Thank you, Socks, Unfortunately it is made of cotton. So I won't expect to it last but one season. I did scotch gard it, in hopes of making it last longer. I had a first flush from all of them, and now they are setting new buds. 7 of them were new this year, and 3 are in their second year. 2 of those 7 were bare root and have only been in the ground 2 weeks. But they are taking off. I will say, Barbra Streisand is a prolific bloomer. I think she outbloomed everything else, and she is a new rose this year. She isn't tall, but she is mighty. Scott in PA

Lovely to hear from you MIMS, Big changes in our life this year, my husband retired from 25 yrs in the USCG and we moved from Cape Cod Ma. to E. WA to be near our youngest daughter, we took a rental house for a year so we could really look around to find our dream retirement home. Our garden was very small this year, I didn't get to wintersow last year so I'm really craving it this year but I'll keep it light as we will be moving again. We got our first snow fall it is beautiful and so serene, it will be interesting to see what winter is like here in E.Wa. I hope you get lots of snow and have a peaceful winter. Wendey

Drama and more drama. All pointless. I grow a lot of these. Mine lose leaves like crazy. The lower ones will start to get a little brown, a little pale, brown on the edges and then fall off. Often after we've had a few days of rain they will have a growth spurt putting out new leaves and dropping the old ones. Don't worry about it if the new growth is green and healthy. You're always better putting a time release fertilizer as it's less likely to burn. Just like a time released pill, it's going to release a little at a time. Even if you put waaaaayyyyy too much fertilizer it's still only releasing a little at a time. I've experimented by dumping an entire bottle of time release fertilizer in a potted brugmansia, the recommended in the pot next to it and none in the next pot. What did I find? The 2 w/ fertilizer grew better but no difference in the one with too much and the one with the right amount. I know what a milk glass is and the nickel reference made perfect sense. It's thumb, digit 2, digit 3, digit 4, digit 5. We prefer not to use terms like ring finger or pinkie finger, there is room for misinterpretation, who wants the wrong finger operated on? I don't measure with my fingers, I possess tape measures, rulers and other devices to accurately measure things. I have no idea why it would matter the size in a question like this, very simple is it the rain or is it the fertilizer? Neither factor has anything to do with a lot of the questions that were asked. But I think some people would like the exact age of the plant, the exact measurements of the pot, what time of day? what were the weather conditions? can you weigh the mixture it's growing in and provide exact weights for each ingredient? what phase was the moon in? did you eat prior to adding the fertilizer? what directions were you facing when you added the fertilizer? how much wind? what direction was the wind from? what time did it rain? how much rain fell between 0100 and 0115? What was the temp of the rain? Stupid! My policy is KISS!!!!! And darlin' you did a great job, nice simple question. Tally HO!

T7 yea,I still have it-on the porch right now,you just reminded me I want ot sink it like I did last year(-: Greg My Brugs fragrance at night last year were heavenly,these have not bloomed yet,they just grow,grow,grow right now! Hey thanks Ken I thought I would give up last winter/spring when I saw the damage but what else would you do but expand! Enjoyed your yard shots too,new palm looks beautiful!