Thank you everybody for responses! I will try to respond to everybody in one post. ltilton, I have no way to have two of them - I will have to destroy another tree for it) Otherwise I would plant 5, not one) Harvestman, I decided to go with harglow because appricot in my yard has to meet several requirements: it has to be dwarf due to the space issue, survive in zone 5b, be somewhat resistant to bacterial canker, and have stone-free fruit for canning. Only apricot I could find that meets all of it(at least in description) was canadian ones - harglow and another one I forgot, but I couldn't find it dwarf. I planted my apricot on the hill, to avoid "wet feet", and I mulched it pretty well with shredded leaves. But we had a week or two around 15F with out a single snowflake, so not sure how leaves could substitute the snow cover. I will research Alfred and see if it fits... john222-gg, I promise to call it the same as soon it shows first sign of life)

Roma, celebrity, early girl, razzleberry, beefsteak, sweet 100 tomatoes purple beauty, sweet banana, anaheim, jalapeno, habenero, lady bell, and cherry hot peppers stevia tomatillo several other peppers, eggplant, a couple more tomatoes, and many more herbs still waiting to sprout need to get onions and leeks started After reading this post, I sooo want to start some flowers, but haven't researched anything and am sooooo running out of space under the lights, even with the plan to buy 3-4 more shop lights this weekend. This is my first year starting seeds and so far I've got pretty close to 100% germination on everything..How lucky for me! The one exception is my better boy and big boy tomatoes...but these were pelleted seeds, which I think just might take longer since I am just now starting to see the coating cracking. We'll see.

Central cali369, These cannas are a mixed bunch of indica cannas I purchased at Home Depot last year. Some are Black night too I believe. So far the potted ones are not showing any signs of life, but it is early.

Update on the Smoke Tree. It is DEAD. I don't know why I didn't closely inspect the tree before I planted it. It was STUPID, STUPID STUPID not to. In my defense, I relied on the seller's 100% positive feedback and just took the tree out of the box and concentrated heavily on planting it carefully. Flash forward to today, I took another look at the tree. There was something about it that looked dead to me. I don't know, call it intuition, call it whatever you want. I couldn't get rid of the feeling that something was up. Anyway, I took the fencing down from around the tree, and got on the ground, and low and behold I saw a tiny, albeit DEEP scratch. It was dead underneath. I also did another scratch test and saw the tree was indeed dead. I don't know what to do about it. The Ebay seller has 100% positive feedback. I have no doubt that they don't want a negative from me. And just for the record, I've been on Ebay for 15 years and have NEVER left a negative. The seller does clearly state on their page that we must notify them on the day of delivery if there are any problems with the tree. I get why they do that. They have no earthly idea how people take care of their trees once they've been delivered. I feel for Ebay sellers in that regard. The thing is I KNOW this didnt happen on my watch. I know it! I also know I can't prove it. It just seems, from my perspective, to be unfair they sent me a tree that was DOA. Should I just suck it up and eat the $17? Or should I contact them and let them know what is going on?