Shopping spree #12

Where's the list, Allison? We're all friends here!

Did you all see the 15% off code for Bluestone until Feb 6? Plus a $5 off credit for over $100 purchases and a free plant or shrub.

I ordered: Viburnums compacta and Brandywine
Cornus Arctic Fire and Pucker up- groups to start replacing some more nasty stuff
heucherella Kimono and heuchera Green Spice
hostas fireworks and guardian angel
Schizophragma moonlight-- to try on my back fence
Dicentra burning hearts
helleborus golden lotus

and a few old standbys.

Today I bought the book "Dream Gardens Across America". I love looking at garden pictures.

yeah I had a weak moment.. LOL
AGA-SUN Agastache Summer Sunset
AST-PURD Aster novae-angliae Purple Dome
BUD-NAN Buddleia davidii Nanho Blue
GER-HAV Geranium Havana Blues
PLAN-HUMHAP Hummingbird Happiness
HEU-DAR Heuchera Dark Chocolate
HEU-VEN Heuchera Venus
HEU-KAS Heuchera xvillosa Kassandra
HEU-BLA Heuchera x Blackout
PEN-BLU Penstemon barbatus Riding Hood Blue
PEN-DEL Penstemon barbatus Riding Hood Delft Blue
PHL-BIC Phlox paniculata Peacock Purple Bicolor
SAL-HOT Salvia microphylla Hot Lips
VIO-BLA Viola lutea Blackout

Nice list Allison. Can't wait to see your list when they have their 1/2 priced specials.

One of my orders consisted of those "Hot Lips". I actually bought them in plant form which I rarely do with plants that are "iffy" in my zone. Can't wait to see them bloom.

I love Hot Lips!

I should really get some Hot Lips Seed and winter sow them. If I decide to do this, I'll have way more plants than I need. Can you grow them there if you protect them, Pixie?

I can grow them as an annual, they die by Sept./Oct. unless I did them up and bring them in. :)

If I decide to do this, I'll let you know how successful they grow during winter sow. I have saved some great packaging from Santa Rosa Gardens and wouldn't mind sending some to you.

OH thank you!

I'm finding out that seeds are hard to come by. If anyone finds a vendor, I'd appreciate knowing about it. It seems that the plant itself won't produce seed if the hummingbirds have been to active on them. I think eventually, my plants would be able to be split. In any case, let me know if seed for this is found.

Read that it's easy to root cuttings. I'll try this if the plant is big enough.

Ever see these? I love the color, they claim hummers flock to it and it blooms within 2 months of planting!!!
Allison, any thoughts, comments about this one??
http://parkseed.com/salvia-salsatm-rose/p/01857-PK-P1/

That's one I haven't grown, but my blue & pink salvias brought the hummers in like crazy last summer! Allison, nice list!

I heard that the Victoria Blue Salvia is the best Salvia to grow.
Do you have any experience with this one?

Celeste that looks like the dark purple one you gave me last year.. they grow quick & easy.. the hummers love them

I love Victoria blue.. but the flowers are tiny tiny tiny .. didn't see too many on those.. have to many better choices.. LOL

think this is the one you gave me last year

behind the black petunia you can see the Victoria blue flower size.. looking for a clear shot

best one I could find.. sorry

I used to grow Salvia Victoria Blue every year from seed and plant several in groups here and there in the garden. They bloom until hard frost, and add nicely to bouquets. I'm doing them this year again after a long hiatus. At one point I thought I had too many Perennial Salvias and Veronicas, but they aren't quite the same. I'm doing the white this year, too.

Sounds like a nice selection, Pam. The salvias that the hummers liked best were Black & Blue, & 2 noid ones I brought back from my friend's farm in NH.....

Love the hot lips! can't seem to find any seeds either Teri.
I like the Victoria but have to agree with Allison, tiny tiny flowers. Saw lots of butterflies on them but never any hummers. they do last, one of the latest flowers, still has blooms in November.

This is a macro so you can see how tiny they would look in the garden. nice if you have them massed together .

nice shot Ronnie!

Can someone start a new thread?

sure, just one second.

This one is nearing 350 so I started a new thread....please join me here.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1296871/

Lots of good sales going on elsewhere:

This is a good place to start looking:

http://allthingsplants.com/thread/view/15206/Hibiscus-Geraniums-Scented-Butterfly-bushs-vines-Echinacea-cone-flw-Chefmike/#end_of_thread

Thanks, Roses.

Thank you Terri, I think! LOL
I went over and ordered a few things. ^_^

Yes Thanks Teri, found me some cannas and glads!

thanks Teri.. LOL