Oh man - I did that coupon thing with SH and would never do it again. I ordered $75 worth of dead stuff. Got my money back, but neeeever again will I order from them. I'm glad you've had luck, though.

I actually had a Scabiosa die on me one year! I thought they did great here! When I say die, I mean it didn't come back in the Spring like a good perennial should. I thought it had been happy in the summer - but alas, all must not have been well. *sigh* Ya win some, ya lose some. I think they should do fine here, though, right everyone? Primroses were part of my SH order - I had ordered one of their shade garden deals - and mine are currently still at puny status. They are one of the few things that actually survived, but so far, have not thrived. I don't know much about primroses, and mine do seem to be improving little by little (if you don't look at the slug holes in the leaves, anyway) but they are still not doing all that great. This is their second year in the ground. We'll see if they get better next year. I was told by a Master Gardener that Primroses don't do well here in zone 6 because it's too humid and hot. They like things nice and cool, I guess. I'm still observing my own experience with them, though, before I give up. I've never tried Toad lilies, but I would love to try them in my in-progress shade garden. And Asters - don't they do well anywhere? The only Aster I have is Stoke's Aster - and it isn't as prolific as some, but it does pretty well. Heliopsis - not sure about that one. I have the purple variety 'Nagano' in a nice sunny spot this year, and I guess it's an annual that can be taken indoors if you like. I might try that this year. I've read they like a lot of water and not too sure they like our hot summers.

Looked at your member page - happy birthday!

Happy BD!
I have one scabiosa remaining out of four I ordered about five years ago from Springhill and I love it. They may just not be very long lived or I may have over loved mine.
Plant it in full sun and it should be fine.
I know there are folks who grow the toad lily, but I don't.. think it's full to partial shade.
For the others you'll have to get info from other members or google them individually.
Good luck!

Primroses are cool climate plants. They might do okay in early spring, but expect them to die back when it warms up. Toad lilies (trycyrtis) are the same for me. They really don't like our hot summers, and as I recall, they bloom late, so by that time, they're pretty much stressed out.

I would think the heliopsis would do well here. Spring Hill is never a favorite mail order source, because several of us have tried them, and they do not have good plants.

If you want to find a good mail order source, go to gardendog.com, where they rate the online retailers. I don't have a link, does anyone else?

Susan

It's Garden Watchdog. Really cool site!

Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Watchdog

Wow! I'm not used to being wished happy birthday. Couldn't figure out how the heck you knew...Had to go to my member page, and sure enough, there it was. Ya'll are going to spoil me being so nice.

Thanks for the feedback. I ordered the primrose, aster, and a couple of daisies. I'll let you know how they turn out.