DLG, I buy lots of stuff from lots of places (plus I do a TON of plant swaps too). I buy a lot of semi-tropical bulbs from McClure and Zimmerman, plus Berridge Nursery too (they usually have nice fat Scillas). Hit Baker Nursery often too in Central Phoenix, and I am not above hitting Home Depot and Lowes too (I'm not above ANYTHING when it comes to gardening, except stealing). I order a lot of plants from Select Seeds (great website adn catalog), and I experiment a bit with Annie's Annuals. I order tons of seeds from Thompson and Morgan and from JL Hudson Seedsman (fun catalog, no pics), I like High Country Gardens too, and I'm an addict of Plant Delights Nursery too. I hit Orange County, CA and L.A. a lot too and get lots of goodies there (Roger's Gardens in Irvine, Mimmosa Nursery in Buena Park/Anaheim, CA Cactus Center, etc). Ebay.com often has interesting plants and seeds for sale too. I guess when it comes to plants I'm an omnivore, LOL. Take care all, Grant

CLC70- Connie To left of the bird bath I have a bunch of perennial hibiscus and then in front of the birdbath I have some hummingbird salvia and then in front of that is Coneflowers. It looks like they are leaning toward the birdbath but the only one for sure leaning is the hibiscus and you would know the flowers of that one. But the rounded one is coneflower. HTH Gardenweed I can not remember the name os the cana there are also red ones here as well. I bought a pack of mixed seeds from ebay and nother germinated sadly. But I also collect seeds as well as dig up the plants in the late fall. Paula

Vitorama, the NOID leaves are flat (every single leaf seems to grow folded like a taco shell) and very, very long (longest is 50"). When I depotted it, it was in very wet, fine mud! Not sure why anyone would put it in a tall 5 gal as it only occupies the top 1/3 of the container. Rot, yes. I hosed it all down, made clean cuts to remove the rotted rhizome, dipped all in a bleach solution, let them air for a bit, dusted with cinnamon and potted the 3 pieces (rotted apart) in a 12" growers pot. The rhizomes are 2" thick. I think this is the last rehab project I'm going to do. I could have had a nice healthy plant from Arid Lands for the $ -even with the discount. On the other hand, I am really curious as to how this will turn out - the leaves are so interesting. I am rooting some of the loose leaves in water, if it is successful I'll have babies to share. One of the loose leaves already had rootlets on it - what a strong drive to survive bad conditions! Schweinfurthii is up to 29". Solid dark green, shiny. I can see at the base of the leaves lighter green so they are growing. I like this one a lot.

Thanks for your kind words. I had a large rose garden for many years (968) then I had to downsize but I managed to stuff 450 roses into my new , smaller garden. The new garden is mainly the Kordes roses.In my old garden, I was able to create a varied mixture of European roses because one of the brothers who owned Hortico loved roses. He brought in the Poulsen roses as well as many other not well known breeders. His old roses plus species were fantastic. I got all my Ramblers, and OGRs from them. Alas, times have changed. Here is a pic of my '"hardest rose to get now". It is a rambler called Auguste Gervais. Very fragrant, loads of blooms and you even get a few after the first flush.