I have 2 packs that might interest you. Agastache scruphularifolia (purple giant hysop) "milkshake" Verbascum Chaixii If you are interested in those let me know. I have salvia but most are red. I am interesting in your: Rudbeckia 'Cherokee Sunset' Monarda, purple Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Achillea, white yarrow Thanks, Karen

Hi, Barb - I am interested in: Agrimony Callicarpa americana Cimicifuga racemosa (I grew one from seed, slow growing, hasn't flowered yet, and I'm moving...) Desmodium canadense Lobelia cardinalis, and Ludwigia alternifolia (landscapers who tidied up my yard for selling house destroyed mine, waah...) Please see if there's anything on my list this year you'd like, and let me know if you'd like to trade. Thanks, Kim P.S. Your granddaughter is adorable!

Fantastic list of seeds! I think it is just great that you have focused your life on nature at such a young age. I too would love to have 10 (maybe 5) acres someday to plant a wonderland of natives plants, and am already doing that on 1.25 acres. Difference is, my interest didn't come into sharp focus until age 45. :) There are quite a few seeds on this list I am interested in, and I checked your want list and I have a few on that list. Maybe we can do a trade this fall? Just a note - on your want list is Cynanchum louiseae - this is an extremely invasive non-native vine that is becoming a serious problem in the Northeast US. And it has the additional problem that Monarch butterflies will "sense" it is in the Milkweed family, lay eggs on it, and then it will kill the caterpillars because it is toxic to Monarch larvae.

I have never given this plant a bit of extra watering, and I've never deadheaded it even once. It just grows like mad and blooms by the thousands. Maybe your well composted soil is too rich for it, Ill-Man? Mine is not improved nearly as much as it ought to be...in some places quite sandy. And since it is a native, maybe it prefers a more typical Florida sandy soil? Perhaps you should try again. Did I give you seeds or a plant? I brought one potted plant to my new house and all of these flowers came from it. Plus, I had volunteers at the old house around the pot that grew huge there, too. It can take plenty of direct sun, doesn't need extra water, and does okay in partial shade, too. For me, it's just not fussy. I'll be glad to share more with you to see if you can get a healthier plant going. And when I see you again, if you have a start of that shell vine, I'd love to have it. Mine finally died and I'm still trying to get some kind of vine that will grow on my front fence. If that one won't do well there, I give up. For sure it doesn't need extra irrigation, at least not once the basal rosettes form and start to grow. all of this from a 6" tall plant dug from a very sandy area of scrubs and pines. Marcia