Slocum's water gardens used to be up the road from me, but they closed several years back. I did locate Mr Slocum but he doesn't have any. There is 1 other place that I might try... if not, I guess I'll have to wait and see if any show up on their own. I did have a leopard frog show up the same night that I installed the pond, but I haven't seen him in several days now. Thanks for the response...

Actually, Dragonstone, since bullfrogs are native to this entire area of the country, I don't concern myself with the possibility of them hopping off and doing damage somewhere else. If they were a non-native species, I likely wouldn't be able to buy them here, as they HAVE done considerable damage to some ecosystems out west, where they were imported. Also, roughly 100 yards from my ponds in 2 different directions are natural creeks -- a medium-sized creek to the south and a small one to the west that empties into that one. Both of those creeks could, and probably SHOULD be natural homes for bullfrogs, already, yet I've never heard the characteristic sound they make, likely because we've done enough environmental damage this close to the city to denigrate the environment and make it un-frog-friendly. At any rate, if any of my male frogs had made it to one of those creeks, I'd likely have STILL heard them, since their "jug-o-rum" call can supposedly be heard for a quarter mile or more, and I've yet to hear it coming from those creeks. Also, as far as I know, I'm the first and only person in my neighborhood to "catch" the man-made ponding "bug" so far. As far as I can see when I drive around the neighborhood, nobody else has put in a water garden to date, although many have made compliments on mine... So no, that's not a concern to me, but it was good of you to think of it. Also, bullfrogs DO NOT "destroy ponds." Even where they're doing damage to the ecosystem, the worst they do is eat all the other native amphibians and take their place in the ecosystem, which is why many other folks who have water gardens and like keeping smaller pond frogs, such as pickerel frogs, leopard frogs or green frogs, will catch any bullfrogs they have and relocate them to a lake somewhere, because given enough time, all they'll have left is bullfrogs. Happy Croakin'! :) Jeff

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Mantis - Silly Whimsey has blooms that range from 7-7.5 inches on those two scapes. The HYH blooms vary from 7.5-8. The HYH bloom on the far right is 8 in. As far as scapes, SW is registered at 32 inches, but the scape in the middle of the photo is 36 inches. HYH is registered with scapes of 36 in., but they have never been that tall here. This year they vary from 28-32 inches. Fighting Fire has a bloom of more than 6 inches. It's registered at 6.25, but some of the blooms I'm getting are 6.5.