Until a few years ago, I held a CDL license with Hazmat endorsement... although driving a semi is not my cup of tea, I spent several years trucking with my ex-husband... I went through Tractor Trailer driving school up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for Midwest Coast Transport. The ex and I owned and operated a T600B Aerocab Kenworth, and drove the 48 States. I saw loads of wonderful scenery, and was fortunate in visiting many cities and places of interest throughout the country... from LA to DC, and all points in between! Basically, my license gave the ex lots of extra driving time to log... I don't consider myself a great semi driver, and he pulled all the mountain, bad weather, and city miles... and I drove lots of flat miles! We hauled everything, from a load of blue jeans into Compton, CA... to giant wire spools out of Bay St. Louis, LA... lots of frozen veggies in reefers to Ohio, and more wire spools out of Port Washington, PA... the best loads were cardboard boxes... no loading or unloading, light weight, and good pay! I quit driving when I filed for divorce, but I won't go into that... it was all quite an experience, and I wouldn't change the past at all, because that's what led me to the point I am at now! Looking back, I certainly have led a diverse life... I've milked cows on a dairy farm, driven a semi coast to coast, bred American Bulldogs, and been part of my current husband's kennel, that's appeared in several books and a few videos, published a magazine, ran a dog registry, raised three step-children... and have worked in many positions in several fields and industries, plastics and metal work among them... What a long, strange trip it's been, to quote a favorite song! And here I am... a Grandmother who grows Hippeastrums, gardens constantly, reads a lot, designs and creates jewelry, breeds and raises bulldogs... and has the best online gardening friends in the world!! :-)

Hi Stephen, I know that Picea glauca 'Tiny' is a witches'broom of the famous 'Conica' I think you also know that Tiny Linssen found a witches'broom on an 'Alberta Globe' (a witches'broom from a witches'broom ;D)and the name of this one is 'Tiny's Mini'. Both are differend plants but the names are quite simular which can give a lot of confusion in the future... Don't you think that the 'Tiny' looks almost the same as 'Alberta Globe' which also is a witches'broom from the 'Conica'?

wren-garden, wish I could answer your question, but this is the very first bloom I've had. Overcast today, with some showers. Predicting rain every day til next week, so I don't know when I will know how it will do under normal conditions. It is about noon now, I just came in & it looks like it did this morning. I've been waiting on this bloom, & was so sure it would storm this morning so I couldn't see it. Kay, Beautiful Edgings is always beautiful, isn't it? One of those older ones everyone should have. I sure wish you could get some of this rain, our backyard was a pond yesterday, got almost 1 3/4" rain in a very short time, makes about 5 1/2" in 4 days. My iris are not looking good.

Good to have rain, sorry Debra that you missed it. They are predicting another of the cool weather periods next week. It is unbelievable to have two sets of cool, comfortable weather in July here. I am glad to see it because I am busily reworking my daylilies. I have several friends and a couple of forum friends I am sending plants too, so no guilt about taking them out. kay