"I better burn the CC bill before DH sees it. " Does the DH still buy flowers for you? Even when I was single and bought my plants, if it produced flowers and somehow I croaked it, I figured I got more enjoyment out of it and spent less money than for a bouquet that lasts a week. If you'd like some entertainment, there's a great thread about how to 'count' roses... 1. Mini roses don't count. 2. Floribundas 'because they are not full-fledged hybrid teas' count as half. 3. Shrubs, Climbers, Ramblers, Old Garden Roses, etc. don't count because they can be considered "landscaping." 4. Roses not planted 'or in pots' don't count. (See the "Territory" Clause). 5. Roses that were discounted count as half. 6. Roses received as gifts don't count. 7. Odd numbers must always be rounded off, if you're out of room, round the number down. For every one-hundred, divide by two. This is known as a "stock split." 8. Roses whose names you don't know or can't remember obviously don't count. 9. Roses that are on Shovel Prune Watch don't count; the roses that replace them also don't count as they cancel each other out. Duplicate/multiples count as one as they are considered a set. Roses that are not planted in a bed don't count. (See the "Landscaping" Addendum). Bareroots don't count because they are dormant when they arrive; once you plant them and they start to bud out, well, you've already done your count, so you will just have to wait until next season, by which time you'll be sure you already counted them. Mislabeled roses don't count because you probably already have one of them somewhere, which has already been counted once, probably. Anything less than Grade 1 counts only a fraction, and since fractions are not whole numbers they can be rounded off (remember the rounding off rule). Roses that you think you might give away can be excluded from the count, makes it easier to part with them; if, by some chance you wind up keeping them, oh well. HTs that get huge and wind up taking more than one space should be counted twice, but remember the duplicate rule. Now if, after counting, you have under a hundred roses, you must immediately place some orders and they don't count because they're in transit and therefore not in the ground. Roses ordered on a whim really don't count because they were never on a list. (This is known as the List Rule: If it's not on a list, it doesn't exist, most likely). If you cut many roses and give them away, this is considered Charity, and everyone knows that you get special allowances for Charity, which brings us to... Tax Deductions. (see Claiming Roses as Dependents). See? You really didn't have as many as you thought you did! Time to go order some more!

I went back to work part time so I could finish the garden out the way I really want to. I'll be getting the better part of my roses from K&M over the next couple of months (4 roses every two weeks until it is to cold to ship). All the roses I get this fall will be potted into 3 gal pots for easy storage this winter when things get really cold. When you read this, you will see I'll be VERY busy next spring. From K&M---3 Louise Estes, 3 Gemini's, 4 Moonstones, 4 Mavrik's, 4 Marlon's Day's, 2 Let Freedom Ring, 2 Elizabeth Taylor, 2 Affirm's, 2 Hot Cocoa's, 2, 3 or 4 David Austins that he will be selling this fall, 1 Shawn Sease, 1 Cooper, 1 First Choice. Big order from Edmunds---For my garden, 4 Hannah Gorden, 4 Sheila's Perfume, 2 Day Breaker's, 2 Royal Amethyst. For the office garden where I work, 2 Remember Me, 1 Chicago Peace, 1 Big Purple, 1 Electron, 1 Mister Lincoln. For the rose garden at the church where I attend (almost wiped out this past winter), 2 Remember Me, 1 Peace, 1 Chicago Peace, 1 Big Purple, 1 Mister Lincoln, 1 Electron. I'll be making a trip to Roses Unlimited this coming spring and will be picking up 3 OGR's (HP's), soft pink, lavender/purple, white. 1 Summer Snow, 1 Tiki and what ever else happens to jump into my car. WOW!!! I'm glad I went back to work.

