Jandey, I understand the butter and shoe horn technique well, and you certainly sound like a master. Like Laura said, where there's a will there's a way, and this group has a lot of will!! Love the ET Lemon Drop, still trying to get one. Dave, that's the part of my yard I call The West Lawn. It's between themed areas of my yard. On the West Lawn near the house, there are plumerias (Bali Hai, Cerise, California Sunrise, unknown yellow), plus passionfruit, banana and plantain. On the side you're commenting on are most of the fruit trees - lemon, persimmon, guava, peach, apricot, tangerine, a couple of avocados, loquat and almond. Mango, orange, lime and apple trees are all in the Farmhouse Garden section of the yard, with a bunch of herbs and some Japanese Maples. On the north side of the West Lawn, which borders "the High Country" are pine and Norfolk Island Pine. I have a Jacaranda and an Australian Flame tree at the bottoml, side by side, as I saw a pic where these both bloom at the same time - the former with purple flowers and the latter with crimson red. The Jacaranda has been a faithful bloomer. The flame tree focused on growing this, its second year, in which it almost doubled in size. I expect nice blooming from both next year. The High Country has dogwood, redbud, laurel and a berry patch (blackberry, boysenberry, blueberry, lingonberry, huckleberry, raspberry and white currants). The side of the West Lawn bordering the Swimmin' Hole has Cuban Royal, Teddy Bear and King palm trees along a fence covered in purple and yellow Trumpet Vines. Behind the fence in the Swimming Hole are several larger plumerias between the palms - Pop's, Loretta and Jeannie Moragne. Most of the plumeria are around the Swimmin' Hole, but "Na Pali (the Cliffs)" and "The Springs" all have plumeria, too. Na Pali is a terraced hillside overlooking the pool. I'm thinking of removing a huge pine there (there are five others in the High Country), and put plumeria trees all up the terraced hill, between Kentia and Flamethrower and bamboo palms. Now that should be a site! The Spings has beautiful Brazilian Tower trees, bamboo palms, and more plumeria. And let's face it, my big Shed in the back would be much for useful as a greenhouse than a shed, so that conversion will happen next year! So I really do still have room for more plumies, especially large ones, in case anyone is clearing some space and need to get rid on some.:) This yard was practically barren (except for the tall pines and some fruit trees) when I moved here a couple of years ago. Not anymore. It's not as dramatic or as nice as it sounds, though, the plants are still not that large, there's a ton to do and I'm in the early stages of a multi-year plan, it's all a work in progress. Sorry I got carried away! I love all these trees, and I left out a lot!

Ronm80, love your 'cats'. Bigack, my Daylily is 'Stella Supreme' What's the name of your pretty yellow one. Sandy I love the color of that lily. Is it an Asiatic? Casey,Is your pic of the Wegelia recent. Those were done blooming here over a month ago. Lots of cool looking water today. Really hot here today. I would love to be in some of that cool wather now.

Wow... I missed the photo copyright piracy issue last year. Ironically, I was just contemplating posting a comment to another pertaining to their stated intention to propagate a patented cultivar -- just a gentle reminder about intellectual property... It feels like Suntory (or whomever) might have ceded a bit of moral high ground on that one. I would however consider that possibility that Houzz claims intellectual rights to any and all images (and text) posted on this forum. (Have any of you read the full end user disclosure? I know I have not.) Houzz obviously purchased the Garden Forum with the intention of monetizing it. The funding, hosting, and maintaining of websites isn't free, unfortunately, and I have wondered what value Houzz gets from this forum. I would not be surprised to learn that houzz owns own everything posted here as their own intellectual property. It's not entirely inconceivable they could have sold the (mislabeled) image. I have Celestial Night, and to my surprise, it is doing failry well here in this Central Texas garden where so many of my roses fry. I might have to give in and try her half-sister Twilight Zone... I had actually acquired Purple Lodge a few years ago (sold as Angel Face by a grower who probably didn't acquire the rights to sell PL) but it unfortunately did not survive its first summer.

Sorrow. The last picture of my sister and me. June 3, 2019. On April 13, 2019, she was diagnosed with stage 4 Pancreatic cancer. They said 3-6 months. She didn't even make 2 months. Died on my dad's birthday, June 9, 2019. I am the oldest sibling in my family, always figured I'd be the first to go. Never thought it would be Sandy, who was number 4 of 6. I remember standing on my tiptoes looking at her in the buggy the day she and Mom came home from the hospital. Luckily, I have many pictures and great memories. This winter of staying home all the time, I have had too much time to grieve.