You are getting good advice, Bevhall. I'd just like to toss in the Asian greens (into the woks ;o). I've got the lettuce, radish, arugula, for the salad bowl also. Oldroser has the right idea with the broccoli raab and bok choy will probably work for you also. Mei Qing choy has been a standard for a good number of seasons while maruba santoh has done well as a Spring crop the last few years. I decided to try it in the Fall in 2007 and the santoh is coming up nicely. Oh, and weÂve got a little Toy Choy out there also. Steve

hello:) I was told potting soil would not do. the soil is to light and will float and the plant will have a hard time rooting well enough to support itself. you can buy plain garden soil($5.00) and composted manure($2.00) at a garden center even at walmart or somewhere similar. that's what I used with my lotus. I followed a members advice from here as far as planting instructions since she had beautiful blooms. I havent had blooms yet but the lotus that havent been attacked by bugs are doing beautifully with several aerials already and i started them from seed in march. If you get a chance look at this link from a blog i did and hopefully that can help you further:) Here is a link that might be useful: my experience

Hi Keith, First of all, take care about the yellow Pinus strobus seedling, make sure that it's not standing to wet and create some shadow, then everything will be fine. Please keep us informed about this one. The Picea jezoensis 'Chitosa Nana' isn't a P. jezoensis indeed but a P. glehnii. The cultivar name is not right written and is 'Chitosu-maru', which looks almost the same. In my opinion it also looks very simular to the 'J.D. Dwarf' like you can see at the photo. Picea jezoensis 'J.D. Dwarf' Your Picea jezoensis 'Landis' looks also like a P. glehnii cultivar to me.

Thanks everyone, you are very kind, I've seen the lovely seedlings people are growing so you are being generous. But I thank you, and appreciate hearing the nice things about my babies :) Debra, #5 & 6 were some seeds someone gave me, a cross of Wonder of it All & a spacecoast, I think Spacecoast Cotton Candy. I like the color on #5 better, I call the edges a tangerine color, not quite orange & not quite yellow, but I like the form better on the lighter one. #5 often has extra little "tufts" of ruffles. I'm surprised that it has been opening pretty well this year. Kay, the coloring of that one is delicate, but nothing delicate about the plant :) I need to learn how to measure blooms. The largest blooms were early ones & down to the last few that are smaller & still the size of my hand.And my hand isn't small! It really stands out. The 2nd one looks so much better in person. It should have bloomed last year but didn't, probably because I have had to start planting seedlings in a bit of shade. It has quite a decent bud count & had 4 blooms open one day. Seems to be multiplying very well. Of course, there are several out there similar to this. And the other 2 light colored ones. I was really surprised when the 4th one bloomed this year. It bloomed last year but looked nothing like this, I hope it maintains this look & not due to the cooler, wetter weather we've had this year. The next to the last photo is from Palace Garden Beauty, & looks pretty similar, but different when you compare them side by side, a little more pastel. I've been trying some blue eyed crosses, or at least what I have that is close to blue eyes. We'll see what happens. I'm fond of the last one too, just a little different from anything in my garden. Most of my seedlings have bloomed now, I'm feeling a little sad that I won't get to see any more. Now I have to prepare a place to put out my seeds next year.