Please Help Me Find This

I fell in love (again!) today with a lobelia I saw hanging in a flower basket at a nursery. Of course, they didn't have it for sale individually. I also spent a lot of time uselessly searching for some of my favorite old standbys. I'm thinking there are others of you out there with similar problems.
The lobelia is Danziger's Anabel (TM) Blue Mystery.

I am also looking for the petunia Bavarian Ball

Also impatiens of the Accent variety, but not too expensive as I usually get about 60 of them. The new short ones are just not the same!

This message was edited May 8, 2009 1:19 PM

One more, a green nicotiana that is tall.....

Tall green Nicotiana = Nicotiana langsdorffii
I may have some seeds around here, I will look. It self seeds very nicely here.
I love nicotianas. Mutablilis is my fave.

I would love some Nicotiana langsdorfii seeds if you find extra, Linda. I've been looking for them all spring. Langley Fine Gardens sometimes sells them, but not many people carry Langley's plants.

I found a mutabilis at the Woodinville Garden club plant sale today.

Sharon - I've been looking online for your plants to see if I can find them there. So far no luck, though.

Kathy

This message was edited May 10, 2009 10:11 PM

Thanks you guys. It seems like so much is focused on the dwarf and the new these days that the tried and true are neglected! I think my lesson this spring is to order seeds very early from out there somewhere and ignore the fact that shipping is expensive. I do have a greenhouse and so can start stuff, but would prefer to just buy a small quantity for where I want them when it is time for them. Last year at least there was domino nicotiana and now this year it is an even shorter version. Guess they are catering to the urban gardeners!

I'm with you, Sharon. I love heirloom varieties. I bough an heirloom Zinnia last year (also from Langley) that is tall and is supposed to form a bush. Never got seeds, though.

When I come in for the day I'll look through my piles of seed envelopes and see if I saved any from last year, I usually do, just in case. I love mutabilis and grow it every year.
I'm glad you found it Kathy.

Kathy, I have tons of nicotiana langsdorphii seeds. Mom was looking for lime green flat variety rather than bell shaped. It is pretty late for the seeds now, but if you would like I could plant a couple in a pot and bring them to roundup for you and you can collect your own seeds, or I can just bring seeds to you at roundup (or mail them to you now if you want to try them this late.) I swear that is my very favorite nicotiana with maybe the exception of N. sylvesteris, but that one seems to be devoured by slugs every time I try it.

So, here is another on my want list. A local source for the rhodie, Cynthia. I have always loved it and have a good spot for it now, thanks to Mother Nature's fir tree pruning skills.

Whitney Gardens & Nursery have it listed in their 2002 catalog. If you've never been there it is worth the trip, especially this time of year. info@whitneygardens.com or
whitneygardens.com

They are in Brinnon. WA, up the lefthand side of Hood Canal. Beautiful Rhody Nursery.