, Mex. Sunflower "Torch"-preferably shorter variety and Impatients other than red which are our favs- ab. 2 in across and darkest red we've seen, think they are called Flavours Hybrid Strawberry from Burpee..need to find out who I traded em with and thank her. take care...Bea

Siam, Kent was trying to help you to explain something important. I do not see he has an agenda. You might apologize to him as what you said is harsh and untrue. Kent helped me in my early days of growing, and I am ever grateful to him. Do not burn bridges with someone from whom you can learn a lot. And I hate to see people 'fall out' over a misunderstanding. As for seeds of hybrid cannas, as Kent is explaining, they do not grow seedlings true to their parents. It is ok to say that 'Flame' is the pod parent the seeds came from, but also state that any seedlings will not be the parent or called 'Flame', as they will be new hybrids. I don't know which 'Flame' Keith sent these seeds, but if it is from Chiltern's .. which I thought it was .. this seedling is not that as it has a small orange flower and this seedling does not. An example of how names get confused. Good to see you all here :-) Alice

Hi Kat, It is a hybrid. I looked it up and saw F1 which is the same as saying hybrid. You must buy the plants or seeds every year if you want exactly the same zinnia . If you harvest the seeds, you will have seedling variation. If you have room, you could do a grow out of many seedlings and look for seedlings which appear the same removing the others. (Hopefully you get some that are similar.) If you do this for a few years, you will have a stable OP version of your zinnia. Remy Here is a link that might be useful: Zowie! Yellow Flame Zinnia

Hi dpsgkp, I was very interested to read your posting re the Flame Vine and would like to ask if I could possibly obtain a young plant. I have been chasing one for several years since I was forced to retire as a result of my military service. Tropicals are my consuming passion, I have a jade vine and several other tropicals growing on my property and have had a space reserved for a Macuna bennettii for ages. I would appreciate any assistance you may be able to give me and of course if I can assist you in any way I would be only to happy to. I will be in Cairns travelling to Marbuiag Island in the Torres stait in April to visit my son who is a teacher there if that would help. If you would sell me one please just let me know and I will send the nessecary by return mail. Regards Harvey Lyness 0741287117