No bare roots for us this year, but we've been potting some things up from 1-G to 5-G pots -- the plants that are staying here at least. Jeri

Susan, Do you mean that the Variegated Frits will only use P. incarnata at your place or is that the case in general? I'd like to know because I hate to pass along incorrect info, and I think I recently told my online birding friends about various types of host plants and I think I said that "passionvines" (I didn't specify P. incarnata) are a host plant for Variegated Frits and so are violets. You sound like you're having a lot of fun. :) I hope your plants do well that you ordered. None of my Ptelea trifoliata seeds germinated that I ordered, so if they're a difficult one to start from seed, you did well by ordering the actual tree. Between those and paw paw, I'm not having too much luck at all. I have one paw paw living yet out of six seeds that I planted. Hrrrmph! It's been warming up here finally...I think. I've been busy working outside tearing up more lawn to plant more butterfly plants. Hee hee. I'm hoping that I can be happy with what I get done this year because I think this will be it for me. I'll already have so much to take care of and don't know if I'll be able to keep up. I really do like all of the flowers and butterflies though! I can't be sure but I think I saw my first Monarch today. I just caught the tail end of it and it flew up over the house and away and I never did get a good look at it. I hope they wait awhile to come on full force because I won't be able to bring many in just yet because I want to get my plants planted before it gets too hot, and I know if I'm tending to Monarch cats for hours a day, the planting won't get done. That's what happened to me last year and I had to take a break. Then I think about every darn one of the cats that I brought in right after that had been parasitized by those disgusting tachinid flies. Oooh, that made me mad! The ones I collected as eggs were okay though. I hope you're seeing more butterflies at your place than you had been, but if not, I guess there's still plenty of time, right? It has me concerned reading people saying that they aren't seeing nearly as many this year as in years past for this time of the year. I hope that the only reason is the cool weather. Cathy

I don't really consider that I have a favorite nursery because I like so many and organize road trips around visiting them. I recently visited New Hampshire to see three, I had heard about and never visited before. Next year it might be interesting to keep a count of how many times I park my car in a location where plants are sold. If for some reason I could only visit one nursery, I would definitely opt to take the 45 minute drive from my home in Weymouth, Mass. to Russell's in Wayland, Mass. due to the selection of plants available. I make repeat trips there during the season. Somewhere down this list of postings, you will find a link to a PDF file that was previously compiled by New Englanders, listing their favorites places. Online, I have the same answer. I order from a variety of sites really depending on what I am looking for. A good way to learn about the best online sites is to go to Garden Watchdog, and get the benefit of the experience of all the people who have rated a vast number of nurseries. It is easier to offer insights about good websites (and good Wew England nurseries) if we know what you are most interested in. For instance, Bluestone Perennials is a great online site for someone who wants a good price on starter plants. There are a number of great specialty nurseries for specific plants, and a number that I would order from for the unusual plants I like to try. I enjoy going to the Lazy S Nursery website because of the variety and their helpful comments about the plants, but there are many others as well. Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Watchdog

Whilst in Yandina why not drop in a Fairhill Native Nursery. They have an excellent range of natives though prices are not so cheap.Depending on what time you got to Yandina there is the plant market every Saturday morning on the land next to the sports field. Plants there are very reasonable. Have a great day. Cheers Jan