Hi! I notice most of this thread is 9 years old and i wonder if you folks are still here, reading this discussion makes me happy. I was researching if i could transplant iris, black eyed Susan, bergamot, and coneflowers into my damp sunny front yard violet patch and expect them to thrive, and I'm going to try it! @Hu of 5 months ago, that would be really pretty, columbine with violets. IDK if it would work but I will try it too after the hardy stuff establishes! My goal is to make a privacy screen so I feel less exposed in my front yard. I want it dense with always something blooming. Right now I have a big forsythia on one end, hollies on the other, and a 100yo rose bush in the middle. I want to be able to put a hammock between the apple trees without my neighbors leering at me. Zone 6 NE KY!

These pics of the Navajo blackberries sure look better than the ones I planted a few years ago. I don't know why but they just haven't done well. I was away for a year and when I came back to the garden they were practically goners. After coddling them all summer they are starting to put on new growth, but I had expected much better results from the thornless. Needless to say, I'm still looking around for a better variety for my area. Also, I've found that at least for me, they do need support, as they tend to droop. Barbara

Yeah! I have priceana and the regular purple. I saw your gaggle of seedlings-- exciting! :) I was thinking about her because of my success with the others, although since my space is limited I wasn't sure if it would be worth it since I already have Priceana. I think it may be, though, just for sheer number of blooms.

Yes I do Pam. I've been on daves over 7 years & 2 on plantswap. Before houzz took over gardenweb I was on it about 5 years plus the 2 years since it morphed to houzz. Another one is garden.org that I've been on about 2 years as tabbycat. Between all 3 I've probably traded 200 times in those years with wonderful people who, like us, love growing things & sharing. The postage has gone up in the 7 years so that's the only negative to me. Boy, but I have gotten some beauties by starting with small starter plants, cutting & seeds which are economical in the big picture. I don't have a phone that makes it instant to send pictures so I still do it the old way of taking a picture with a camers, downloading it to computer then uploading when I want to share it. I'm way behind on that at this time so that's another 2017 'to do'. It's tedious so I don't do it much. I do love to look at others though when I have time just to see the beauty. I'm also on Pinterest as Trudy B. if you want to check out my pins. Do you save things there? Have a great day, Trudy