Supply and demand... A. aurea is a mess to grow in pots. The tall stems fall over and break off (the attachment to the rhizome is quite fragile). They get much too tall to ship. In a garden center you'd need to stake every one. In short, there are a million other things one could grow and sell that would be less trouble. Chile Flora used to sell seeds of this species. Their "reds": were just orange and red-orange, but they grew. It's definitely easy from seed. For the record, I miss Seneca Hill Perennials too. :-) It was a great ride while it lasted. Ellen On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 1:50 PM, James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> wrote: > Dear Jane, Ellen etc.... > > The first 50 Google hits had NO plants for sale of this weedy > easy to grow species. Why is this? > > I could moan about the demise of Seneca Hill (which I am > doing quietly), or complain about the general pitiful poor state of > nursery offerings. > > If this is so easy and weedy why don't our members donate their > weeds? > > So easy and you can't get it. Give me a break. > semi-disgusted Jim > -- > 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 + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Ellen Hornig 212 Grafton St Shrewsbury MA 01545 508-925-5147