This is beautiful! I don't know what I have of equivalent value to trade, but it is beautiful! Would you take a cutting of the weigela florida variegata? It's blooming now with pale pink flowers & really fragrant. I also have a silk tree seedling that I could ship later once it's hardened off a bit. It's still a little tender for shipping. Or a 2 year old Catalpa sapling. Please take a look through my trade list or let me know if you would consider postage.

If you use the search function above and type in spider mites, it will bring up all of the posts at the link below. Reading them will tell you all you need to know about mites and ridding yourself of them. About cutting it back, if you do, you'll lose the stored food in all that wood and have to wait that number of years again to have the plant you have. Kim Here is a link that might be useful: Spider mite posts on this forum

I have fond memories of my grandfather growing roses, and I now want to expand my garden to include roses. I'm new to growing roses, but I have fallen in love with Fourth of July and Pinata roses. Does anyone have recommendations on where to buy these roses? Or any chance that someone lives in the DC/northern Va area and is willing to give me cuttings? (I am periodically in the Va Beach area on the weekends...) Thank you very much! Valentina

patty, we paid a company who is specialized in golf courses to treat our grass once. I don't know what we were thinking, i guess with all the excitement to have golf course grass we signe a contract with them. Its very difficult to have perfect grass bc, first of all it's expensive, and second it takes many sessions reseeding it to perfection.... My front yard is extremely shady, and for this reason the grass is a different type, kind of weird to be honest. The back is sunny from 11 am to sunset, and the grass is a brighter green and lusher..... It was expensive to do and as soon as the company left my house, the dog went outside to pee and poo... It keeps burning the grass since dog urine is so acidic. So, we gave up and canceled the contract. And now it is in God's hands. HalloBlondie, my soil is red heavy clay....on summer time, its impossible to dig in it. Its basically concrete. When i planted my 4th of July i had to soak that spot for almost 30 minutes with a hose to loosen it up.... I dug a big hole, and filled it with everything i could find at Lowes..... Lime, mushroom Compost, Cow Manure, garden soil, clay breaker with gypsum, Organic Hummus, peetmoss, perlite, a little bit of the original soil and voi- a-la.... In April I put a bit of Epsom Salt on them and May, June and July I feed them with Holly-tone...Seems like it works very well. I have been gardening for only 3 years, and doing it since i started planting roses.. Looks like roses love it...and they grow like a vine.