Is there a reason Helleborus niger are so hard to find these days?
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Comments (9)I agree with all of the above, including GardenWeb's own seed exchange forum. Basically every place that sells seeds whether it be the dollar store, Kmart's garden center, Park's seed, Renee's garden, The Cook's Garden, Victory Seed, Fedco, Baker Creek Heirloom, or home gardeners willing to trade. They're all fairly reliable. One human rarely ever eats all the produce grown from the plants that result from planting every seed in a package anyway. Since your are looking for "...for all variety of vegetables even unusual and hard to get ones" I suggest two places for you to utilize: 1) The Garden Watchdog. Narrow your search to those vendors listed under "vegetable seeds" and then narrow further by typing in the word "heirloom". You'll receive a list of 16 companies in this country and be able to read the customer reviews of those companies. 2) The GardenWeb Seed Exchange. The lists are searchable and members like me are more than happy to trade extra seeds from seed packs and fresh from our own gardens. And we can mail several varieties of seed for less than a couple of dollars....See MoreH. orientalis vs. H. niger
Comments (14)H. ballardiae as with H. nigercors and H. ericsmithii is generally regarded as a sterile hybrid. The seed would be for the niger x lividus cross in the first instance, this is a relatively easy cross to make and provided it has been made in a proper controlled environment, free from other pollinators, should result in 100% H.ballardiae seed, (I do not control the environment sufficiently and always get some H. niger seedlings in with the crop). The argutifolius X lividus cross is fertile(H. x sternii) as these two plants are deemed to be very close and perhaps forms of one species, H.sternii is quite variable and it is worth trying various crosses with this and H.niger giving the H. ericsmithii forms that we see. This is a good deal hardier than H.ballardiae. That being said, there is a very interesting article in the Scottish Rock Garden Club bulletin, July 2004 suggesting that there may be further hybrids to be had with 2nd and 3rd generation plants having been produced. These look a long way off being produced commercially but the hint was that with more mature plants, there was a higher possibility of seed production. Helen Ballard is reputed to have produced a self fertile form of H. ballardiae, but this was never verified and these are now lost. Ashfield nurseries in Yorkshire England, (not to be confused with Ashwood Nurseries), is doing a lot of work in this area and may be worth looking up. Cheers Greenmanlants, Hampshire England where H.foetidus is just getting into full swing, joining sporadic H. niger struggling against the weather. The orientalis hybrids are in active growth and have buds all over, should be in bloom over the next month or so, depends on how many very cold days we get now that the solstice is past and we have lengthening days once again....See More10 reasons it is so %$&* hard to pick a backsplash!
Comments (16)The trouble for me is I love so many tiles. I find it incredibly lovely when done right and there are so many I'd like to have. I am constrained by budget, room (trying not to go over 18" tall), and not wanting it to look like a quilt where I threw all the tiles I loved together and they compete with each other. The tile place I went to was so fabulous, I want most of them somewhere in my house. I want to get it right and also want to afford it as well and not feel guilty. Luckily, I have toed the line pretty much everywhere else, so dh is on board with a splurge. Now, the issue may be our idea of a splurge is a budget job to some, lol.... The counters are not easy but the backsplash is harder. Maybe if we were 100% certain about our counters, we could move ahead on tile better. We do know we are doing something gray (bardiglio), white (white princess) or black (not sure) for our counters. Sigh......See MoreWhy is powder detergent so hard to find?
Comments (46)Really frustrating part.. is there is no more Tide W/ Bleach Powder with a "clean" scent. The Clean Breeze scent... is gone. And the new "Original" scent... sticks to fabrics, and smells horrible. I was looking on the Tide website, last night. And I swear... it seems like there's a thousand less powders available. It's just, so modest, so little. Yet there's two million different liquids, in different scents. So... disappointing to say the least. Powder Wise. The ones I know I can find easily, locally are... Fab, Cheer, Tide, Gain, Xtra, Purex, All (F&C) and Arm & Hammer. Then there's American Ariel & Phosphate Free Foca and Roma. But... you better like whatever's on the shelf. Because there's typically just one or two different variety's. Sad... because when I was growing up, I remember shopping with my mom at Target... and seeing a one whole side, of an entire aisle of just Powder Detergents, in a million different options. Now... it's pretty slim. I think it's quite different overseas though. And in Mexico, almost everyone seems to use Powder, exclusively....See More41 North (Zone 7a/b, NE, coastal)
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