LOWERS: •ACHILLEA/YARROW: • 'Heidi'***** • 'Moonshine'**** • 'Paprika'*****, • 'Peachy Seduction'**** • **any wine, burgundy, coral/apricot or pink shades •AGASTACHE: (ANY rose, hot pink, salmon, orange or yellow would fit in perfectly in my garden design!) • Ava********** • Black Adder** • Bolero******** • Double Bubble Mint**** • Firebird**** • Glowing Embers**** •Pallidiflora** • Purple Pygmy**** • Tango******** •AGERATUM: • Leilani***** •AGYRANTHEMUM: Molimba, or any PINK please**** •ALCEA 'Pastorale'**** •AMMI VISNAGA: Green Mist****** •AMMOBIUM ALATUM Winged Everlasting •ANEMONE: ANY!! This is my new great interest! (have Snowdrop) •ANGELONIA: White****, Serena Lavender**, Serena Lavender Pink** •AQUILEGIA see COLUMBINE •ARTEMESIA: Variegated*** •ASCLEPIAS/MILKWEED: • Asclepias Physocarpa aka Goose Milkweed*** • Asclepias Purpurascens aka Purple Milkweed** • Asclepias Sullivantii aka Smooth Milkweed or Prairie Milkweed**** • Blue Vined aka Honey Vine aka Sand Vine • Green Comet** • Ice Ballet** • Milk Maid*** • Poke** • SoulMate** • TWEEDIA************ •ASTERS: • Aster Cordifolius***** • 'Heartleaf' • 'Mary Gregory' • 'Opus'************ • 'Peachie's Pink'**** • 'Smooth'*** • 'Sky Blue'**** • 'White Woodland' Aster Divaricatus • ******any Fall flowering lovelies you'd like to share! •ASTILBE: ANY!!!!!!! fresh current year seed only please, I've not had any luck at all getting any to germinate so far. :( Looking for any pinks, and white mostly pls! •ASTILBOIDES TABULARIS*** •BACOPA: Snowtopia*** (white) •BAMBOO, CHOCOLATE: Fargesia Fungosa (from tradewinds) •BAPTISIA: 'Twilight' •BEE BALM / MONARDA: • Beauty of Cobham**** • Cambridge Red*** • Colrain Red**** • Emmy's Pink**** • Fireball**** • Jacob Kline**** • Pink Lace** • Raspberry Wine***************************** • **ANY pure White, Deep Red or Scarlet colors, please no light pink or purples, Bergamo**** •BEGONIA: • Dragon Wing Pink**** • GoGo Appleblossom*** • GoGo Cherry*** • GoGo Light Yellow*** • Gryphon************ • Illumination Apricot Shades********* • Illumination Golden Picotee****** • Illumination Pink** • Nonstop Appleblossom****** • Nonstop Fire********* • Nonstop Rose • Nonstop Rose Petticoat*********** •BELLFLOWER: • Dickson's Gold*** • Trailing Blue Waterfall** • **any TALL White varieties!***** •BELLS OF IRELAND: PIXIE only****(Dwarf) •BORAGE: Variegated******(I have blue and white thx!) •BUDDLEIA/BUTTERFLY BUSH: • Bi-Color***************************** • Ruby Red***** •CALLIBRACHOA / MILLION BELLS: ANY!! Especially Peaches or Rose**** •CAMPANULA: • 'Bowl of Cherries'***** • 'Cherry Bells'***** • 'Dickson's Gold'****** • 'Olympica'*** • 'Pantaloons'** • 'Rotundifolia' • 'Samantha'** • 'White Pearl'**** • **open to any blue, white or pink, , ANY Pixie!!**** •CANNA: Tropical Rose DWARF •CARYOPTERIS: 'Summer Sorbet' •CHIASTOPHYLLUM OPPOSITIFOLIUM 'Solar Yellow'**** •CHRYSANTHEMUM: any blue, pinks, yellows (ANY fall blooming varieties****) •CLEMATIS: Stans**, any white, baby blue or hot pink •COCKSCOMB: Bombay Pink***, any tall bi-colors - burgundy, pinks, yellows, reds, would LOVE some any coral bi-colors! •COLEUS: Really Really love the watermelon and sunset colors and the dragon/lacy variety of leaves! • Caramel** • Carefree Mix* • Dragon Sunset** • Fairway Orange** • Fairway Yellow** • Giant Exhibition Limelight** • Giant Exhibition Marble • Giant Exhibition Scarlet Magma*** • Kong Rose*** • Nottingham Lace***************** • Pineapple** • Rattlesnake*** • Sedona*** • Sunset** • Versa Crimson Gold** • Versa Lime** • Versa Rose to Lime** • Versa Watermelon** • Volcano •COLUMBINE/AQUILEGIA: • Clementine Blue**** • Clementine Salmon Rose**** • Corbett****** • 'Sunshine' or any long spurred pure yellow variety********* • **any tall varieties or any dark cherry/wine colored blooms •CONEFLOWER: See ECHINACEA •COREOPSIS: •Creme Brulee***** •Heaven's Gate*** •Moonlight**** •Pot of Gold******** •Red Shift**** •Sunshine Superman*** •Tigerstripe*** •Zagreb****** •CORNFLOWER: Emperor William**, Tall Red**** •CORYDALIS