Hi Gonzer, some great pics again and really interesting. Until I saw those pics I simply couldn't ever imagine myself describing a Tillandsia as fat'n happy, but those ionanthas sure look that way. Can you tell me what sort of feeding/watering regime they get? I'm just starting with them and really don't have a clue what I'm doing. Thanks, Paul

"I think Dave missed his calling and should have gone into landscape design". I have no experience in landscape design. Just common sense as to how things should look. Most people that visit my garden don't have a clue as to what's involved to achieve this look. They want to hire you to achieve the same results for them They want the look and they want in right now. That is the way things are today. It takes years to put together something unique as opposed to buying nursery plants thrown in a hole surrounded by river rock. To get it right it needs to be done by you. Every move and look has your personally in it. A lot of times you don't get it right the first time and as things evolve tear outs and re-dos are the norm. Plant selection takes time, sometimes years, to fine the right look you are after. Add rock, bricks, flag stone to tie it together and all of a sudden you look back and 10 years have gone by. I should have taken notes day by day as this thing developed. A wealth of knowledge transferred to paper on how to succeed in something you know nothing about. It's been interesting and as I look out the window I am at peace looking at all of Gods plants. The possibilities are endless for the garden of your dreams with all the plant material out there. Go for it and do it yourself. Dave

TJ, I finished eradicating all the dead and badly damage a few weeks ago. I only have some very protected, dwarf Picea orientalis along with bosnian pines that show some damage yeet Otherwise its all cleaned up. Here is my official dead list, which includes somewhat large established plants and frail one year grafts. Yes, its f'ed up and I'll leave it at that. Abies koreocarpa 'Inga' Abies concolor 'Piggelmee' Abies koreana 'Goldener Traum' Abies koreana 'Schwendenkonig' Abies pinsapo 'Horstmann' (cannan) Abies procera 'Hupp's Dwarf' Abies, nordm 'Golden Spreader' Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Sparking Arrow' Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Saffron Spray' Cornus kousa 'Summer Fun' Hydrangea 'Little Honey' Larix kaempferi `Haemp Feri' (Grey Pearly) Metasequoia glyptostroboides Metasequoia glyptostroboides Ogon Metasequoia glyptostroboides Ogon Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Matthaei Broom' Metasequoia 'Miss Grace' Metasequoia 'North Light' Picea brew. 'Emerald Midget' Picea engelmannii 'Blue Magoo' Picea lascioscarpa 'Prickly Pete' Picea mariana 'Nicolet Weeping' Picea orientalis 'Atrovirens' Picea orientalis âÂÂAureospicataâ Picea orientalis 'Skylands' Picea orientalis 'Sunrise' Pinus bungeanan Diamant Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow' Pinus heldreichii `Pirin #3' Pinus heldreichii 'Banderica' Pinus heldreichii 'Green Bun' Pinus parviflora 'Arnold's Arboretum Dwarf' Pinus parviflora 'Ogon' Pinus reflexa âÂÂVanderwolfâÂÂs Pyramid Pinus thunbergii 'Thunderhead' Pinus x 'Forest Sky' Taxodium distichum 'Peve Minaret' Berberis 'Red Jewel' Buddleja Miss Molly Daphne Briggs Moonlight Hamamelis 'Girard's Purple' Hamamelis Quasimodo Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena' Rhododendron x 'Roseum Elegans' Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum Viburnum pragense 'Decker' Zelkova serrata 'Goblin' Acer palmatum âÂÂCaperci Dwarfâ Acer palmatum 'Ariadne' Acer palmatum 'Red Dragon' Acer rubrum 'Red Rocket' Acer shirasawanum 'Red Dawn' Carpinus Columnaris Nana Cornus kousa 'Aurora' Cornus kousa Summer Gold Corylus avellana 'Red Dragon' Fagus Mercedes Fagus Rohan Obselik Fagus Rohan Obselik Fagus sylvatica 'Dwayk Purple' Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolor' Ginkgo biloba 'Chi-Chi' Ginkgo biloba 'Spring Grove' Ginkgo 'Sari' LIQUIDAMBAR SLENDER SILHOULETTE Quercus dentata 'C.F. Miller' Quercus dentata 'Pinnatifida' Taxodium distichum 'Mickelson' Shawnee Brave

dixieboy, Gotta love that Butia and those Cycads.It's hard to grow both of them even as far south as I live.It's not nessaserly the cold that kills them here,it's the winter rain and cold.We get most of our rain during the winter months.Summertime here is very hot very humid with very little rain,except when those thunderstorms come through that dont do anything any good.Love the pics.as usual. Randy