Silverkelt your daylily seedlings are beautiful!! I can only hope the seedlings I've sown this year and last will be so nice. I've gotten seeds from a SASBE and also from the Lily Auction, and none of them have bloomed yet, not even last year's seedlings, due to limited sun. Adidas, I have wintersown Lobelia cardinalis and many species of Asclepias - as I have a certified Monarch Waystation and raise Monarch butterflies each year. In fact, I am just winding down from a very busy Monarch season, and coming back to the forums to check out what's going on. Winter sowing works well for both, although most of my Lobelia cardinalis seedlings sow themselves out in the garden paths and in bare spots. I transplant them to a new spot, and a new patch is started! Asclepias is a fussy genus - but winter- or spring-sowing works well. They will also reseed sometimes. In my experience they don't need much cold stratification, and the seedlings are easy to transplant. After that, I have mixed success! Asclepias curassavica ends up being the best and prettiest winter-sown species - and it makes a great host plant for the Monarchs.

If you live in the St. Louis area, I have some you can have,but the problem is you don't see that butterfly in the city proper.

Hi! I have your Chelone alba. It should be ready in about 4 weeks. The question is how much would you like? I think it is a little too late in the year for me but I would be interested in your Sensitive Ferns. I also have the Anchusa azurea you are looking for however it was a first year plant and hasn't bloomed. May still be hope but I don't know. I bought 4 of them and they were sort of pricey. If you are really lusting after this plant, I would not be opposed to digging one up for you. I am not in the habit of looking back here so you might have to send me a private e-mail.

Thank you all for all of your help!!! Lori, The leaves are alternate. Sam, I looked at the false foxglove, and I don't think the leaves quite match up? Dick, Thank you for going that extra length--linking to the yahoo group! I'll have to look for those plants. I do have ironweed growing in a bed, so I can easily check against that. I'll look into the other two. I was wondering if they could be Harris'. I do have turtlehead in the garden near the meadow. My understanding of BCs is that they feed on the chelone when new larvae, and overwinter as half-grown larvae. When spring comes, they continue their growing and become more liberal in what they will eat. They separate (in their early instars they are communal) and find different plants to eat. The aster makes sense; I do have a lot of asters in that area. I brought them in to raise and see what they will turn into. One has already pupated, and another is getting ready to pupate. I contacted my extension agency, and the master gardner there thought is could be tufted loosestrife. I can't wait to get this mystery figured out. Thank you, thank you all of you!!