Boy is it pretty! So now I have to figure out what I can't have...


BTW... have you seen the "thanks" they wrote to all of you here who ordered from them last year?

http://www.bustaniplantfarm.com/index.php?main_page=info_2009_greeting






Diana
Upstate SC
Zone 7b

Hello Diana,

I agree, they have a great catalog and so many wonderful plants. I had ordered quite a lot...many I had never grown yet...like some of the Vervain. It will be my 1st year with Cupheas too. I'll be attempting to overwinter some of the plants, and taking cuttings from others...both of which I have never attempted before...
Have fun choosing!

Susan Louise
from Branford CT/ live in Lincoln NE
Zone 5

I sent my order in last week and looking forward to receiving my plants. I orderd the Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Deep blue, Penstemon murrayanus, Salvia greggii Pink Preference and Hamelia cuprea which was the main plant that I wanted this year.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

I guess I am the odd one this year. I have not ordered anything. I have been given some wonderful seed and I am going to go my best to get them going this year. I can remember a few years ago I was ordering anything mentioned that would attract a hummingbird. It was a learning experience and so much fun!!

I really don't know how all of you put up with me.

Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31

Sis & I ordered a huge order this week. Got all the same as Penny & then some. I'm hoping the Deep Blue is somewhat close to the color they show but I know how those catalogs can show inhanced colors. So far, Bustani has been right on the money though.

Joni
Elwood, IL
Zone 5

Joni,
JP has the deep blue vervain that he got last year. He posted a picture of his plant and it is just about right on.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

BillyBobRoy orders from there all the time but don't let his secret out. LOL

Russ Thompson
http://e-hummingbirds.com
http://vimeo.com/hummingbirds
http://hummingbirds.photoshop.com
Louisville, Kentucky

Joni,
JP has the deep blue vervain that he got last year. He posted a picture of his plant and it is just about right on. Here is a link to the thread that he posted on just scroll about half way down the thread http://www.network54.com/Forum/439743/thread/1232154013/2009+Bustani+Catalog

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Thanks everybody!

Dianne - we couldn't live without you, sweetie pie!

And thanks for the link to the Jan. post, Penny - that's one I'd missed. Yes, the blue vervain is beautiful. I assume you all will be taking it inside in the winter months, right? A zone 10 plant.

My wishes are -

Erythrina x bidwillii (Coral Bean Hybrid), Justicia 'Thema's Pink', Leonotis leonurus (Lion's Ears), Turk's Cap, & the Red cup-leaf Penstemon too.
Will have to wait and see what the Easter Bunny brings...





Diana
Upstate SC
Zone 7b

mums the word, Russ!

Diana
Upstate SC
Zone 7b

Diana you are too nice.



Good luck on your new selections. I am just itiching to plant some seeds but I know that we could have frosts until the end of April. I am going to do my best and put off starting any for a couple of weeks. I did break down and buy some of those mini-greenhouses yesterday. That did make me feel that I was going something positive.

Diana,
You will love the Erythrina bidwilli. It is a wild, exuberant monster(5X5 in one season)and the hummers went crazy over it. They also love to perch on the spent flower spikes. I planted two last year, but am not sure if they will come back. They should happily overwinter for you.Lots of sun seems to suit it best.

Priya
Zone 7, Maryland

Thanks Dianne
I'll be putting my seeds outdoors after April 15th. I tried 2 years in a row to start seeds indoors and I'm no good at it.

And thank you Priya!
Maybe I'll buy more than one of those then...



Diana
Upstate SC
Zone 7b