Hi Bonnie, If you some left I would love to share some of your Lizards Tail,Pickerel Rush, and Parrots Feather for postage or if I can wade out to the area that has the yellow pond iris, LOL With all the rain we have had the pond is l60 X 80 ft. and filled to the gills!! Please let me know?Oh, and do you take your Parrots Feather and Pickerel Rush inside for the winter?? I have purchased those two in the past and they did not come back even when I sunk them down into the bottom of the pond! Thank You, Patricia Thank You, Patricia

Would love to trade for your hornwort. I'm trading garden flags, long burning, votives in little glass flowerpots in floral, fruit or food scents or potpourri. Would you be interested in any of these ??

Mickey you have e-mail. Xjaxx Jack jatoni@sc.rr.com

The closest I have been to tropic is hermosa beach calif, and a couple days in Jacksonville just ahead of a hurricane. To a miserable cold Michigander California had something fabulous: fluffy dark red porous soil. When it rained the rain went in like a sieve. Michigan soil by contrast (except for the sandy sites) makes a heavy dark mud when it rains. It holds the water in dirty puddles. Water gorged earthworms coating the sidewalks after a summer rain are childhood memories. Calif and Florida dirt seems light and fresh. Also the succulents. So many plants had thicker leaves or waxy flowers giving a richness. Florida had a scent - spicy-musty that might have come from all the mulch used. My imaginary tropics is defined by a warm and somewhat humid air, plant scents, and especially birds, parrots and exotics with louder calls and brilliant colors. The nights are not cold (like california). There would naturally be more water: waterfalls, streams, ponds, fountains. A palm tree or two would not hurt but aren't required. I think of flowers colored white, pink, red more than yellow, orange. Funny that in Michigan I find plantings with white blossoms cold looking, but in a tropical setting I would find them rich and warm looking. Wouldn't expect to see a field of blue flowers in the tropics.