Sadly, I think someone *did* get rid of the cat by dumping her in the country. She's deaf, and when she was found, was near starvation and full of mites. She's definitely a handful, and I've come to believe she was dumped because of the way she freaks out when she wakes up and can't find me or the other cat. Like she's been tossed again. :( Nobody wanted her because she is deaf. I happened to be at a Pet Smart buying food and took her home. I heard a number of people say oh we can't have her because she's HANDICAPPED. She's a little darling. My other cat doesn't even know she's deaf. He calls for her to come play. Just a service announcement: if you have a pet you want to toss in the garbage, please take it to a shelter, preferably a no-kill shelter. Having grown up in the country, we were the recipients of so many dumped dogs and cats. In my grandparents' generation, it generally ended with a bullet because a farm can only support so many dogs and cats. In mine, I tried finding homes, adopting, etc. I'm not accusing anyone here of such a thing, just that a lot of city people don't understand that country people aren't just sitting around waiting to take care of the unwanted pets. Sorry, it's just a thing with me, and my heart breaks when I think of this little miss being dumped. She's a pistol, but so loving. And being deaf, she wouldn't have lived very long. Don't take this as a personal shot to you; I'm really sensitive to animals. And yet, I eat meat. Go figure.

mytime, Sorry to not follow up. Gardenweb was not forwarding responses to this post (and for a while all my posts) so I was not aware that anyone had responded to it. I had some bad luck propagating earlier this year and then got sidetracked. Fuchsia boliviana Alba cuttings started to root but some sort of fungus caused problems and killed them. The Correa cuttings I first tried did not root. I will start some new ones now, with bottom heat (which I did not use before). Pretty commonly even without bottom heat factored in a lot of plants propagate poorly in winter. So we'll see. I started a bunch of Deppea cuttings a week ago. That plant had some bug problems earlier in the year and I was reluctant to take a lot of cuttings until it fully recovered. I may or may not start new cuttings of the F. boliviana Alba soon; I'm not sure where that ranks on the list of things that I need/want to propagate. However, that plant has done really well and should produce a steady crop of berries in the near future. Here's a photo of the plant from about 10 days ago: And here's a closeup of the berries on one inflorescence: I find it amusing how the berries get long, and then get fat. So mytime, maybe I should contact you when things start to root. As far as the berries, I might try one batch of seeds, but in general I don't have a use for them. I guess I could eat them... If anyone wants a berry for postage (then they can clean out the seeds) I can send one for postage. They can get a bit soft when ripe, and the berry may end up smushed. I'm guessing that's not a problem. Andrea, thanks for the propagation advice. I do enjoy trying to see how many cuttings I can get from limited material. I didn't realize the stems can be split like that. If the seeds are easy, maybe I'll try some. I generally don't like growing things from tiny seeds, especially if they are easy to root. However I've never tried Fuchsias. I see the Fuchsia forum has no exchange site, so I'll mention it here. I'm looking for the variegated F. procumbens, which I believe goes by the name 'Mary Miller'. In trade, I have a lot of things, but only a few Fuchsias and none of them propagated at the moment. The other Fuchsias I have are the regular procumbens, denticulata, 'First Success' (F. paniculata x F. splendens'), F. x baccillaris and of course F. boliviana Alba. I may have access to F. splendens as well; my old plant went to a friends house in the area. Perhaps I'll try start a F. procumbens thread when my new F. procumbens opens another flower and repeat the question about the variegated cultivar. I thought I'd mention that an interesting source I've found locally for small inexpensive plants is Lone Pine Gardens, which is a wholesaler for succulents and bonsai plants. Their little Fuchsias are just a few dollars, and are often found in the bonsai section of nurseries (in N. California at least). I got 'First Success', procumbens, and x bacillaris from them. The plant on the right, of course, is Fuchsia 'First Success', which seems to be a really nice hybrid.

Changes: Tammy let Lisa-Shadysite have the Regular Pussy Willow (rooted cutting) - 1 offer I will get one some other time. From Carmen, let Amy-deigo have the Clivia, I'd prolly just kill it anyway. From Amy, let Lisa-shadysite have the purple yarrow From Janie-janie1leigh, let sakura_komichi have the TB Iris Indian Chief (I think) From Janie-janie1leigh, Robin-robin1962-2008 have the Stella d'oro I just got some so I don't need more TO THOSE I AM CHANGING MY REQUEST FOR IF YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED MAKING TAGS PLEASE BE SURE TO CHANGE THESE, thanks and sorry but I wanted these to go to the others who asked for them after me. :) I just counted my request per what I KNOW I am sending in and I am right on it with these changes. I WILL have a few more over because I am sending in a few not listed here. Tammy, you can just fell in with anything that might be extra, although I would prefer DAYLILIES hehe. You KNOW I need all the plants I can get lol. I am glad you are feeling better and went to the doc, I hope you get on the right track soon and stop getting sick so much!

I'd like to request from Fran 1 Troical White Canna 1 Jewel of Opar 1 offers of 3 bulbs/sets Egyptian Walking Onion they MAY not have tops on them BUT I just put them in dirt so the SHOULD by shipping time 1 offers Agastashe Honey Bee Blue 1 Thalia dealbeta (Water Canna) 1 Hosta S. Elegans 1 Pennywort Start 1Daylily Romantic Rose these are starts 1 E.T.Fingers Jade Plant Fran you keep this up your're gona need an 18 wheeler LOL I'm not far behind ya.:o) HI to everybody else I hope you all are getting what what you want, Have Great day!