That side of my favorite bed is visible from the master bedroom, breakfast room, living room & my son's room. I have benches and chairs dotted around outside that have different views. My problems is usually when I'm outside I am working. Occasionally I'll sit and look. I love to just stand close in front of that bed because it's always covered in bees, butterflies & hummers! I'm now working on a reclaimed birdcage to hang from the tree that the G is propped against. I'll post pictures when I'm done :)

are you hoping for different answers in different forums ... i either dreamed i answered this.. or i did in fact do so elsewhere.. but i cant find it in the conifer forum ... try linking up all your posts.. and give us some answers to the questions i asked elsewhere .. ken

Will check the branches-hope its just a break! My dogs aren't allowed in the front yard where this plant is and I have not seen stray dogs around here. My dogs certainly haven't alerted me to any dogs roaming around outside. So I don't think I can blame leg-lifting! We are in northern indiana (is that zone 10? Newbie at gardening!). The damage is on the south side of the plant. What is winter damage and do I just trim it off? We watered good and long before it got really cold and then didnt water after that. Is he dying of thirst???

Clearly the tight balls on the Lake County web site are the result of close shearing and not how the plant grows on its own. Those I have seen here were fluffy pyramidal juvenile foliage forms; I am not surprised to hear about this falling over or splaying open, in the manner of similar forms of other species. That's too bad as it is rather appealing looking otherwise - in garden center sizes anyway. It isn't a matter of 'Bobazam' being a "correct" name and Mr. Bowling Ball then being therefore incorrect. The two names are instead two different things, Mr. Bowling Ball being a registered trademark used to sell the 'Bobazam' cultivar. During these days of large production nurseries in particular using trademarks and patents to assure profits being made on their plant introductions this combination of a memorable selling name (as these are called in Britain) and a jawbreaker cultivar name is common. Often the cultivar names in these instances are combinations of syllables that actually convey information, in this case the cultivar name surely stands for 'Bowling ball zam'pini - the last being the name of the principal of Lake County nursery. Here is a link that might be useful: [Mr. Bowling Ball] = 'Bobazam' Fact Sheet from Lake County nursery This post was edited by bboy on Fri, Aug 1, 14 at 22:34