I had to see if I'd taken any pictures on the 12th and I had taken a few. This is an area where I was comparing greens with greens and blues with blues - all of a similar size. This is not exactly 6 months but almost.

Thanks folks. This gallery side seems to have died recently. Dan, I'm thinking of moving that Eskimo Pie since it kind of deteriorated a bit last year and I've heard it's hard to grow. I would put it in a bit better light to see what happens. Since I like the coloration there, I was thinking of putting a reasonable size Great Expectations there. What do you think? Margaret, I'd love to see pictures of your garden. I see you are in zone 7 - the tropics to me. When I moved here from costal zone 7 or 8 I found that many of the plants I'd grown before couldn't take the winters. I have only a couple of T roses now and the fancier climbers didn't work at all. I'm happy with the much hardier Explorer Roses. I don't prune them until spring and then it's mostly what damaged or dead or in the way of something else. That John Cabot needs to be tied up properly, maybe this year. The William Baffin is right in the line of fire where snow and icicles fall off the roof. I'm happy that some of it survives ok.

McT, Iron Gate Delight is in front of Big John. Who is in the top, right corner behind your Ebb Tide? My Ebb Tide gets morning Sun and has always had the edge. Maybe you could ask about your Ebb Tide's edge on the main Discussion board. Someone there may have insight as to whether it will eventually get the edge. The edges of Ebb Tide, Satisfaction, Liberty, Montana Aureomarginata and Magic Fire are favorites of mine. Ebb Tide and Satisfaction were purchased from a local nursery in '06. They sold their Hostas for $6 a Hosta or 4 for $20. The catch was most of the Hostas had crispy edges and slug holes; they also had huge roots. Here are two photos of Abiqua Moonbeam purchased from that nursery about the same time as Ebb Tide and Satisfaction. I didn't get a photo right when Abiqua Moonbeam was planted, but you can see the new growth without the slug holes. How about the plant the following year? No six month photos until after Christmas for me, I don't know what I was doing not to get photos for about a week back in June. Cowboy Abiqua Moonbeam 7/25/06 New growth doesn't have as many slug holes. Abiqua Moonbeam 7/2/07

Beautiful pictures Cowboy. I just looked at all the 6 months ago pictures you and Phil have posted. They're great. The Ebb Tide and Montana Aureo make me drool. I realize mine must hate me. Maybe they just don't grow well in Canada. Anyway, I didn't have any pictues from the 14th but I do have a few from the 15th, today. I put them on a separate post. This was a good idea, thinking six months back or six months ahead - whatever. I'm looking outside my window and seeing icicles and lots of snow. The water froze last night. Winter seems to be a challange... McT