I did contact them Verdun but they said that they have no more plants until next year. When did you place your order? I most certainly would love the perennials instead but the only popular ones are the annual Marine variety. Incidentally, that is also the only seed commercially available that I am able to find. I assume Heliotropium peruvianum is the Marine species?
Ah, fair Scotland. You might not tell from the picture but my paternal great-great-Grandfather was a Scotsman. Duncan clan, which is my surname. He and his two brothers moved to Jamaica a long time ago and Jill came tumbling after... I was in Edinburgh 2 weeks ago and loved it! I found the clan tartan, bought the wool scarf and God willing, next year I'm getting the whole Highland Dress in the Duncan tartan! I'm so excited!
Oh but Verdun!!!!! I was a veritable silver-tongued serpent!! Mind you.....it was an older gentleman who answered so I may have been at an insurmountable disadvantage there.... As my father says, "foolish dogs bark at flying birds!" ?
You are EVER so kind- and I'm not shy to gratefully accept!!! Bless you again, kind sir! I shall have pre-paid packaging ready to send! Meanwhile, let me try them again and see if I'm lucky enough to get the lovely maiden when I call, instead of the dragon guarding the fort!
Ah! Now hasn't this been a most instructive afternoon?? I followed your advice Verdun and I did not get the Lady of the Manor when I called...twas the Lord, transformed! I told him how "desperate" I was and he pleaded my cause, until said Lady had managed to put her casserole into the oven. She checked the stock and declared how ashamed she was of the state but I implored, persisted and pressed the dear Lady into agreeing to part with them. She offered them for free but I was not going to take liberties! In the end, I have a Chatsworth on the way (she only had the one) as well as two 'White Queen' hybrids!!! You simply can't measure my excitement right now!
Thanks againVerdun. I have now received and potted up 2 White Queen, 1 Chatsworth and a bonus (free, in order to compensate the shabby state of the plants now) President Garfield- 4 for the price of 3! I'm very happy and they really are a lovely pair of sellers.
They are too small to take cuttings now but we'll see later in the year. Also, I'll over-winter them all in the greenhouse....or maybe indoors. I'll take some cuttings of the Marine though and definitely over-winter those indoors.
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I did contact them Verdun but they said that they have no more plants until next year.
When did you place your order? I most certainly would love the perennials instead but the only popular ones are the annual Marine variety. Incidentally, that is also the only seed commercially available that I am able to find. I assume Heliotropium peruvianum is the Marine species?
Ah, fair Scotland. You might not tell from the picture but my paternal great-great-Grandfather was a Scotsman. Duncan clan, which is my surname. He and his two brothers moved to Jamaica a long time ago and Jill came tumbling after...
I was in Edinburgh 2 weeks ago and loved it! I found the clan tartan, bought the wool scarf and God willing, next year I'm getting the whole Highland Dress in the Duncan tartan! I'm so excited!
Oh but Verdun!!!!!
I was a veritable silver-tongued serpent!! Mind you.....it was an older gentleman who answered so I may have been at an insurmountable disadvantage there.... 
As my father says, "foolish dogs bark at flying birds!" ?
You are EVER so kind- and I'm not shy to gratefully accept!!! Bless you again, kind sir! I shall have pre-paid packaging ready to send! Meanwhile, let me try them again and see if I'm lucky enough to get the lovely maiden when I call, instead of the dragon guarding the fort!
Ah! Now hasn't this been a most instructive afternoon??
I followed your advice Verdun and I did not get the Lady of the Manor when I called...twas the Lord, transformed! 
I told him how "desperate" I was and he pleaded my cause, until said Lady had managed to put her casserole into the oven. She checked the stock and declared how ashamed she was of the state but I implored, persisted and pressed the dear Lady into agreeing to part with them. She offered them for free but I was not going to take liberties! In the end, I have a Chatsworth on the way (she only had the one) as well as two 'White Queen' hybrids!!! 
You simply can't measure my excitement right now!
Thank you Verdun! Can you please explain the cuttings procedure- do you mean root cuttings or branches? If branches, do you mean new wood, old, etc.?
Thanks againVerdun. I have now received and potted up 2 White Queen, 1 Chatsworth and a bonus (free, in order to compensate the shabby state of the plants now) President Garfield- 4 for the price of 3!
I'm very happy and they really are a lovely pair of sellers.
They are too small to take cuttings now but we'll see later in the year. Also, I'll over-winter them all in the greenhouse....or maybe indoors. I'll take some cuttings of the Marine though and definitely over-winter those indoors.
Hi Hollie Hock, is it the Marine variety that you are trying?