January 7, 2005

In the mail last night I received seeds from Renee’s Garden – http://www.reneesgarden.com. I cannot wait to see these bloom.
I received the following seeds:
Alyssum ‘Gulf Winds’ – this is supposed to be honey scented
Cobea scadens – Cathedral Bells – purple
Sweet Peas ‘Electric Blue’
Cupid’s Dart ‘Blue Amor’
Larkspur ‘Parisian Pink’
Sweet Peas ‘Pastel Sunset’
Sweet Peas ‘Watermelon’
Mounding Nasturtium ‘Cherries Jubilee’
Shirley poppies ‘Angels’ Choir’
Mexican Tulip Poppy
Miniature Roses ‘Angel Wings’
Sunflower ‘Chocolate Cherry’
Sunflower ‘Sunzilla’
Sweet Peas ‘Regal Robe’
Runway Arugula
Gourds ‘Wings and Warts’
Lettuce ‘Merveille de Quatre Saisons’
Gala Mache
Potatoes ‘Lucky Charms’
Japanese Spinach ‘Oriental Giant’
Beefsteak Tomato ‘Big Beef’
From recent trades I have received:
Clivia miniata
Amorphophallus knojac
Crinium amabile
Yellow Angel’s Trumpet
LA Fan Palm
Chamaedorea tepejilote – Pacaya Palm
Manzanita
Orchid pod
California native Sage
Toyon – California Holly Tree
Salvia apiana
Australian tea tree
Dudleya
unidentified palm or cycad
Cinnamomum cassia
Zahidi Date Palm
Echeveria
two sets of different semi-tropical fern spores
Salvia munzii
Salvia mellifera
Wow! Today’s mail just came in! It usually doesn’t come until 5 p.m. so it is really early today. I got some more seeds in. From Trade Winds Fruit – http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/ – I got the following:
Cinnamomum zeylancium
Citrus hystrix – Kaffir Lime
Poncirus trifoliate ‘Flying Dragon’
From Johann in Deutschland I received lots of Peony seeds of the following varieties:
P. tenuifolia
P. triternuta ‘McLewin’
P. lithophila
P. ostii ‘Fen Dan Boci’
P. triternala ‘Krim’
P. rodeii ‘IR’
P. banatica
P. mascula ‘Sicily’
P. delavayii
I had a bit of trouble reading the writing on the packages but hope I have everything right on the Peonies.