Thanks so much for your help! I'm researching the plants and getting the idea of what each of them need. Its such a relief to have an idea of how to care for them individually. All these plants were outside in direct sunlight and we live in southern Louisiana so that's not a good thing for some of them lol. Plus i was watering them all every evening which a few of them cant handle. A quick question about the palm, I had it inside on top of a tall book shelf that barely caught sunlight and i also forgot to water it :(. It seems from what i could dig up that it needs to be outside in direct sun light? Or am i wrong? its just everything i have found on it has been generic information and not specific to this bred. I know it looks dead but when I scratch the stems it self there still bright green and alive, will it come back with the correct care? thank yall very much for all the help!

blackswamp girl looks to me to be right on track. They reminded me of 'Little Bunny' which is a pennisetum cultivar (Black Flowering Fountain Grass)(I can only remember commom names) but they had broader leaves and a little taller than Bunny. I found another cultivar pennisetum alopecuroides 'Viridescens' that looks a lot like what you have also. It was noted that a couple of cultivars were prolific seeders and to be aware.Check out the pictures from donn exactly one yr. ago in Gallery. (wow, a little weird) and the ones planted in the little boat/dingy. Here is a link that might be useful: Gardenweb O. Grass Gallery

This is a difficult color for cameras. To get a possible id you will need to take pictures of it, from different angles, as it unfurls its petals. Also measure the height from ground to top of the uppermost bloom. There is also the possibility it's not a named cultivar. It is a very handsome Louisiana, probably from the 1960's. Some that resemble yours Eolian - 42 inches, Arny'67 Pegaletta - 36 inches, Holleyman'63 Puttytat - Arny'68 (pic at daves garden) less resemblance but who knows? Gabriel's Love - 35 inches, Haymon'88 Jeri - 38 inches, Bertinot'84 (dark purple) New Dimensions - 31 inches, Taylor'89 http://www.louisianairis.com/categories.asp has changed their website so the pictures from May 2011 are not there (or I couldn't find them). But if you get a good picture of the opened flower they may be able to help.

That is what I would love to see on trees I see. Our patio citrus comes soon. I will check. I will have the choices of Calamondin, Key lime, "Satsuma" Meyer lemon. The satsuma is rarely seen. No rootstock tag and when I ask they can't find out. I am aware that some places mark their trees very well. When Trace bought his Meiwa kumquat for in ground Georgia they sent him a tree on rough lemon. The tree did find but the rootstock died an pealed. It took awhile for the top to dry out and die. It took him a while after to find out what rootstock it was on. It should have been on PT, or FD, If it had been marked he would not have bought it. It took me qute awhile to find out that an unmarked lable of 'Satsuma' Owari Steve