Thanks again, all. Anna - the varigated plant behind the cot planter is a new variety of croton - I don't know the name."My" nursery has them. It gets tall and not easy to make it bush, but in that spot, it's fine. I just got two more to put up against the garage. The blue pot on the table has a succulent in it - also forget the name!The anthurium is going well in a pot out back. And the pot by the house is that purple oxalis - the color doesn't really show in the photo. I never got your begonias going - don't know why I have such trouble! Yes, the violets are pretty - I'm going to move them around so I have a huge clump next year. After being here now over a year, I see that I overplanted(of course) and need to rearrange-but that's what I love to do! Hope to see you at some point. Hester

Hi Cruz, Welcome to the forum! Thank you for the kind words. You'll find lots of friendly, knowledgeable people on this forum who love to share what they've learned, and who also love to contribute to each others' addictions--consider yourself warned. You're in Dade, so we're neighbors. I choose to identify my county because our state is so large--Tallahassee is something like 400 miles away, right? Anyway, plumeria are pretty easy where we live. They're not fussy, so all we have to do is protect them from the occasional winter cold front, and feed and water them when they're growing. To answer your question, I do not use epsom salts. However, some on here do use them at the beginning of the season. I think it depends on the growing conditions in each grower's backyard. Epsom salts provide magnesium and sulfur, and I have no indication that my plants are deficient in either of those particular minerals. I continuously feed (IOW, at every watering), low dosages of Dyna-Gro Foliage Pro 9-3-6, along with Dyna-Gro ProteKt 0-0-3 and Super Thrive. Because the two fertilizers provide full-spectrum nutrition (NPK + all micronutrients), I don't ever worry that I have a deficiency in any one particular nutrient. Great stuff! I also foliar feed at extremely low dosages the same with Spray-N-Grow added. This is NOT necessary but I do it because it gives me an excuse to hang out near my trees, truth be told. A search on this forum should yield all kinds of helpful information, but if you want to ask more questions, by all means, feel free. Good luck and happy growing! Greg

Nice! I like your new rose. I'm such a sucker for pink roses. That must be a hibiscus, in the picture. Is is upright or sprawling? It looks a lot like the annual I showed above. I went to Lowes yesterday on the way home from the Dr. and came home with an impulse Kordes rose. Shame on me! Ingrid, our nearest Lowes had some lovely Dahlias all potted and blooming. You could try one right now, if you wanted to. Thanks for the lily name, Cath. The orientals don't normally do very well for me, not enough winter chill:( I think I actually tried "Hot Line" a few years ago, and it didn't make it. Thanks, Roselady. I hope your little band does well for you. My Louise Odier has downright shocked me with constant blooms. Here are some this morning. And the new buds just keep coming!

Will depend on what the root that has the eye looks like. Many places that people currently buy from sell one eyed roots. It takes a couple of years before they reach blooming size so patience is required.