SEMPERVIRENS**********, Lutea********, ANY Blue*****, Blue Heron*****, any White*** •COSMOS: • Carmine***** • Dancing Petticoats*** • Happy Ring*** • Ladybird Scarlet** • Pied Piper Red****** • Seashells Red*** • Versailles Tetra******* • **any pink or burgundy, any DWARF mix****, any Fuschia colors**** •COW PARSLEY: Pink**** or White** •CROCOSMIA: Any Orange********, Any deep scarlet***, Emily McKenzie**** (already have Lucifer, thx!) •CROSSANDRA FLAME*** •CUP & SAUCER VINE: Key Lime**** •CYCLAMEN *** •DAHLIA: Watercolors*****, any really** •DAISY: • ***any unusual double or ruffled white variety** • ***any blue colored** • Aglaya*** or Aglaia**** • Clara Curtis** • Fiona Coghill**** • Fluff**** • Wirral Pride***** • Yellow Daisy***** • **(have Crazy & Snowdrift & Snow Princess) •DALEA FORMOSA: Feather Dalea •DAYLILY: ANY !! Would love to try any of your varieties especially doubles or 'spider' varieties! (except the typical ditch lilies please!) •DELPHINIUMS: • **ANY Rose***, any sky blue*** • Blue Pygmy** • Dusky Maiden**** • Galahad**** • Ghost • Green Twist****** • Magic Fountain Cherry Blossom**** • Summer Stars** •(have Blue Butterfly!, thanks!) •DIANTHUS: • Amazon Neon*** • Barbarini Red*** • Black Magic***** • Blueberry** • Dwarf Pineleaf Garden Pink**** (Dianthus Pinifolius) • Fenbow Nutmeg***** • First Love** • Gaiety** • Heart Attack**** • Ideal Violet*** • Ministicks** • Neon Star*** • Noverna**** • Raspberry Ripple**** • Raspberry Swirl*** • Red Rose***** • Stripes & Picotees*** • Ruby** • Victoriana** • Yellow Rainbow****** • **any super ruffled carnation looking type~hot pinks, reds, crimsons •DIASCIA: Diamonte Coral Rose**, Apricot Queen*** •DICENTRA: Golden Tears***, Any Pink or White** •DICHONDRA: Emerald Falls***** •DIGITALIS / FOXGLOVE: • **any pinks or rose colored, salmons, apricots, any pure white, variegated • Anne Redetzky**** • Apricot Faerie Queen*** • Camelot Rose**** • Cluster Flowering Floribunda*** • Grecian*** • Lutea* • Monster Purple** • Monstruosa* • Redskin** • Rosea Fiesta Time*** • Silver Fox* • Sutton's Apricot********* •DITHYREA: Spectacle Pod* •DURANTA: Any please! •DUTCHMAN's BREECHES: *********** •ECHINACEA / CONEFLOWER: • Amado*** • Black Sampson******* • Double Decker****** • Fragrant Angel (white)**** • Green Eyes******** • Green Jewel**** • Hula Dancer*** • Jade*** • Laevigata*** • Paradoxa* • Pink Parasol** • Razzmatazz**** • ****most any!!! •EPILOBIUM: Any! Angustifolium****, Dodonaei**** •ERIGERON: Blue Fringe Daisy*** •FELICIA****Felicia Rose*** •FIREWEED***************** •FLOWERING MAPLE: Crepe de Chine***** •FOXGLOVE: See DIGITALIS •FUSCHIA: Any Hardy variety for Zone 7 •GAILLARDIA: (NO 'Goblin', have those thx!) • Apricot**** • Arizona Apricot***** • Frenzy*********** • Georgia Sunset**** • Georgia Yellow*** • Sunburst** •GERANIUM/PELARGONIUM: • ANY scented!!********************* • ANY Black Velvet varieties***** • ANY!!!! • Black Prince******* • Black Velvet Rose*** • Black Velvet Salmon*** • Brookside*** • Dragon Heart**** • Elite Salmon • Elite White • Horizon Ice Orange*** • Ice Rose*** • Inspire*** • Inspire Appleblossom*** • Orange Appeal*** • Orbit Appleblossom*** • Orbit Deep Salmon*** • Pinto Pink** • Psilostemon*** • Raspberry Ripple***** • Ringo Rose Star*** • Rozanne*********** • Samobor******** • Summer Showers Mix**** • Summer Showers Rose*** • Stork's Bill Sweetheart*** • Tornado Fuschia*** • Yoshino Confetti******** •GEUM • Alabama Slammer*********** • Double Bloody Mary*** • Koi*** • Red Dragon******* • Totally Tangerine***** • Trifolium***** • ***ANY red, orange, bi-color/sunset colors • (have Rivale, Mrs. Bradshaw, Lady Stratheden, Blazing Sunset & Cooky) •GILIA: Scarlet*, I have Blue •GOMPHRENA / GLOBE AMARANTH: Fireworks******, Mardi Gras*** looking for any orangey-apricot color or mix that includes it please! •GRASSES: • Blonde Ambition****** • Blood Grass*** • Eyebrow** • Golden Miscanthus**** • Hakonechloa Naomi & Nicholas**** • Hedgehogs*** • Karl Forester********* • Little Hobbit Bearskin** • Panicum Shenandoah*** • Pink Paint Brush** • Sweet Flag**** • Sweetgrass*** • Zephyr •HEATHER: CALLUNA VULGARIS 'Firefly' •HELLEBORES: Any! •HELENIUM: • 'Coppelia' • 'Sunshine' • (have Lollipop and Mardi Gras) •HELIOTROPE / HELIOTROPIUM: Garden White***, Cherry Pie*** •HETEROPAPPUS BLUE KNOLL*** •HEUCHERA/or CORAL BELLS: • *** ANY!