Hi, I can send you two types of chives. I have common and garlic chives. I think I also have some catnip, too. I also have some borage if you're interested. The leaves and flowers are edible (tastes like cucumber) and they repel tomato hornworms and cabbage worms. They also attract predatory wasps and bees. I'm interested in the eucalyptus, stock, marigold, crimson clover, and spike speedwell.

I am in zone6a and I have had good luck with Mums coming back. I haven't a lot..three altogether up until last year, but those three have been coming back for at least 7 years. One was up against the house facing west and I dug it out and potted it up in the spring and it is still in a pot. The other was in a part shade corner that seems partly exposed. I think the third is Sheffield Pink and it is in too much shade and entirely exposed to the windiest part of the yard and comes back every year, even a few years with cold temps and very little snow cover. Last year, I purchased two mums and two asters at a local nursery to use in my containers. I enjoyed them all last fall and just left them in their 20" containers all winter. I was very surprised to see both asters come back and one of the mums. I moved the asters to perennial beds in late spring I guess and they seem to have formed buds, so I am waiting to see how they do when they bloom. The mum that survived was in a window box on the ground and I left it there all summer. It hasn't grown any larger than it was last year but there are buds on it. I really should plant that one in the ground this fall. Soon actually. I also bought a 3 pack of mums from Bluestone in the spring and they are in the ground after hanging around too long. [g] They haven't grown much but at least they have been in the ground for awhile but I just realized they are in my windiest location. So now I am not sure whether to try moving them now or wait for spring. I might try to buy more in the spring from Bluestone. I don't usually buy three of the same kind either. They have combos but they haven't appealed to me. They do have a nice selection of mums that are different than what you usually see locally. Really, I do understand the point Donna was making about 'impulse buying', but really I prefer to wait until something is in bloom to choose it any way. I don't think of that as impulse buying though. I just don't think it works out well every time, to choose a plant from a photo in a catalog, or a book. The colors in photos are just not dependable. Therefore, I have purchased every mum, except this past order from Bluestone, in the fall. What is worse, I usually have used them in containers all fall and then either left them in containers all winter or planted them in the ground. So it is surprising that they have come back.

Dee -- the clear plastic knife rules me out as the source. I don't think I've ever used that method of marking plants, even on the day of the swap. Are the ones you have single or double? Mine are most definitely single blossoms. Very daisy-like. And still going strong -- I LOVE them! (As an added plus ... the ones in the picture were cut 10 days ago, and look like they just came in from the yard today.) Jaynine -- I'd seen the photos of Cambodian Queen (and now have to have it!) but from the photo, there's more pink in it than mine have. Mine (the petals) are very distinctly part white, part very soft pink (at the tips, maybe half the petal is pink in tone, from nearly white to a soft lavendar-pink at the tip), the rest of the petals are all white. That's why I ended up with a deduction (nothing more than that) of Venus (Pink). All I know is that now that I've seen these other photos, my goal is a BIG mixed bed of hardy mums for NEXT fall -- from Cambodian Queen to the dark pink J. C. Weigelan.

I have a golden yellow with large (3-4") blooms that starts early. I've had it for years, but not certain of the name. I know the tag said "King's" something. I thought it was "King's Ransom" but the only references to that said it was cream and pinkish. It may have been "King's Gold" but I can't find anything about that. What I do know is that it's a gorgeous golden yellow, has very large, full blooms, and starts early and keeps going.