OK, I finally took pics of my "UT Wallflower"! It was very beautiful in April when it was shorter - as time has gone on the stems have gotten longer and longer, leading to it getting "gangly", but that plant is STILL blooming. Amazing. I imagine if I'd cut the stems back it would have stayed nicer longer, but I really want seed this year so I'm leaving it alone. If you're interested in seed from this plant let me know. It appears to have LOVED getting planted in great soil. Its siblings were raised in unimproved clay, and they were sad, scrawny things in comparison, long since finished blooming. I did my best to adjust the color on these pics to be more accurate, but it still is TOO orange. It's much paler, true UT orange. Erysimum in April: Eryisimum in May:

nnmjdklil I trim my bushes every year, now, but only at the base of the offending branch, and only if it looks really out-of-place. For the most part, they are slowly standing tall, and I am very happy to have them. They are a little bit wind-blown, because of where I placed them, but otherwise look nicely vertical. :)

Thanks, gardengal. I don't know what BLE stands for though. :) I need to keep them small. 2'x2' is ideal, but could be 2.5'x3'. I started looking at Coprosma "Lemon Lime". It's super shiny colorful foliage is attractive. :) I saw it at the nursery but I'm going to google it today to see more details. I also thought about a Sweetpea "Petite Butterfly" which I know doesn't have as striking of foliage but I LOVE Sweetpeas. Even had Sweetpea flowers in my wedding flowers. :) Need to google them both. One that remains sort of columnar would probably be preferred. We have a small retaining wall around the corners of our patio, with small pillars that have lights on top. On the yard side of the pillar is a junction box/outlet that was required for the electrical there. I'd like something to block the outlet, but not be so fragile that we could plug stuff in there (occasionally) and not have stems break off just from bending them slightly aside, etc. I know it would all make more sense if I would take photos. I'll try to get some today. I'll also google all of your suggestions today. Thanks.

Oh, :-) programmers sometimes do things in their programs, one reason could be to save on memory or get things to load faster. I don't know all the specifics on this one but I've programmed enough things to know that there's always a reason, it may just be a limitation in what they can do with the type of code they're using.