Yikes, extra YEARS? I guess I would have to cultivate a deep and abiding love of roses FIRST to tolerate that wait. I am having a hard enough time as it is waiting for my baby bands to grow up. Good thing I have some big old potte dones for that immediate gratification. (I am so shallow!) So, what's a squat? Those half-wine barrels? How deep do you have to protect them to keep the gophers out?

Lizalily, WOW! Those arrangements are fabulous! I'm growing that variety of hellebore along with some others, it's going to overwinter outside this year for the first time. I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I'm hoping the snow stays around all winter for us here, last year there wasn't enough to keep the ground covered which usually provides moisture and insulation. We lost a lot of perennials up this way! I'll be potting up a few amis today, going to space them out so I have blooms over the next couple of months. That is so hard to do, I'd love to have them blooming all at once! Jodik, I have a hard time cutting amis from the bulb for arrangments too. I like to pot up three or more together and use that as an arrangement when blooming. But then again it's not a business for me!

Here are Jake's grasses: Where there are no numbers by the grass that means it is already counted for in another bed. Not all the grasses look really healthy as some had trouble getting through the winter. I know the wife has a couple of grasses in her perennial bed but I do not have them listed as grasses in my beds. Have a look as this is all I've got. (I might have missed a grass or two. Need to take a REALLY good inventory). Jake Grasses EAST FENCE BED 1) Panicum virgatum "Heavy Metal" (7) 2) Miscanthus sinensis "Puncktchen" (3) 3) Miscanthus sinensis "Morning Dew" (3) 4) Pennisetum alupecuroides "National Arboretum" (2) 5) Miscanthus sinensis "Malepartus" (2) WEST FENCE BED 6) Miscanthus sinensis "Jailbird Ben" (3) 7) Miscanthus sinensis "Yahu Jima" (3) 8) Miscanthus sinensis "Mt. Washington" (2) Pennisetum alupecuroides "National Arboretum" (3) 9) Calamagrostis acutiflora "Karl Foerster" (1) Miscanthus sinensis "Malepartus" (1) ORIGINAL BED Briza media " Hardy Quaking Grass" (9) Festuca glauca "Blue Fescue (3) Stipa tenuissima "Ponytails" (8) Festuca glauca "Elijah Blue" (2) Imparata cylindrical "Red Baron" (3) Eragrostis trichodes "Sand Love" (4) Panicum virgatum "Rehbraun" (1) Calamagrostis acutiflora "Overdam" (3) Festuca cinerea "Dwarf Fescue" (3) Koleria glauca "Hair Grass" (1) Deschampsia caespitosia "Northern Lights" (2) Herlictotrichon sempevirens "Blue Oat Grass" (2) Calamagrotis acutiflora "Karl Foerster" (2) Schizachyrium scoparium "The Blues" (1) Calamagrotis brachytricha "Reed Grass" (2) Panicum virgatum "Prairie Sky" (2) Miscanthus sinensis "Morning Light" (1) Schizachyrium scoparium "Blaze" (3) Miscanthus sinensis "Silberfeder" (1) DECK (North Side) Miscanthus sinensis "Grtacillimus" (3) Erianthus ravennae "Hardy Pampus" (1) DECK (South Side) Miscanthus sinensis "Silberpfeil" (2) Miscanthus purpurascens (3) NORTH BED Miscanthus sinensis "November Sunset" (2) Pennisetum alopecuroides "Hameln" (2) Pennisetum "Karly Rose" (2) ROCK GARDEN BED Miscanthus sinensis "Nippon" (3) Miscanthus sinensis "Bubbler Ben" (3) IN THE YARD Miscanthus sinensis "Bitsy Ben" (3) Miscanthus sinensis "Sarabande" (1) Chasmathium latifolium "Northern Sea Oats (2) WAITING TO BE PLANTED: Calamagrostis acutiflora "Kalr Foerster Varigated" (2) (Not yet readily available to the mass market). Miscanthus sinensis "Little Nicky" (2) Deschampsia caespitosa "Tuffted Hair Grass" (2) Back at everyone later. Jake

norizam, I will have to look for Clothilde Soupert. Every picture I've seen of her is just beautiful! You know that's when you must have that rose lol. floridarose, We get into the 20's here once in a while. Seems we had quite a few freezes this year. I have a greenhouse for some things. The good thing about growing roses is they don't have to go in the greenhouse. I keep mine in pots for now so maybe that's why I don't get as good of winter bloom. I am starting over with roses here in FL. I had tons where I used to live but it was a very different growing experience there. I am learning how to grow them here in FL and its all different . Nematodes, sandy soil, tons and tons of bugs, humidity, you name it lol. Which dahlias will do well here? I saw some in bags at Lowes- Dinnerplate Dahlias, I think. Would those work? I had no clue Poppies would grow here I thought it was too hot. WOW! I would probably have to stake dahlias like i do the sunflowers, I bet so they don't fall over. SoFL Rose, I just got a bunch of different zinnia seeds. Do you just plant the seeds straight in the ground or start them indoors first? kingcobb, The curly willow branches do look interesting! I think I saw some of those at Michael's (craft store). How large do those trees get (total mature size)? Ingrid, Are you talking about the Buddleja davidii types of butterfly bushes? Yes we can grow those here. I had never thought of using their foilage. I think that would be a great filler. I can always use more butterfly and bee attractants in our yard. They are the reason that I really try not to spray anything...that and being on well water lol. *Beautiful bouquets!!