******* • Citronelle**** • Coral Bells* • Coral Sunset*** • Crimson Curls**** • Encore**** • Frosted Violet • Ginger Ale****** • Green Spice**** • Guardian Angel***** • Lime Ricky******* • Marvelous Marbles*** • Melting Fire**** • Mocha****** • Mystic Angel**** • Root Beer***** • Ruby Bells** • Snow Angel*** • Stormy Seas*** • Sweet Tea***************** • White Cloud*** •HIBISCUS: •Chattooga Gold**** •Cranberry Punch***** •Double Purple*** •Plum Crazy********* •HOLLYHOCKS/SIDALCEA: • **would be happy with any! tall, short, figleaf or not!** • Apricot Peach Parfait******* • Black Currant Whirl** • Chater's Maroon*** • Chater's Rose*** • Chater's Salmon*** • Country Romance**** • Fruity Mix** • Golden Yellow*** • Halo Apricot******* • Halo Mix • Halo Red*** • Happy Lights*** • Icicle*** • Majorette Mix*** • Powderpuffs Mix** • Queeny Lilac-Rose**** • Queeny Red* • Queeny Salmon** • Rosea The Bride*** • Russian Yellow • Salmon Queen** • Sidalcea 'Rosanna'***** • Spring Celebrities Lemon*** • Spring Celebrities Rose**** • Violet • **I'd love any! •HOPS vine: Variegated only please*** •IPOMOPSIS: Longiflora - Long-Flowered Gilly •JACOB'S LADDER/POLEMONIUM: Variegated*********** •JUPITER'S BEARD/CENTRANTHUS RUBER: White**** •LAMIUM: Orchid Frost*** •LARKSPUR: • Cherry Blossom*** • Kaleidoscope** • Parisian Pink**** • Splish Splash*** •LAURENTIA: Avant Garde White****, Sophia****, White or Blue •LAVATERA: Mont Blanc** (have Silver cup, thx!) •LAVENDER: • Blue Scent • Ellegance Ice****** • Ellegance Sky*** • Kew Red**** • Lacy Frills*** • Little Lady*** • Otto**** • Papillon**** • Spanish Eyes********* • Spanish Peaks**** • Stoechas****** • White Ice*** •**would love some dwarf varieties, too! •LEWISIA: Cotyledon Sunset Hybrids**** •LISIANTHUS: Lime***, any blue**, any Red/Dark Pink** •LOBELIA: • Monet Moment*************** • Ruby Slippers******** • Tupa******************************************* •LOVE IN A MIST / NIGELLA: Rose only, Mulberry Rose**** •LUPINE: •Lulu************* •Red Flame**** •Salmon***** •Silver •Sunset •LYCHNIS: Viscaria 'Snowbird'**** •MALTESE CROSS: Dusky Salmon only* •MARIGOLDS: • Golden Gem*** • Harlequin*** • Janie Flame*** • La Bamba • Mumsy Orange***** • Spun Lemon**** • Starfire • Sunburst Orange Splash**** • Zenith Orange**commercial only • Zenith Red**commercial only • Whopper Orange*** •MILKWEED blue vined (cynanchum laeve)**** aka Honey Vine or Sand Vine, TWEEDIA***** •MINA CITRONELLA** •MONARDA: See Bee Balm •MORNING GLORY: • Misty Morning** • Sunrise Serenade**** •NASTURTIUMS: • Cherry Jubilee**** • Copper Sunset*** • Creamsicle*** • King Theodore*** • Moonlight***** • Out of Africa*** • Strawberries & Cream**** • Terra Cotta*** • Vanilla Berry*********** • Whirlybird Cream****** • Whirlybird Mix** • Whirlybird Tangerine******** • Vesuvius** •NICOTIANA / TOBACCO: • Avalon Mix****** • Cream Splash (variegated)****** • Marshmallow*** • Perfume White** • Saratago Apple Blossom***** • Stonecrop* • Whisper Mix*** • ****would love ANY!!****(have Langsdorfii & Sylvestris) •OSTEOSPERMUM: • **ANY Spoon-leaf varieties*** REALLY REALLY Want!! • Akila White********** • Lavender shades**** • Zion Copper Amethyst*************** SUPER WANT! • Zion Orange***** • Zion Peach****** • Zion Pink Sand********** • **White with blue center**** •OWL's CLOVER •PANSY: • Antique Shades*** • Autumn Frills*** • Chianti** • Flambe Terracotta Shades*** • Flirty Skirts*** • Moulin Rouge**** • Pandora's Box********************* • Panola Sunburst** • Psychadelic Blue Butterfly*********** • Rococo Mix** • ***any Ruffled*** •PELARGONIUM: See Geraniums above^ •PENSTEMON: • Espirit**** • Husker Red Superior**** • Jamesii/James • Lilac Beauty*** • Mexicali Miniature