>That would include your local bulb growers, Jim? Hint, hint. > >--Russell, taking a break from harvesting/replanting bulbs > >At 12:16 AM 8/18/2010, you wrote: > >> Support your local growers. >> >> Jim W. > >Russell Stafford >Odyssey Bulbs >http://www.odysseybulbs.com/ Dear Russell, I hate to mention a specific commercial grower by name (ahem......Odyssey Bulbs), but PBS has a number of grower/members who rely on customers who are alerted from these pages. Just this week a number of the PBS Family of growers offered Sinningia tubiflora options to an eager customer/member. It is not that long ago that Seneca Hills Nursery and Asiatica Nursery closed their doors. If we, the dedicated gardeners don't buy from these independent growers, they have no choice but to close shop and leave the avid gardeners to the dregs of Big Box and 'Home Improvement" garden centers. So I'll amend my former statement "Support your local growers and especially friends of PBS". That's what makes PBS so great: members, whether growers or gardeners rely on each other for support, information and friendship, among other things. Thanks Russell. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +