Well I was there. Had a great time. Bought too many lovely plants. So now I will bw finding a place for all my beauties this week.

I have had one heck of a week, so I couldn't reply before now. I had a blast, too. We are members so we got in at 9:30. Needless to say, I made a beeline for the lady that had the $6.00 roses last fall. They were !!$5.00 this time. I got four: Gardenia, Rubens, Natchitoches Noisette (nack-a-teesch) and Variegata di Bologna. At that price, I just grabbed anything I didn't already have. Lol. All are listed as strongly fragrant which is a must with me. Unfortunately, two are monsters and two are only once bloomers. My strategy is to wait until I get a bloom, then decide if I shall keep it, where it shall go in the ground or should it go back to the ghetto til I decide later. This can be done at THAT price. However, having spent 6 months over at the Antique Roses Forum and learning a great deal, I have come to the conclusion that I must purchase those on my top ten list NOW! So I have been online ordering and have 6 must-haves on the way. While there I also got a fireball brom (thanks to some pics from this forum), a taller brom with speckled pink straps and another tropical hibiscus for my collection, Acadian Spring. Because we got there so early, I was able to pick out the broms that had pups. One had two! Love the sale and now I get to go back to the May Orchid and Roses Frenzy, (ahem...I mean sale....) Here is a link that might be useful: Acadian Spring

The Port Charlotte Garden Club (I am a member) sold a bunch of plants there today. I will be there again tomorrow. It's not a really big sale, some vendors are outdoors (whew! it's hot out there) and then some other vendors inside with us. Tropifloria has a booth. Another vendor has crotons. There are cute bird feeders. Master Gardeners are there to answer questions. I had fun talking about plants to everyone. Linda Leaf

Also. for those who didn't know. If you are a member of a botanical garden , such as Selby, you can use your reciprocal membership benefit to get in to the show for free, as well as you can get in the 30 minutes early as a member. I was able to get in 20 minutes early and scored some cool plants before the crowds.