Love Spills Over is a great daylily here. As are all of the Bell daylilies I grow...I'm a big fan of his plants. While mine is not as dark as the one in the picture on his website...it is usually darker than the one you have pictured. Hasn't bloomed yet this year and I am on the wrong computer to look for a picture...sorry. I think that is the best picture I have seen of Henry Boykin. Heavens Declaring looks lovely. What a funny name for a vivid daylily, Greywoods Toothache Purple. Enjoyed your pictures very much!

Rita, I don't remember seeing Barney last year, but just love it! It is uncommon in color and I love the form. I did not get Citrix last year as I ran out of space and $$, but it is ##1 on my list for additions this fall (along with a few Korth intros!). Funny thing, that beautiful blue sky jumped out at me right away too! All of your photos are lovely! Julie

Stitches, last year The Washington Post ran a series of articles about TNC's management practices. The series is worth taking the time to track down if you're interested in their "dark side", which they have been trying to make brighter. Really, my advice is to save your money for a good cause. Read the WWI article. Here is a clip about their funding. The first two fund raising strategies include the World Bank & USAID. "A third strategy, which at first seemed fairly innocent, was to reach out more to the corporate sector. TNC and WWF have long been involved with private corporations, but by the mid-1990s the pace began increasing. At present, TNC has some 1,900 corporate sponsors, which in 2002 donated a total of $225 million to the organization.19 CIÂs website lists over 250 corporations, which donated approximately $9 million to its operations in 2003. WWFÂs share is smaller, but it actively courts such support. In WWFÂs scheme, the highest category of corporate sponsor is "conservation partner," which consists of "multinational companies that contribute major funding to WWFÂs global conservation work." "Independent research shows," we are told, "that consumers have a high regard for a company that invests in its social and environmental responsibilities." WWF selects "the very best in corporate social responsibility and environmental best practice," but it also sees the need to "engage with companies that have a poor or mixed record on the environment where there is a real potential for positive change."20 Among the corporations channeling money to the three conservation NGOs are Chevron Texaco, ExxonMobil, Shell International, Weyerhauser, Monsanto, Dow Chemical, and Duke Energy."

Linda, I think it may have been later than 2000 because the photo of Joy and Linda at the link above was taken at Joni's house along the central CA coast (near Carol's house) in May of 2000 and I don't think we had the Bakersfield gathering until a year or two later. Jodi-