Saleh..Wow, your Kalanchoe is so full. What's its height? Marg is right about your cactus, however it reminds me of a cross between Euphorbia and Optunia. Although I'm certain your plant is neither. I agree w/Purple about your Bromiliad. The flower is adorable. I've seen Brom's similiar to the flower shape on your plant but blooms grow deep within foliage, never so high up. Toni

Thanks for the help guys. Two out of three aint bad. Concerning the Ming Aralia, Mr Sub, my experience has been thus: Originally placed it about 15ft from a SSW facing sliding glass door, where it shed branches at the rate of about one every three days. That was three months ago. I have since moved it next to said window and it hasn't dropped a leaf since. "Low light" my a**. The point is, mine has liked light but has been very tolerant of moisture levels. Now that we understand one another this plant has been growing like mad. More or less all of the lower growth is new in the past few months. Concernring the ZZ plant: I was somewhat negligent with this guy to begin with and didn't water it enough and it didn't grow at all, to the point I thought perhaps I had bought a plastic plant; but still it didn't die. I started watering it properly and it has gone crazy with new growth. Anyway, thanks for your quick responses, guys. Jason

Thanks for the replies everyone! >>the first almost looks like a crepe myrtle (is that flowers on the tips?) >>The first one does look like a Japanese Maple to me, although I wouldn't guess at the cultivar. Nope, no flowers. Here's a closeup of the leaves of the tree (best I can do at 11pm). I'm pretty confident it's a japanese maple, just not too sure on the exact variant. Five tipped, full green leaf, red seeds & brownish green branches. Leaves turn a crimson during Fall. >># 2 is burning bush-euonymus alatus >>All badly pruned! The bottom should be slightly larger than the top to allow sunlight to the bottom leaves, not like a vase. Wow. I just googled that name and was very surprised how red some of these get. Mine might change color in the fall, but not to that level of redness (I wish!). Good to know though. Is this what proper pruning looks like for these? More globe-ish? Thanks again. I'm just about to begin a re-do of the landscaping. Just purchased a nice Canadian Hemlock to anchor the far left side and Jean's Dilly Albert Spruce for the far right side by the front door step. Trying to decide if I should try pruning the overgrown yews back or replace... and whether to keep the #2 (burning bush-euonymus alatus). Problem is if I keep them, I need another to balance the area and I'm sure I'll never be able to buy that matches the existing two.

It is a grape family* climber, what's left is figuring out which particular one. Spotting a likely seed source plant nearby, with its fully expressed foliage characters and other adult features would definitely help with this. *To which all previously suggested plants belong