>From: Cheryl & Erich Schaefer <schaefer@epix.net> > >> One of the seeds I'm ordering is for a plant I've been unable to find >>anywhere - descaisnea fargesii. It's a shrub, 6-10 ft x 4 ft with large >>blue seedpods and bizarre flower clusters. I haven't even been able to find >>it in books, just the original one from which I got the name, description >>and no source. I just hope I'm lucky enough to get the seed. Anyone have >>this one? Any experience germinating the seed? Decaisnea fargesii is widely available in plant form. Check out: Forest Farm 990 Tetherow Road Williams, OR 97544-9599 (541) 846-7269 $3.00 'subscription' (BIG catalog) or Heronswood Nursery Ltd. 7530 NE 288th Street Kingston, WA 98346-9502 (360) 297-4172 fax 297-8321 Great source of unusual perennials and shrubs etc. Especially variegated stuff Catalogue $4 or Gossler Farms Nursery 1200 Weaver Road Springfield, Oregon 97478-9691 vox541. 746-3922 fax: 541. 744-7924 Hope this helps, Bill & Harvey SKID Plants Zone 6 CT USA