Olpea, I don't think you read my endorsement closely because I was just excited to finally, after many years, to have a heavy crop on one tree, one site. I was hoping that it was finally fully mature (at 10 years old and a really big tree) but this year the entire tree has 12 plums. There are other plums I have problems with, like Seneca, but no other plum has been so reluctant to bear consistently on so many sites. How it does in Kansas is anyone's guess. I'm assuming it must have performed pretty well up by Lake Geneva because the Cornell people like Jim Cummins are so high on it. If it bore up there like it does here they never would have bothered releasing it. If it does bare for you, its appearance will definitely sell it. You'll know in 6-8 years. Hope you didn't order too many. Noogy, the only one of those you mentioned that I grow is Harrow Delight which is generally a very nice early pear that is easy to grow. Strangely, this year it hasn't done well at the couple of sites where I'm watching it and Aurora is superior. It has some scab issues this year. For many years it's been the most reliable early pear I grow.

I'm visiting Asheville area next week. Any nurseries or greenhouses you'd recommend? I'm currently smitten with rhizomatous begonias and I'm suffering in this in between time: those sold as annuals are winding down and the houseplant season hasn't begun. But the hunt is part of the fun...

Highlander Boxwood is distributed by Conard Pyle Nursery Go to this site and it will tell you where to by plants from CP then call around one of the nursery's for your shrub ( copy and paste) http://www.conard-pyle.com/index.cfm Here is a link that might be useful: My blog

Hi Eduarda, Maybe these links will help. http://www.gardenvisit.com/ http://www.botanique.com/ http://www.gardenscape.com/GSGardens.html http://dir.gardenweb.com/directory/d-home.html Have a wonderful trip. Newt