Bells*** • Miniature Bells**** • Parry's/Parryi • Rydbreg's/Rydbergii • Scarlet Bugler, • Sidebelsl/Secundiflorus • Sunburst Ruby****** • True Blue* • Wandbloom/Virgatus • Whipples********* •PENTAS: Any Rose or Coral colors***** •PERSICARIA AMPLEXICAULIS 'Firetail'******* •PETUNIAS: •Aladdin Mix***** •Blue Daddy*** •Cascade Burgundy Plum Vein** •Debonair Dusty Rose*** •Dolce Flambe*** •Dolcissima Amaretto**** •Dolcissima Firenze**** •Dolcissima Roma***** •Dolcissima Sienna**** •Double Cascade •Rambling Neon Rose*** •Rose Pirouette** •Shock Wave Denim**** •Sonata*** •Sophistica Antique Shades**** •PHLOX: • 21st Century Rose Star***** • Dutch Tapestry*** • Emerald Blue*** • Flamingo****** • Midnight Candy** • Nicky*** • Peppermint** • Red Riding Hood*** • Starfire************** • Watercolor Memories Mix**** • ***would REALLY love the blue variety!!*** •PLECTRANTHUS: Emerald Lace***, Silver Shield* •PLUMBAGO: Blue*** and White*** (the bush varieties, not the creeping groundcover) •POLEMONIUM: 'Touch of Class'****, Variegatum**** •POPPY: • Angels Choir Mix*****(Shirley) • Ballerina Mix** • Cali Mission Bells** Mix, NOT just orange, pls! • Carmine** • Double Atlas • Double Cream** • Drama Queen*** • Fruit Punch*** • Fruit Splash**** • Moondance**** • Peony Frosted Salmon*** • Thai Silk Mix*** • Thai Silk Rose Chiffon*** •POT MARIGOLD: Citrus Smoothies** •POTENTILLA: Helen Jane***, Snowbird***** •PRIMULA/PRIMROSE: • x tommasinii You and Me Blue*********** • Beesiana**** • Candelabra*** • Florindae**** • Noverna Deep Blue** • Vialii********** •PULMONARIA: Any! Silver Bouquet, Mrs. Moon***, Raspberry Splash*** •RANUNCULUS: Any!! :) •ROSA STELLATA: Desert Rose •RUDBECKIA: • Chim Chiminee***** • Corona*** • (have Capuccino, Green Wizard, Indian Summer, Maya, Goldstrum, Chocolate Orange and Toto) •RUE: Jackman's blue**, Any! •RUSSIAN SAGE/PEROVSKIA: Little Spire****(dwarf) •SAGINA IRISH MOSS**** •SALPIGLOSSIS/PAINTED TONGUE: Bolero Mix*, Stained Glass*, Kew Blue****** •SALVIA/SAGE: • Apiana*** • Blue Angel*** • Cherry Blossom***** • Evolution White************ • Hummingbird* • Hummingbird Forest Fire**** • Maraschino***** • Patio Sky Blue*** • Purple Knock Out*** • Salsa Rose • Salsa Salmon*** • Sensation Rose**** • Strata • Twilight Serenade******************** • TX Sage Dwarf Hummingbird** • Victoria White*** •SAMBUCUS: 'Black Lace'**************, any golden foliage***************** •SANDERSONIA: Aurantiaca •SANTOLINA GREEN**** •SEDUMS: • Acre****** • Angelina******* • Autumn Delight** • Black Jack** • Brilliant**** • Dragon's Blood*** • Jellybeans******* • October Daphne******************************************* • Red Carpet** • Sea Star***** • Sieboldii******************** • Silver Frost** • Vera Jamison* • VooDoo*** • **any pink and/or bi-colored • **these are new to me, so I'm pretty much open to any (have Autumn Joy, thanks!) •SIDALCEA: (see also HOLLYHOCKS) •SILYBUM: VARIEGATED Milk Thistle** •SNAPDRAGONS/ANTIRRHINUM: • Apple Blossom****** • AROMAS~ANY!!****************************************** • Bells Frosty Lavender**** • Bells Pink** • Cascadia*********** • Chantilly Yellow** • Double Madame Butterfly***** • Freesong Pink • French Vanilla Aroma***** • Frosted Sunset***** • Jamaican Mist • Kim Bi-Color Mix • Lemon Lollipops**** • Lipstick **** • Magenta Mist**** • Oriental Lanterns** • Pallette Mix***** • Plumblossom*** • Red Spice**** • Renee's OP Mix**** • Snappy Bi-Color Mix**** • Sweet Pink Aromas****(hybrid-commercial only pls)******* • Tutti Frutti***** • Twinny Violet***** • Vining**** •SPIDERWORT: Red Grape***, White bi-colored one*** •SPIREA: Goldflame* •STACHYS: Coccinea***, Inflata****, Lavandulifolia******, Hummelo**, Stachys macrantha 'Robusta'******** •STRAWBERRY: Fragissimo****, Yellow Wonder****, White Wonder****, Roman, Loran, Merlan, Pikan, Tarpan, Temptation, Mignonette Alpine •STRAWFLOWER: any Deep Rose color***, any Orange color*** •SUNFLOWER: • Apricot*** any apricot shades! • Apricot Twist****** • Cherry Rose • Double Dandy • Golden Cheer • Italian Green