Paula, Thank you for the offer but I don't collect gobs and gobs of seeds. I just collect a few seed heads of things I think others might like to grow and a few for myself for the next year if they are annuals. I shouldn't say this here on the garden web but I toss most seeds in the trash as I am cleaning up my gardens ( take a deep breathe, stop gasping...lol). I think this year I will collect more than usual because I feel like a cheap skate when I see some of the other seed packets in swaps...lol I have added the petunias to your gift package and again, thank you for the offer. I will pass this time though. Lisa

FLOWERS Acanthus mollis (Bear’s Breech) Agastache: Apache Sunset … Apricot Sprite … Arizona Sandstone … Arizona Sun … Arizona Sunset … Astello Indigo … Bolero … Corondao … Globetrotter … Golden Jubilee … Honey Bee Blue … Korean Zest … Lavender Martini …Lavender Haze … Lilac Sprite …Peach Margarita … Pink Pop … Navajo Sunset … Sangria … Sunset Yellow … Tango Ageratum (flossflower): Blue Bouquet … Cloud Nine series … Dondo Blue … Pink Puffs … Red Flint …Red Sea …Tall Blue Planet … White Bouquet Alcea (hollyhock): Appleblossom … Banana … Blackberry … Fiesta Time …Halo (any or mix) … O’Hara … Peaches ‘n’ Dreams … Spring Celebrities … The Bride Amaranthus: Carnival … Molten Fire Ammi majus: Queen of Africa Angelonia: Serena … Serenita Anthemis: Criss Cross Anagallis (blue pimpernel): Blue Lights or any Anoda: Candy Cups Antirrhinum (snapdragon): Black Prince … Chantilly … Crimson Velvet … Magic Lanterns … Midnight … Night and Day … Opus series … Oriental Lanterns … Overture series … Snaptastic series Aquilegia (columbine: Texas Gold Asclepias (milkweed, butterfly weed): Apollo Yellow … Green (hirtella) … Hello Yellow … Purple (purpurascens) Begonia: Bossa Nova serios … Illumination series … San Francisco … Santa Barbara … Santa Cruz Sunset Bidens: Bit of Sunshine … Gold Coins … Gold Nuggets Brachycome: Brachy Blue … Bravo … Splendor Calendula: Apricot Pygmy … Art Shades … Dawn Apricot … Lemon Cream … Orange Flash … Sunset Buff … Triangle Flashback Calindrina umbellate (rock purslane): Ruby Tuesday Callibrochoa : Kabloom series … Paradise Island series Callistephus (China aster): Andrella series … Blue Frost … Bouquet series … Daylight series …Duchesse series … Giant Perfection … Harmony … King Size … Lady Coral Lavender … Paeony (any) … Pompon (any) …Purple Burst … Rococo … Salmon Janina … Standy … Tower (any) …Valkyrie Brunhilde Chamois Canna: South Pacific series … Tropical series Ceratotheca triloba alba South African foxglove) Cerinthe: Gibraltar Pride … Kiwi … Purple Belle Cobaea (cup and saucer ): Royal Plum Celosia: Castle series … Celway series … Century series … Dragon’s Breath … First Flame series … Glorious … Pampas Plume .., Sunday Coreopsis: Golden Globe … Quills and Thrills … Red River Valley Coleus: Giant Exhibition series … Kong series Cosmos: Black Magic … Tango Deschampsia (tufted hair grass): any Dianthus: Black Adder … Black and White Minstrels … Hollandia Purple Crown … Hollandia Salmon Pink with Eye … Kaleidoscope … Kensington Diascia (twinspur): Diamonte series … Queen Asca series Dimorphotheca (African daisy): Spring Flash series … Sunshine series … Tetra Polar Star Echinacea (coneflower): Baby Swan White … Brilliant Star … Cheyenne Spirit … Mellow Yellows …. Paradiso Mix … Ruby Ruby Echium amoenum Eustoma (lisianthus): any, including these series: Arena … Echo … Florida … Mariachi … Sapphire … Twinkle … Vulcan Fuchsia: any Gaillardia (blanket flower): Arizona Apricot … Plume Red … Plume Yellow … Sundance … Torchlight Helianthus (sunflower): Black Magic … Earthwalker … Fantasia … Florenza … Little Leo … Magic Roundabout … Moonshine … Moonwalker … Moulin Rouge … Pacino … Pan … Peach Passion … Ruby Eclipse … Santa Fe … Soraya Impatiens walleriana: Accent Lavender Blue Knautia (Maltese cross): Red Knight Kniphofia (red hot pokers) Traffic Lights Leymus arenarius (blue dune grass, lyme grass: any Lobularia (alyssum): Sweet Alice series … Wonderland series Malva: Snow White … Bibor Felho … Braveheart … Mystic Merlin Monarda (bee balm): Lambada … Panorama … Red Colors Nepeta (catmint): Pink Candy Phlox: Cherry Caramel … Sugar Stars … Twinkles Papaver (poppy): Amazing Grey … Frosted Salmon … Supreme Rudbeckia: Caramel mixed … Sahara Salvia chamaedryoides (blue oak sage) any Salvia darcyi (Darcy's sage) any Salvia engelmannii (Engelmann's sage) any Salvia farinacea (mealycup sage): Augusta Duelberg … Evolution … Evolution White … Henry Duelberg … Rhea … Strata Salvia guaranitica (anise sage): Argentine Skies … Brazil … Kobolt … Van Remsen Salvia holwayi any Salvia koyamae (Japanese yellow sage) any Salvia napifolia: