Al......of course I do not recognize and would have no reason to care to much about earned titles. I have seen and been with the best and the worse Master Gardeners. If you name a hundred of any like title I would be able to say the same thing about them. I am a ROADS SCHOLLAR. I love to talk one or two on one standing knee deep in poison ivy. Going down the roads I still play "How To Tapes" on the way many times to meet someone else who will either teach me something or learn something for the time envested. We have been "HOW TO" teachers owning a school to teach true Antique Doll Restoration. We have done the whole national media trip. I personally still like it best knee deep in poison ivy to make a point. Now my wheels of life are starting down the last road. I may be able to enjoy the helping part of this site for some years. My hands no longer fit the hoe handle. I was one of the first in the country to begin using aerobic compost tea from proven tested base materials. For at least ten years now I have a standing offer to anyone and specifically the County Agents office and the Master Gardeners. It goes like this. The learning is relatively simple. I will give you hands on training in my back yard one on one or class you set up for your friends free. It will take one evening and one three hour following evening attendance with camera and note books. Coffee will be provided. To date no County Office interest, no Master Gardener Interest, no local garden club interest. Now is not that a pretty good status of the day report? On the subject of the Worst Master Gardeners meaning ones who may not have been in the "A Row" in class. My opinion is that just presenting a slide show with very simple subject matter looks good to entry level gardeners. The Master Gardeners courses that I have attended were not open to discussion or question. All materials originated at Penn State University. It was in one of those courses I learned that Comfrey was a horrible weed and should not be used. My Comfrey is grown in a K-Mart huge plastic containment planter. Makes enough for a whole year of Comfrey Tea on my property. I would offer that knowledge as a bonus to anyone interested in what has been happening here for over thirty five years. We are 98% organic here. We lie about the other 2% Our patch is now down to patio pots. They are in keeping with my opening statement in this paragraph.

I have wanted to try some of these for years. There's a lot of shade in my yard, and I love bright color in Fall: whatever I can get that will show through fallen leaves is likely to be aces with me. [grin] A month ago, I purchased small starters: two each of two different varieties. I gave them a little peat and chicken manure, because I've read that they like acidic soil. They are in two different locations. (Both get some morning sun in Spring, but less sun later on as the trees leaf out.) It's only in the last week or so that I've seen any new growth on them, but I'm optimistic. I was also warned that slugs regard them as the caviar of the plant kingdom, so I've been keeping traps near both areas. (I've seen a few nibbles of the lower leaves, but nothing serious.) Wish me luck! :) This post was edited by ms_xeno on Tue, May 6, 14 at 15:53

these somehow were downloaded backwards, so the pics with the words have their sprouts ahead, not after. At some point I'll figure it out :) My typed list is as follows: Gaillardia � burgundy * Black hollyhock * Poppy- fancy mix Hibiscus moschetuos � yellow * Iberis umbelatta � mixed pinks " � white * Red poppy Scabiosa- mourning bride * Trailing soapwort * Carnation � chabaud mix * Un named red hibiscus * Veronica speedwell � royal blue * Dianthus � pinks Rudebeckia � Irish Eyes Poppy � drama queen Malva zebrina * Poppy � Himalayan Blue * Poppy � breadseed � Hungarian Blue* Verbascum � milkshake Lupine Poppy � pink with ruffled edge Hosta * Poppy Iceland mix Aquilegia � mix * Agastache � honey bee blue Digitalis � apricot beauty * Phlox drummondii � fordhook�s finest mix Stock � giant imperial mix * Hollyhock � peaches n dreams Poppy � venus * Night scented stock Penstemon � rocky mountain blue * Poppy � ladybird * Sunflower surprise Rudebeckia * Lavatera * Larkspur � shades of blue * Sweet peas � pink Blue forget me nots * Pentsemon � huskers red Canterbury bells mixed Lavender � purple * Poppy � oriental- brilliant red Bunny tails grass Chinese cabbage Rudebeckia � Cherokee sunset Rudebeckia � cappuccino Poppy � fruit punch Mountain garland Snapdragon � northern lights Cupids dart � alba Black magic batchelor buttons Dill Detroit dark red beets Cardoon Platycodon � white balloon flower Alaskan daisy Shasta Creeping thyme * Nepeta cataria � catmint Black krim tomato � two sprouts Hibiscus � white with red eye * Bells of Ireland * Turnip greens Pyrethrum � pink and red daisy Baptisia � false indigo Echinacia paradoxa Lavender � hidcote Heuchera � bronze � coral bells * Verbascum � shades of summer Apricot foxglove * Batchelor buttons mixed Pincushion flower � lavender Armeria maritime � sea thrift * Strawberry blonde sunflower Poppy � oriental mix Wildflower blend for full sun Velvet queen sunflower Mexican tea � epazote Lemon queen sunflower Blue flax Swamp mallow Hollyhock � chaters double mixed Globe thistle * Convolvulus � blue enchantment Swiss chard � bright lights Onion sweet � white Spanish Hollyhock � black Baby�s breath � white Switch grass Society garlic Mesculin greens * Blue balloon flower Here is a link that might be useful: WS sprouts as of Easter Sunday 2011

I am waiting with bated breath! I, too, have aphids and white flys in my enchanted garden.