The Heracleum very likely IS actually from Mongolia or at least that region. Youd be amazed how many of the perennial "new introductions" come from all over the world. A lot come from China and other areas in Asia! There are people that travel all over just looking for possible new perennials to growand sellover here! Panayoti Kelaidis from DBG does itheres a link to his blog from his most recent trip, and Kelly Grummons from Timberline used to do it sometimes too. Dont know if he still does. Re: the "cow parsnip," I found this in the Encyclopedia Britannica: ".....the giant hogweed, is native to the Caucasus but is grown elsewhere as an ornamental." That reference is to a different species (H. maximum) that gets even BIGGER, and I found another species specifically linked to Mongolia, and I found this at another site: "Heracleum lehmannianum, originally from Tajikistan. A thumping furry thing with huge cut leaves and big plates of umbels. The seeds in particular have a weird slightly indian spicy but not quite pleasant scent." There are apparently at least 60 different species of Heracleumsome called hogweed. As near as I can tell, the lehmannianum is pretty unusual, and I wish I had an appropriate place to grow it. Theres another reference to the H.l. being from Tajikistan in the article Ive linked below. Its mentioned in the paragraph by the white flowers! Its all kind of interesting when you start to research it! Aint the web a great thing! :-) Skybird

Hello, Great selection of seeds. Not sure if you are still a member or interested in still exchanging seeds. I am greatly interested in Siccagno di Valledolmo variety. Being a dwarf plant and extremely drought tolerant it must be a tough plant, how is disease resistance? I would really like to give growing this variety a try, please contact if interested. I have a Rosso Sicilian cross with a Henderson Pink Ponderosa, if interested. Not very exciting, but great production, big / tough plant, still going tough when all other varieties slowed down in the 2015 fall. Fruit looks more like a smaller Pink ponderosa than the Rosso. Once again great Sicilian selection. Let me know.

Hi I'm interested in your straight neck summer squash and bronze fennel. These are all the flowers I have: - Blue Passionflower (passiflora caerulea) - Morning Glory 'Scarlett O'Hara' - Calendula 'Orange King' - Zinnia 'Cherry Queen' - Chrysanthemum - Sunflower 'Teddy Bear' 'Italian White' 'Dwarf Sunspot' 'Red Queen' - Snapdragons

*worlwide* I´m from Brazil, zone9/10, end winter now! Have fresh seeds from: justicia scheidweler justicia brandegeeana (red and yellow) pachystachys lutea Look seeds from (heirloom): Tomatoes peppers herbs Thanks