Beginner Gardening: Stir crazy, but there's nothing much in the nurseries yet, 0 by Calif_Sue

Calif_Sue wrote:
Whoooo wheeee, what a fun thread!!
I have been pouring through the catalogs and looking through the co-ops too.
I am going to clean out my pond in a couple of months and I picked out 2 lotus and 2 water lilies from Moodene's Texas Water Lilies Co-op, prices were just too good!
For the clematis co-op, I went directly to his site and did a pre-order for April delivery for
Franziska Maria http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/144989/
http://www.gardencrossings.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.p...
and read the description on koigardenclub where I ordered it from and couldn't resist :
Very free flowering, compact double clematis. This double clematis far outperforms any other double clematis currently available. It produces the most beautifully shaped double flowers ever, in both old and new growth. It has many flowers per stem and has good foliage. The 4-6" blue/puple flowers with yellow anthers are full and follow a repeat flowering pattern lasting throughout the summer to early autumn. It is ideal for growing in a container.

The second one I ordered was Rooguchi
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/77519/
http://www.rainyside.com/features/plant_gallery/vines/Clemat...
http://www.joycreek.com/150-106-1.htm

My Mom's looking through the co-op list and if she wants something, I will probably order TESHIO
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/122516/ so we can split the shipping, I gotta stretch my pennies.

and I am trying to finalize my Forest Farm gift certificate order from last years DG Go Gardening contest, got to get stuff in pots or the ground before I go on vacation in June. My head is spinning with looking up descriptions!

I have to start a Picasa collage per Cottage_Rose's request to cheer her from the winter blues, poor thing!