What have you ordered for spring 2009 - Part II

I have a couple of Cyclamen coum that struggle and are tiny. They bloom in Dec. I planted them in 2006. I will post a picture when I find it. I am redoing all my photo's into a better filing system so I have a giant mess on my hands. But it will be better when I get it done! Patti

RC akaShelly says cyclamen like fluffy soil and the coum is the hardiest variety.
I'm hoping.

I like how FW has separated the viburnums in this year's catalog into groups. Makes it easier. One they're offering is called Bitchiu! No comment.

do you suppose thats on purpose?

Glad to hear from you---are you ordering any viburnum? I'm still trying to pick one really good shrub for the yard, & it might be mountain Laurel---there was an article in today's paper that it's disappearing--forests are getting too mature & shady---& it's our state flower.

"fluffly soil"?????

Hi Robin. I will probably order some small viburnums from Fairweather. I like kalmia also. Have a few but might add some small ones. They grow wild in this area where I hike. Incredible in June.

I have grown all kinds of plants that stated like zone 7 in a 6b and all that is required is that the soil have good drainage and lots of mulch to insulated I also found that that if its a taller plant to cut it back to four inches so the mulch covers it till spring and that the roots dont get weak trying to keep the foliage alive in the fall also is a big help
now that im in a zone 5 I still have plants from zone 7 and they survived last winter now this winter has been colder for a long time so I will have to wait and see if they survive

So what does everyone think should I try those "hardy" orchids?

I think I will try one myself.

Now, I wanna try one, too

I wish brecks didn't have bad ratings... i love those glamini

edit - wrong spelling

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I hear you onewish. Bad experiences from my local gardening buddys turned me off along while back but boy o boy there are some luvly things in their catalogue.

I planted the white ones last year they bloomed but I dont know how hardy so I will have to wait and see if they come back

I've never had a problem with Brecks and I've ordered hundreds of $'s with them and they do have a lifetime guarantee no questions asked and never had a rude customer service rep.So I don't know why the negatives with them, unless people aren't buying their bulbs which are their speciality.

I have ordered from them with no problem either stuff come quick and the order if alway right and the stuff looks good

I'm so excited! I just got my order of alpine strawberry seeds in the mail!!! Already sowed them and have them under lights!
Also got a surprise in the mail today - a big package of hollyhock seeds from a friend in Marblehead MA. I'd never seen double hollyhocks before and he promised that he'd keep some for me! It's going to be a beautiful summer. I can hardly wait!

double hollys are beautifull my sister loves them and has every color they are gorgeous

The singles are easier for hollyhock dolls, but doubles look good in the garden.

Hollyhock dolls!!!!!!!
We used to make them.
Anyone remember the dance scene from Fantasia?

That is still one of my favorite movies. Whenever I hear the nutcracker suite, I think of the little dancing mushrooms..... Did you see Fantasia 2?
I like that the hollyhock seed pod looks like a wheel of cheese, and in fact, is called a "cheese"!

I saw the original one when I was maybe 6 years old (1942)."Night on Bald Mountain " scared the bejeezus out of me.

I like the perennial hollyhock that is almost black the flowers are so big shiny and beautifull I just love them

at my old house one year this plant started growing and at first I thought it was a weed
I had never seen this big leaf plant before and I knew that I had not planted this thing because it was in my green bean patch I moved it out and thought I will wait and see since that is what I alway do when I dont recognize something boy what a surprise I got when it started to make this tall flower stem when the first bloom opened I was so happy I had kept it, later found out one of my neighbors had them the year before so the birds gave me a gift

in a couple of weeks I will start some babies from seed so I can have some at my new house

Love it.
I had black ones once.
Some type of rust fungus stuff destroyed the plants..
I never got a chance to grow them again.

Hollyhocks get rust really badly if you have a wet spring (almost always here). Unfortunately, the only thing you can really do is pull the plants up. I've waited a few years before planting them again (although there are a few volunteers here and there). Hopefully this year they'll do well.
:)

they need good air circulation and never water then from the top and water in the morning had a few rust spots but I just cut of the leaf and garbaged it problem solved

use the annual ones and start them inside and that way they are inside during the wet time that may work for you

May be Illl try again.

They are definitely worth it!
This is one from my Mom's garden in Maine. (I start them from seed and bring them to her every year)

Another....I think this is Nigra with some sun on it.
I grew some of the dark ones to dye yarn with...

My cousin is into natueral dying. She lives in Rockland Maine and goes to confrences, she just loves it.

I just love the majestic look of them at the back of the bed
it just really adds the height that is needed for a complete look

I love experimenting with my garden plants. I got a nice "pinkish purple" from hibiscus flowers one year. Never had enough hollyhocks at once for much of a dyebath. Maybe I'll try coreopsis this year....
The kids always make noises about the smell... like boiling cabbage and wool together

UPDATE:

HAZZARD WHOLESALE SEEDS order

After 10 days / Very Good Germination Rates

Sprouted:

Filipendula hexapetala (vulgara)
Aster alpinus Beauty Dark Blue
Basil Aroma 2
Basil Mammoth
Digitalis purpurea glox. Giant Shirley Mix
Leontopodium alpinum (Edelweiss)
Scabiosa caucasica Fama

Yet to Germinate:

Buddleia davidii Butterfly Hybrids (not sure about germ, I am guessing they are slow)

Delphinium Pacific Giant Round Table Mix (needed to be colder, moved to GH floor, 50ºF)

Gunnera manicata (not sure, another slow sprout-er)

Heliotrope Marine (can take a month or more to germinate)

I like these never seen them before

I am lusting for HH's Just cant figure out where I have the full sun space.
Maybe there will be "plants among the missing" come spring.
Goulish thought I know.

OH OH OH you just did me in with the Delphinium Pacific Giant Round Table Mix!!!!!! I am going to buy 1000 seeds.

There is a Coleus Forum co-op type of deal going on-on the Coleus Chatter thread. RosyDawn $3.75 per plant and a$10.00 ship fee no mater where they go, or how many you order.

little princess is just breath taking

ya except they dont ship to canada usually