Jim Shields asked about sowing aloe seeds. Jim, I'm no expert, but I have several summer-rainfall species coming up like grass. I purchased the seed from Dawie Human last fall, and held it dry at room temps until I sowed it late this spring, on my standard seed-sowing mix of 50/50 Turface and Fafard superfine germinating mix (not really what I should be using for aloes, but they're doing fine). One guess would be that you're sowing yours too fresh; I wouldn't be surprised if they need a good long period of dry dormancy, given their natural habitat. But I really did nothing special; sowed them in May and stuck them out in a shade house to do what they wanted to do. Ellen Seneca Hill Perennials 3712 Co. Rt. 57 Oswego NY 13126 Phone: 315-342-5915 Fax: 315-342-5573 http://www.senecahillperennials.com/