i would love to trade for your Startle , have pink hardy geranium . if interested send me email.

Irene: Do not unpack your new trees until you are ready to plant. Put them in a cold place, like a garage or shed, in their original packaging. They will keep for a week or more. Packing is nearly always tied on and secure. In many parts of the country cold and rain are the normal planting conditions we face in spring. Nothing unusual about that. In the state of Illinois, where you have real soil, there should be no reason to build mounds to plant your fruit trees, so don't build them. Loosen up a nice wide area, about a foot deep or so, and plant the trees at grade, with the graft 3-4 inches above the soil. Do not add compost or any other amendments to the planting hole, but mulch after planting can be helpful. Part of your shipment of compost could be utilized as mulch. M-111 is a tough rootstock, and and an excellent choice for your apples. You will like Goldrush once it begins to produce. Peaches are tougher to grow, partly because of late frosts, but also because of their attractiveness to insects such as the oriental fruit moth. You will probably have to spray the tree to grow pest-free peaches. Apricots are a roll of the dice in many areas because of their very early bloom, but you may get some fruit about once every three years. Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA

There are no ways to take them with you in the move? Might you make arrangements with others who grow them for cuttings or plants after the move? Might it be a good time to learn to propagate or make arrangements with other forum members to propagate them for you? I would volunteer to help, but my only sure fire method of propagation is closing for the season. It's getting warm enough out there to inhibit rooting and this material is already pushed too far for wrapping. Plus, I'm maxed out on room until what's already there is gone. Kim

I live about 30 minutes from Sara and visited her gardens this spring...been meaning to get over there again while all her lilies are in bloom but I have been just too busy. She has tons of daylilies and hostas, it was nice strolling through her gardens and wished I could have stayed longer, but the boyfriend was with me and he was getting antsy to leave, so I had to make my visit short. She really does give you more than you pay for, I got clumps for the price of double fans. I will definitely buy from her again! Karen