Thank you. Juju!! The ones that are planted in the ground are the ones that I found at the regular box store. They were in containers for years and I finally decided to plant them in the ground and see how they would do. They are small blooms and are fragrant too, but I do have a few trees that I dug up from my mothers house years ago. She never new the true name of them and always called the " Old Fashioned". You seem to know a lot about these beauties, so,I wanted to share a pic I took this morning of my tree from my mother. I have shared cuttings with many on the forum and they are doing well.. I know it's hard to tell and name a particular variety.. Any ideas? The leaves are huge as well and the blooms are about 5-6 inches . I can always take a pic of the leaves too, if that would help.... I usually don't try and ask names because I grow Plumeria and we are so hesitant to name just by a picture. If you have any idea, I would be most appreciative!!! Thanks again!! Laura

After doing a search on this forum for shoes and seeing Cindee's Shoe Garden and all the rest of the shoe galleries, I am a little embarrassed to show you mine. All I have is a pair of vinyl boots I found at a yard sale. The rest are old athletic shoes. I still had something else to plant so I dug out an old purse. Then I complained to my DH that I was out of shoes and he dug out a couple single shoes w/o their mates. And later he brought me an old pair of cowboy boots he hasn't worn in years. Boy was I mad when I saw that he had cut off the tops! Dear "sole" that he is - he said he cut them off so they would be easier for me to plant. How can I be mad at him for that! But I fixed him - I put pots in the tops and planted in them, too! We've been on a short camping trip and as soon as we got back Sun nite, I took some pictures and posted them on WebShots. Not much, but its a start. Last nite I remembered another pair - golf shoes he had bought at a yard sale and never wears. I'll add their picture as soon as I get them planted. I'm out of sedum and will try something else in them. Thanx for all your help, Barbara. Here is a link that might be useful: Our Shoes

I have a couple of those wooden shoes that I got at a yard sale. I meant to plant in them, but never got around to it. Yours looks so good, it makes me want to go right now and get some plants in those shoes!

We are teasing about the color! It's such a deep red....Bragu was teasing that it had no color and since he was being silly, I teased him back because there is no such thing as a blue Hippeastrum!! It is amazing to watch them grow so quickly. A couple of years ago there was a post of 84 photos from a first timer as we were all on "scape watch" with her! SORRY....! :-)