Heart********** • Jolly Joker • Lemon Aura**** • Lemon Eclair**** • Music Box*** • Sole D'Oro**** • Starburst Blaze*** • Sunny Babe • The Joker • Van Gogh •***any dwarf other than Teddy Bear (have that one!) •SWEET PEAS: • Apricot Sprite******** • Blue Ripple**** • Butterfly** • Capt of the Blues* • Cream Southborne • Crimson Ripple**** • Floral Tribute* • Frolic** • King's High Scent***** • Lipstick • Orange Dragon*** • Saltwater Taffy Swirls*** • Snoopea* • Watermelon** • White Supreme** •SWEET ROCKET/HESPERIS: Alba (white)**** •TALINUM: Variegated***** •TIARELLA: any! (have Silverado) •TITHONIA: Fiesta Del Soul**** (shorter orange variety only) •TOADLILY/TRICYRTIS: Gilt Edge***, Samurai***, Miyazaki******* •VERBASCUM: • Adonis Mango***** • Clementine***** • Yellow/Purple*****(not sure of the name?) •VERBENA: • Adonis Mango*** • Appleblossom***** • Hastata Rosea**** • Mango**** • Moss*** • Obsession Lilac*** • Peaches n Cream** • Pink Spires • Quartz Purple* • Rigida*** • Tuscany Lavender Picotee*** • Tuscany Orchid Frost****************** • Tuscany Rose Eye** • Tuscany Scarlet*** • Tuscany White**** • Upright** •VERONICA: Blue Bouquet, Veronica Incana 'Blue Silver'****, Longifolia**** •THYMUS/THYME: Silveredge Argenteus****, Orange************* •WALLFLOWER: My Fair Lady, any mix •ZINNIAS: • Apricot Blush*** • Art Deco Mix • Benary's Giant Carmine* • Burpee Hybrids Mix**** • Burpeeana Giants******** • Carmine Rose**** • Dream • Giant Cactus White** • Granny's Bouquet*** • Little Lion*** • Magellan Persian Carpet** • Meteor • Miss Wilmott • Park's Candy Mix******* • Pumila Sprite********* • Raggedy Ann*********** • Rose Giant Cactus • Scabiosa Flowered*** • Senora*** • Zin Master Mix*** • Zinnita Rose** • Zowie Yellow Flame******** •HERBS: •BASIL: • Ararat**** • Amethyst Improved**** • Blue Spice**** • Clove • Danni**** • Dwarf Greek** • Globe** • Holy Red & Green • (RED) Lettuce Leaf**************** • Mammoth**** • Napoletano**** • Purple Delight***** • Siam Queen • Thai Magic • ***(any purple named varieties) •BEE BALM/MONARDA: ANY pure White***, ANY dark Reds, Ruby, Rose, Scarlet colors - no purples or light pinks please •CAT GRASS/CAT MINT/NEPETA: Variegated Cat Grass** •CILANTRO/CORIANDER: 'Confetti', or Delfino variety only****** •DILL: Vulgare***, Dukat***, Compatto Dwarf***** •FLAX: Linum Usitatissimum 'Golden Flax'**** •HIBISCUS: Any variety for tea***, Roselle******** •LAVENDER: Spanish Peaks*****, ANY Pink***, Lavandula Viridis (yellow)******, Purple Ribbon****, Leigh****, Vera***, Pink Perfume***, English, Silver Line**** •LEMON BALM** Citronella Lemon Balm*** only please •LEMONGRASS*** •MARJORAM* •MINTS: Grapefruit****, Fruit Cocktail******, Variegated**, Ginger*** •OREGANO: Just any culinary type will do!***, Greek***, Vulgare*** •ORIGANUM SYRIACA - Zaatar**** •PATCHOULI*** •SAGE: Culinary, Variegated******* •SAVORY: Summer *** •THYME: Orange********, Variegated********, Lemon*********, regular culinary varieties****, French or Summer Thyme**** •Broadleaf Culinary**** •VEGGIES: •AMARANTH: Green Calaloo***, Greek Giant**, Opopeo** •BEANS: • 'Almas Pa Dutch Purple Burgundy Lima Bean'** • 'Blue Lake'***** • 'Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco'********** • 'Cobra'*** • 'Grandma Nellie's Yellow Podded Mushroom Pole Bean'*** • 'Hutterite Soup'*** • 'Mayflower'*** • 'Mosaic Yard Long'** • 'Nickel' (french filet) • 'Provider' • 'Purple Marconi'** • 'Tongue of Fire' • 'Willow-Leaf Lima' •BERRIES: Strawberries****, Salmon Berry****, Thimble Berry***, Blackberry***, Raspberry***, Honeyberry***, Red Currants****** •BRUSSEL SPROUTS: Falstaff*** •CABBAGE: Filderkraut********, Jade Pagoda, Optiko** •CAULIFLOWER: Romanesco San Guiseppe***** •CORN: 'Pennsylvania Butter Flavored Popcorn'**, 'GEM' or 'Stained Glass'******************************************** •CUCUMBERS: • Alibi*** • Kyoto******* • Lime Crisp*** • Muncher** • National Pickling*** • Orient Express* • Paris Pickling or Cornichon de Paris***** • Pearl* • Richmond Green Apple***** • Tante Alice***** •FLAX: Golden only (Linum Usitatissimum) •GOOSEBERRY: Pineapple*** •'GREENS': Purslane***, Rainbow Baby •GROUNDCHERRY: Strawberry Husk Tomato***, Cossack Pineapple*** •KALE: • Blue Ridge*** • Cavolo Nero**** • Fizz* • Red Chidori • Redbor** • Wild Garden Kales • Winter Red** • Winterbor** •LETTUCE: • Blushed Butter COS • Cabbage Lettuce** • Devil's Tongue** • Drunken Woman Frizzy Headed** • Flashy Butter Oak** • Gentilina, Italienischer • Jericho***(good for heat) • Little Leprachaun** • Lollo Bionda** • Marshall • Mascara*** • Midnight Ruffles*** • Mignonette Bronze** • Monet's Garden Mesclun*** • Oaky Red Splash** • Petite Rouge*** • Queensland***(good for heat) • Red Sails • Red Wing Mix • Revolution • Rouge Grenoblais • Speckles*** • Strawberry • Sunset** • Tango*** •MELONS: **Any small, compact, less than 3lb fruit sized melons*** • Alvaro • Ambrosia******* • Early Silver Line • Emerald Gem** • Golden Jenny Muskmelon**** • Golden Sweet*** • Green Nutmeg**** • Icebox Rainbow Sherbert***** • Lambkin • Lil 'Loupe***** • Mango or Vine Peach******* • Petit Gris De Rennes* •OKRA: Eagle Pass, Star of David*** •PEPPERS: (under construction!) •Bell, any mini-bells except yellow and chocolate*** •Big Red •Blushing Beauty*** comm. only pls •Chablis •Cubanella •Fat n Sassy**** comm. only pls •Flavorburst •Giant Marconi*** •Golden Summer •Gypsy •Italia** •Jalapeno Gigantea ***comm. only pls •Kung Pao* •Mulato Isleno***** •Numex Joe E. Parker**** •Orange Sun*** •Pinocchio's Nose*** •Redskin Patio*** •Round of Hungary*** •Super Heavyweight*** comm. only pls •Tennessee Cheese •Tolli's Sweet*** •Trinidad Perfume •RADICCHIO: 'Firestorm'***** •RHUBARB: Victorian**, any •SQUASH/PUMPKINS - •Australian Butter** •Autumn cup •Baby Green Hubbard* •Bush Baby •Butta Zucchini*** •Butterstick** •Candy Roaster of N. Georgia****** •Cashflow**** •Cucuzzi***aka Serpent of Sicily*** •Fairy** •Futsu Black •Giambo*** •Hubbard Blue Magic F1**** •Latino •Long Island Cheese** •Orange Magic F1**** •Papaya Pear*** •Piccolo •Pomme D'Or aka Apple of Gold* •Rumbo Winter •Small Wonder •Sundance •Sungreen •Table Ace Winter •Table Gold Acorn*** •Tonda Padana**** •STRAWBERRY - ANY Alpine!*******, Red Wonder Wild, Sarian*** (have Mignonette & White & Yellow Wonder & Alexandria) •TOMATO: I love any pleated, ruffled and large heirloom varieties! (list currently under construction) :) •A Grappoli Corbarino •ABC Potato Leaf •Absinthe •Amana Orange •Amy Goldman Italian American •Arkansas Traveler*** •Aunt Gertie's Gold** •Barnes Mtn Yellow •Barnes Mtn Pink •Bellestar •Belmonte •Berkeley Tie Dye*** •Big Rainbow** •Brown Cherry •Bradley •Brandywine, Black •Brandywine, Yellow •Break O'Day •Broad Ripple Yellow Currant •Bushy Chabarovsky •Calf's Heart •Caspian Pink •Chapman •Cherokee Green GRAPE*** •Cherokee Purple Sudoku Potato leaf variety •Chico III •Chyornyi Prince •Costoluto Fiorentino •Costoluto Genovese •Cowlick's Brandywine •Currant •Dad's Mug Paste •Dr. Lyle •Earlibell** •Early Glee** •Egg Yolk •Emerald Evergreen** •Ester Hess •Farmstand Huge •Flame •Forest Fire •Fox Cherry •Galapagos** •Gardener's Delight*** •Gold Currant** •Golden Pineapple** •Golden Queen** •Grant Country Pink •Green Beefsteak*** •Grossee Cotelee* •Gypsy •Hahms Gelbe Topftomate •Hayslip •Hege German Pink •Hellfrucht •Hog Heart •Humph*** •Husky Pink •Indiana Baltimore •Italian Red Cherry •Italian Tomato Tree*** •Joe's Portugese* •Kanner Hoell* •KBX •KY Pink Stamper •Livingston's Gold Ball •Louisiana Pink •Lucky Cross***** •Lumpy Red •Madison County Pink •Malinowy Warszawski •Matina •Matt's Wild Cherry •Midnight Star** •Moldovan Green** •Monte Verde •Mountain - Mtn Gold •Mtn Pride •Old German •Old Kentucky •Old Time Purple •Olive Hill* •Omar's Lebanese •Opalka •Orange Van Goeijenbier •Orlovskie Rysaki •Pantano Romanesco •Pear - Red only •Pera d'Abruzzo *** •Pike County Yellow •Pink Pear***** •Polish Dwarf** •Polish Linguisa* •Ponderosa Pink •Ponderosa Seloro •Powers Heirloom •Precoce Marmende •Prescott •Principe Borghese •Purple Hillbilly** •Red Robin* •Rinaldo •Romeo***** •Rose Beauty** •San Marzano Nana*** •San Marzano 3**** •Sausage (not Cream) •Sibirskiy Skorospelyi***** •Silvery Fir Tree* •Slavic Masterpiece* •Snowberry •Snow White Cherry*** •Soldacki* •Sophie's Choice** •Strawberry** •Stump of the World*** •Sun Sugar****** •Super San Marzano******* •Sweet Home*** •Sweetie Cherry*** •Tiny Tim* •Top Sirloin*** •Two Timing Willie*** •Utyonok •Valencia** •Walter's Candy Stripe* •Whippersnapper****** •Wild Harry •Winter Grape •WATERMELONS: Black Seeded Ice Cream****, White Sugar Lump***, Petit Gris****, Icebox Rainbow Sherbert***** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------

It's such a personal thing. My husband loves it. The teens love it too. They are always hanging on it and have played King of the Mountain etc. Not so much laying out on it... Personally, I regret that we can't play water volleyball which would have been so great for older kids. But since the ledge cuts into the shallow end, it's not possible. (It hasn't occurred to anyone else in the family though. I don't want to rain on their parade. But for me, personally, yeah, I would prefer the whole play area in the pool.)

My banana is not only doing better but much better! He seems to be extremely happy now! He's got his 7th leaf coming out! (Ignore the boxes. They are critical to maintaining his happiness, I swear!) So spring seems to have come absurdly early. I'm both really excited and enjoying this warmth and really really worried. My peach is blooming 3 weeks earlier than last year. As well as my nectarines. Ralph, remember I had a bunch of baby purple leafed peaches? Well I guess they're old enough to bloom too! Completely unexpected! The ones I potted up but didn't bring to plant swap (potted same time as plant swaps) didn't bloom so I guess they got too much shock from being transplanted, so whoever got them last time it probably won't this year, but next year seems likely! But most worrisome of all... 3 of the 6 blueberries I have are in bud, and one of them has started blooming... I know there are various types that bloom at different times of the year but this seems absurd! Of course after checking out weather for the week looks like we're going to get a frost! Obviously! I just hope I get SOME peaches... :( Anyone know what this is? Its in a few spots of the garden so I think its a pack of bulbs I got and planted and forgot about... but they're anemones right? Just that most of the pictures I looked up have black insides not yellow. In addition to all those... I see that my pink banana (musa velutina) is coming up. My black magic taro, midori taro, black and blue salvia, purple and black salvia, my crinium, all those irises I got from the swap, the canna lilies you gave me Ralph, my candy lily, and my toad lily (which ALSO seems to have spread some! there's a sprout about a foot away from the main body! WHICH IS AWESOME). I'm just worried that some of these are tender and shouldn't be arriving so quickly =___=; Like the taros and bananas... But some like this quince is perfectly fine to bloom now. No fruit expected so go enjoy yourself lil quincey! What sites do you guys use to check for frost? What's your assumed last frost date around here? Do you use the 50% value or wait longer? As for the plant swap coming this spring... (when is it again?) I may have gotten a little excited with seeds: Of the things I should have extras of to bring... some cardoons and artichokes (started in beginning of January so would be nice and ready for spring), some edible hibiscus (Roselles), cape gooseberries, naranjilla, and maybe some others... have 27 varieties of tomatoes which I need to separate the seedlings for and throw into other pots so we'll see how much space I have for spares :3 Ralph, the coleus you gave me at last swap is doing great btw! I gave him a haircut and making some more cuttings of him... should have some cuttings from various salvias as well (although I'll be honest... I let too many of them sit in tray of water too long and got root rot :( whoops... added a bunch of pebbles/stones to them now so pots sit above the drained out water so hopefully the rest survive .