Baby Blue Salvia nemerosa (woodland sage): Amethyst … New Dimension Blue … New Dimension Rose Salvia patens (gentian sage): Blue Angel … Cambridge Blue … Patio Deep Blue … Patio Sky Blue Salvia penstemonoides (big red sage) any Salvia roemeriana: Hot Trumpets … Red Dwarf Salvia semiatrata (pine mountain sage) any Salvia spathacea (crimson sage or hummingbird sage) any Salvia splendens: Early Bonfire … Lighthouse Red … Lighthouse Purple Salvia superba (sage): Adora Blue … Blue Queen Dwarf … Merleau series … Rose Queen Salvia taraxicifolia (dandelion leaf sage): any Salvia transylvanica (Transylvania sage): Blue Cloud … Blue Spires Salvia verticillata (lilac sage): Purple Rain …White Rain Scabiosa: Beauolais Bonnets … Blue Beau … Burgundy Beau Sultera (bacopa): any Tagetes (marigold): Colossus … Ivory … Kilimanjaro Wedelia (Zexmenia: any Zinnia: El Dorado … Precioso … Profusion … Queen Zinnia haageana: Jazzy HERBS basil: Cardinal … Edwina … Eleonora … Emily … Envigor … Jolina … Marseilles … Martina … Newton … Nufar … Plenty … Red Velvet … San Valentino … Super Sweet Chen lavender: Vicenza Blue … lemongrass EDIBLES amaranth: Chinese Multicolor Spinach artichoke: Colorado Red Star… Green Globe asparagus: Conovers Colossal … Precoce DArgenteuil bush, bean: Amethyst … Borlotto Di Vigevano Nano … Calendonia … Capitano … Concador … Delinel … Masai … Mistic … Nautica … Opera … Sonesta … Velour bean, pole: Carminat … Cobra … Helda … Indian Hannah … Mamba … Monte Cristo … Musica … Pantheon … Purple Teepee beet: Avalanche … Boldor … Bull’s Blood … Cylindra … Flat of Egypt … Golden … Golden Detroit … Ruby Queen … Touchstone Golden bok choy/pac choi: Baby Milk … Hedou … Shanghai … Suzhou … Toy Choy broccoli, Chinese: Yod Fah… any cabbage: Cour di Bue … Kalibos cabbage, Chinese: Chirimen Hakusai … Fun Jen … Hilton … Scarlett … Suzuko … Tokyo Bekana cardoon: Gobbo de Nizzia carrot: Adelaide … Autumn King … Cosmic Purple … Early Scarlet Horn … Eskimo … Flyaway … Merida … Mokum … Muscade … Musico … Napoli … Negovia … New Kuroda … Nandor … Oxheart … Purple Dragon … Purple Sun … Pusa Asita … Speedo … St. Valery … Uzbek Golden … Yaya celery: Chinese Pink … Chinese White corn: Astronomy Domine cowpea: Clay … Mitchell Family Cream Pea … White Whippoorwill cucumber: Beit Alpha … Dar eggplant: Astrakom…Chi Yei…Mitoyo … Nagasaki…Real Black…Snake of Mugla … Thai Long Green Italian edible gourd: Cucuzzi aka Serpent of Sicily kale: Beira Tronchuda … Casper … Dazzling Blue … Jagallo Nero … Midnight Sun … Redbor … Red Ursa … Scarlet … Thousandhead … Tronchuda … Winterbor kale, perennial: Homesteaders Kaleidoscopic lettuce: Bronze Mignonette … Cracoviensis … Forellenschluss … Intred … Kagraner Sommer … Lunix … Merlot … Milagro … Newham … Optima … Outredgeous … Rex … Skyphos … Solar Flare … Tango … Tantan … Tennis Ball … Truchas … Webbs Wonderful … Winter Brown … Winter Density … Wintergreen Cut Salad … Winterwunder … Xalbadora … Yedikule melon: Alacati … Alvaro … Athena … Boule d’Or aka Golden Perfection … Collective Farm Woman … Golden Honeymoon … Golden Jenny … Golden Sweet … Halona … Kajari … Kiku Chrysanthemum … Lilly … Moonstruck … Orange Silverwave … Sugar Cube … Tasty Bites … Tommy Apple mizuna: Beni Houshi … Early … Japanese Pink onion and shallot: Apache … Bianca di Giugno … Bianca di Maggio … Candy … Desert Sunrise … Figaro … Flat of Italy … Globo … He Shi Ko … Parade … Texas Early Grano … Unzen Flat … Violet de Galmi … White Creole … Zebrune pea, shelling: Kenobi … Meteor … Misty … Oasis … Prelado … Rondo pea, snow: Shiraz … Sugar Snow Green … Sweet Horizon pea, sugarsnap: Cascadia … Lusaka … Opal Creek … Sugar Sprint … Tendersweet pepper: Aconcagua … Ancho Magnifico … Beaver Dam … Blot … Caballero … Felicity … Gatherer's Gold Sweet Italian … Lemon Spice Jalapeno … Lesya … Mulato Isleno … Nadapeño … Oranos … Rewia ... Rubens … Sheepnose Pimento … Staddon’s Select … White Lakes snake bean: Chinese Python spinach: Avon … Chinese Multicolor … Merlo Nero … Oceanside … Regiment … Space tatsoi tomato: Juliet … Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom … Luci … Nova … Pantesco Romanesco … Pozzano … San Marzano Gigante 3 … Mountain Magic … Sweet Treats … Silvery Fir Tree … Vilms watermelon: Ali Baba … Cream Yamato … Janosik … Kaho … Otome … Royal Golden … Wilson’s Sweet winter squash/pumpkin: Arka Surymukhi … Buen Gusto de Horno … Butterbaby … Gete Okosomin … Pale Grey … Kogigu … Little Dipper … Palav Kadu … Reba … Shishigatani aka Toonas Makino … Sucrine du Berry yellow squash: Cube of Butter … Rugosa Friulana … Saffron … Slick Pik YS 26 … Superpik zucchini: Caserta … Cassia … Cocozella di Napoli … Costata Romanesco … Dirani … Emerald Delight … Nimba … Raven