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flowers are larger, up to probably 10-12 inches wide by the same height. ===>> single flower of that size in fall in MI ... or you mean clusters that size .. i was going to say 7 sons is about the only thing blooming in my yard ... the only other thought is that other thing in my yard that is escaping me.. oh.. the shrub hydrangea ... oak leaf hy.??? .. the old flowers are pretty beat up.. but at 65 mph.. they might be close. lol .. brave enough to drop a note in the mail box???? .. if you could find it.. lol.. try bing map satellite view ... mapquest might even generate an address to mail a note ... ken Here is a link that might be useful: link

hey any chance those CONES .. on the 2nd.. smell like gin when crushed ??? ... if so.. juniper ... as to which.. you will need coniferjoy in the conifer forum ... for a precise name ... though others here might get it ... i cant tell the first at that distance.. but again.. conifer ... when some needles are crushed .. gin again??? seems to be a theme here ... in PB.. paste the HTML code where you type.. and on preview.. if you see the pix.. we will ... both have vast potential.. no closer than about 6 feet to the house.. as a planting site ... ken

Hi All, Thanks for your responses! Well, the Trumpet Vine has not been "attacked" lately. So that is okay. We stopped hanging suet cakes high up in the trees out front for the summer so no report there. We think the Coons were the thieves in the night there... But we do know what was digging at and around the bird feeding skid....my husband saw them. Rats. I did not like this one bit and was upset.....husband stopped feeding the birds right away. Filled the holes, cleaned up all the feed he could and set the skid up against the Hemlock. It wasn't long until he didn't see any Rats. We read some place that they will move on when the food supply stops and it seems they did. We used to have many feral cats that came thru here but our cat club has been getting them into the tnr program and rarely see any which is really a good thing. I don't know what we will do this winter about feeding the birds. We have a big feeder on the deck that we set up for winter so we can see the birds close up. Will they return right away and the problem will be back? We live in a nice neighborhood and I am sure the neighbors would be very unhappy if they knew we had this problem. Guess it is a wait and see situation right now....thanks again for your ideas! Shirley