Your foliage looks a lot like a pink-flowered dianthus I grew years ago as well as a white one with fine foliage I grow now, though I can't remember the name of either. Another pink I currently grow (Greystone) has foliage that's a bit coarser and quite blue-gray. I normally don't trim mine back for size at all since they tend to grow up to other plants, but not overwhelm them. I prefer to have as much of my mulch and ground covered with plants and these make a lovely ground cover. I do take shears and cut off spent blooms in spring. Here are my Greystone in bloom (front right): From June 5, 2012 late fall/early winter: From November 14, 2012 and after a difficult winter with much vole munching: From February 2013 After a winter like this one, I will pull off dead foliage with my fingers, and they will look great by May. I also will trim them back from the brick edging since DH runs the mower wheels on the edge. My understanding is that you want them smaller? If I were you, I would just leave them as they appear to have plenty of room, but if you do want them smaller, simply lift the plant stems from the outside edge and cut off what you want. I find that mine don't root from the stems much, but if you do find rooted stems, you can carefully lift out the roots, cut between the roots and the plant center, and replant the rooted parts to have new plants to put elsewhere or share with others.

Hi, I'm interested in 5-10 seeds of the following which are listed in order of importance to me. Hope you'll find SOMETHING in my seed list of value to you. Quite an impressive list you already have. Brugmansia Charles Grimaldi, Versicolor Peach & Moonflower Datura metal double purple & Wrightii Regal Alcea Hollyhock doubles Passiflora incarnata,quadrangularis,ligularis TY-Sandy

Hi again, If you are interested in some of my seeds, please give me your trade list and your email address so that I can contact you. I am not interested in SASE. I donate most of my extra seeds to my "Seeds for Classrooms" program that I arranged with the local school board and schools (6,000 pkg a couple months ago). Other extra "useful" vegetable and herb seeds get donated to disaster relief organizations. Hope to hear from you about your seeds for zone 3 hardy and interesting perennials and shrubs. Happy Gardening

Paula, Thank you for the offer but I don't collect gobs and gobs of seeds. I just collect a few seed heads of things I think others might like to grow and a few for myself for the next year if they are annuals. I shouldn't say this here on the garden web but I toss most seeds in the trash as I am cleaning up my gardens ( take a deep breathe, stop gasping...lol). I think this year I will collect more than usual because I feel like a cheap skate when I see some of the other seed packets in swaps...lol I have added the petunias to your gift package and again, thank you for the offer. I will pass this time though. Lisa