All of it looks great to me, the little squirrel peeking out on the deck,"She sell seashells" sign & shells around. The blues work so well with the coral & pinks & white. Little guy by pool looks like a sweetie! Grandma doesn't like the attention! She does match beautifully in the pic where she is sitting in the chair, her shirt looks great with the empty blue chair, blues go together well! Love the pond(lived at a lake all my life until I came out here)Is the fishing good in it? TFS Jan

Hi junek, Well it looks like you're on the way to becomming infected with bromelitis. In case you haven't heard of it, this is an incurable disease with the only treatment being to relieve the pain of the symptoms. This can only be done by continually buying and swapping more and more bromeliads and if possible joining a Bromeliad Society where you will meet lots of other like minded people with the same complaint. The good news is, this disease is not fatal and with successful treatment of the main symptom you are left with a feeling of contentment as you continue to drool and look over your collection of these wonderful plants. All the best, Nev.

H - your plants sound beautiful, too! Love the clematis combo idea! Have never heard of that Azalea - what color, type? Robo - the Angelonia is in the snapdragon family, but it takes the hot, hot heat of Oklahoma, unlike the regular snapdragons do, and they are so pretty. Also, they are a host plant for buckeye butterflies! They are not perennial, but will self-sow, I am told. Re: soda bottles. I cut them in half a little over half-way up the bottle. In the top part of the bottle, I cut a slit about 2-3" vertically up the bottle, so I could fold that slit, like a flap, over, to fit it into the top of the bottom portion of the bottle. In the bottom of the bottle, I punched holes in each of the 4 points with a pop-bottle opener (we used to call them church-keys). You leave the screw-on top off of the bottle for ventilation. I fill the bottom portion with potting soil, almost to the top, because by the time you water the soil in, it will settle to about 4-5" of soil. Then I sow my seeds, put the lid on it, label it (I used note cards, cut in several pieces, a pen to write the name and date of sowing, and packing tape to tape it on the bottle. Make sure you get a good seal on the tape so that water won't get inside the label. Set outside in whatever light conditions the plant requires. In the winter I put mine up against the east side of the house, mainly because they got some protection from blowing winds, and a few in the backyard against the west side of my fence up close by the house. As it got warmer, I put more in the backyard against my deck on the south side and more further in the back on the west side against the fence. I wanted to give them some anchoring for wind protection. I also put lots of leaves around them to protect them from drying out and temp fluctuations. Susan

That is such a vibrant/electric Pink. What a display of blooms! Rick