___. ) Also, if there was anything anyone wanted from these seeds https://imgur.com/a/trPlW I can throw in a pot and start for you guys before the next swap :) And Karen, you are right. There has been a lot going on outside, although to be fair right now its getting confused with all this warmth. I do need to get myself some more winter plants though! Like lenten roses. And yes... the greenhouse... I'm debating going halfway and getting a quick cheap(ish) throwup structure to enjoy now and then later getting a fullblown one (...maybe I'll get a different house w/ more land... hahaha.) or just going all out now... I do kinda wanna do everything which tends to be warmer/humid environments but that could get really expensive in winter so still debating on what the focus should be... did you buy a prefabricated one or completely create it yourself? Any recommendations for which sites to look at pre-fab ones?

I can relate so well. Not building-but majorly, majorly remodeling plus adding..the house was gutted to the studs..it's like building I guess but sillier and more complicated.. I can't believe we put 2 years of our life into this thing. I can't believe we went for that gut and all..I will never, never even count all the numbers we spent, including two mortgages and a rental, yes? together-and if I will- I will never tell anybody the truth, and will try to forget it myself. I feel it's the worst money spent in my life..that just giving this money away to all the people who might need it, would make me so much happier. At certain stage, I wanted to blow up the house. I'm serious, lol. Actually wanted to blow up both of them-the one we still live in, and the one that's being remodeled-and just go somewhere far, far away from this monument to my stupidity. I can't tell you how many mistakes we've made. Well our GC too, lol. But us! One of the windows looks like a prison one because DH insisted the grids should be proportional not to the window itself, but to the window next to it, and I couldn't convince him. Well now he agrees)) The bathroom got so complicated they screw up the framing in every side and direction possible. Instead of redoing it from the beginning, they bought us another tub-smaller so it would fit lol. They tried to keep to the original idea-but it reminds me of a white and shiny coffin:) The fireplace is dangerously close to look like a s..tshow- infuriating, especially after we made a separate contract, to change the fireplace. Half backyard died or started looking real sad 'cause no water in the house for months, and hard as hell to water going back and forth 50 times with a bucket, and there is drought here in So Cal, so no, not enough. The amount of materials that got wasted..I don't want to go there even. The amount of time spent on all this is beyond everything I imagined going into this remodel. And yes, I found these forums only when all this craziness was slowly coming to its end:) Yep..the worst time is definitely close to the end of the build. We're almost done..I think March to June were the worst. I snapped on our GC! Me! I never snap on people! Unless they're family lol. And you feel like he's a family already. Or at least somebody really close to you. Like a cell mate)))) It too shall pass. Life will find a way. As it always does. And some things you-and me-we'll forget them. And some will stop bothering us. And some we'll redo or start to do later. And some will be told as a joke to friends and to family. This idiocy will turn out to be the place where we live. It will always have the idiotic part about it, but we'll stop being so dead serious and sad about it. We'll just continue with our lives. And hopefully-we'll enjoy sometimes too. Because there is the reason for this idiotic house. It was there when we went after it. It still hides there:) And each time I enter it, mad as Witch of West-it winks at me, and I become nicer:)