Happy Birthday! Have fun with your present. Let us know what you buy?

Cheers Al

Yes, Happy Birthday, Syreeta! Let us know what you ordered. I think i'd go for quantity - a yellow peony would be lovely, but if it didn't grow, you'd be out a whole bunch of money. Tell your dh my birthday is in May, if he's feeling generous then!

Happy Birthday! You lucky thing you! If you need any help finding more gardening stuff to order online, just say the word... ;-)

Happy Birthday....

Hmmmm Miles and miles....I can walk miles and miles haha.

Don't forget lilies.....and dahlias and and and....

Oh ya don't forget to post your list...we all wanna know!

What a great gift!
Sierra

Happy birthday! That's a great present - has it been a busy day for you, deciding what to get?

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. I've spent most of the day trying to figure out how to get the most bang for my buck. I wasn't allowed to get the yellow peony, 'Too much money for one plant' I believe were his words. :0 Anyways, I'm still starting out plantwise and am missing lots of the basics so somethings are pretty plain.

So.... here is my list;

Lee Valley Tools - English Digging Spade and Fork (need a new shovel and have no fork)

Thompson and Morgan

Aquilegia clematiflora Pink And Purple Shades
Venidium fastuosum Jaffa Ice
Aquilegia x hybrida Green Apples
Aquilegia x hybrida Royal Purple
Gazania Daybreak Tiger Stripes Mixed
Aquilegia viridiflora Chocolate Soldier

Free
Aquilegia Pink Bonnets
Tradescantia Mixed Colors
Aquilegia x hybrida Roman Bronze (Most expensive seeds so I got them free)

West Coast Seeds

Calendula 'Pacific Beauty'
Calendula 'Single Orange'
California Poppy 'Ivory Castle'
California Poppy 'Mission Bells'
California Poppy 'Purple Gleam'
California Poppy 'Orange'
Cosmos 'Sensation Mix'
Lupin 'Chandelier Yellow'
Nasturtium 'Tall Single Mix'
Nasturtium 'Tip Top Alaska Mix'
Papaver 'Peony Flowered Mix'
Papaver 'Giganthemum'
Plus your usual assortment of vegetable seeds.

Botanus Here is where I went nuts, lots of plants. :)

Dahlias
Glory of Noordwyk
Kenora Macob Fringed
Tsuki Yori Fringed

Lilies
Iceberg-Asiatic LA
Elegant Lady-Longiflorum
Snow Queen-Longiflorum
Black Beauty-Novelty
African Queen-Trumpet

Plants
Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima'
Aster dumosus 'Schneekissen'
Astrantia major
Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
Geranium hybrid 'Brookside'
Geranium hybrid 'Patricia'
Geranium sanguineum
Hemerocallis 'Crimson Glory'
Hemerocallis fulva 'Kwanso'
Hemerocallis 'Autumn Red'
Hemerocallis 'Catherine Woodbury'
Hemerocallis 'Frans Hals'
Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns'
Hemerocallis 'Mini Stella'
Hosta 'Gold Standard'
Hosta 'Golden Tiara'
Hosta 'Sum and Substance'
Hosta sieboldiana 'Frances William'
Hosta tardiana ''Halcyon'
Ligularia dentata 'Othello'
Ligularia stenocephala 'The Rocket'
Papaver orientale 'Patty's Plum'
Papaver orientale 'Perry's White'
Rudbeckia occidentalis 'Green Wizard'
Rudbeckia triloba
Trollius europaeus 'Superbus'
Dicentra spectabilis
Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'
Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double'

Unfortunately Botanus was out of the one thing I can't get anywhere else, one of their t-shirts that says 'Nice Bulbs' on the front and then has the website address on the back. :( I guess that means I'll have to place another order with them in the fall. You can't order just a shirt right?

Thanks again for the birthday wishes everyone. I'll let you know when I have seeds or tubers for trade. :)

Syreeta

Wow Syreeta, what a beautiful man you have there! The only stipulation is that you have to spend it on line in one day! I'm yelling this out loud to my old man sitting in the living room.

What a nice gift and nice plants that you chose! You're going to be one busy gardener come this spring!

{{gwi:690644}}

Sharon

I forgot to mention this to you Syreeta, last fall I bought 2 Laura Desser Peonies from Parkland Perennials. Double light yellow guard petals, canary yellow center. Fragrant.

Although not a true bright yellow, its close enough ;)

Here is a link that might be useful: Laura Desser Peony

Thanks Sharon,

This seems to be a popular gift when I tell people. I had the same gift last year as well. I just bought other things that I really wanted. I did get some gardening things but no plants. I realized after I spent the money this year that I should of gotten a few things from Parkland and Lilynook. I do like that Peony that you posted. I'll have to remember it in the fall. If I have any room. :) We'll see how many gardens go in this year. Now, if only I could come up with a reason for him to do the same in the fall. Hmmm... Nope, don't think I could convince him that he wants plants for our wedding anniversary.

What will be interesting is to see the Aquilegia cross pollinate in a few years and see what the hybrids will be. Green Apples and Chocolate Soldier would be an interesting combo.

Syreeta

Hey Syreeta, Vesey's bulb catalog has a yellow peony and its only $137.95. haha I showed it to dh and he just shook his head. LOL!

Sierra