I just bought my first CC at Walmart this morning---it was so cheap I decided to risk it. I've never bought one before because I was concerned about the complicated "resting" periods and all the bud blast. Since my plant is going to be growing indoors year round with no cool place in sight, if you guys have any tips for me I'm willing to listen! :) By the way, my cactus is just a standard pink one, nothing near as gorgeous as the pics that have been shown in this thread.

GT...I bought the seeds from Lowe's. I have seen it at HD as well..but they only carry them in spring. Judy..This vine is a cross between cardinal climber(I.quamoclit) and red morning glory(I.coccinea). Lynn..I am glad that your cardinal climber bloomed. Mine has not bloomed but I had started it very late in may/june time. I am hoping that these guys stay 'perennial' in my yard..but we will see.

Julia - The scapes on Ruby Lipstick usually grow to the registered height or taller. However this year the scapes are short, as are about three-fourths of my daylilies. I guess no rain for six months and 17 straight summer days with temperatures above 100 has that effect the following year. I still have Flamingo Parade in a pot, and even so it's scapes are about 30 inches this season. I suspect if I had it in the ground, the scapes would reach just about the 36-inch registered height. Most Florida bred daylilies do not reach their registered heights in my garden. Daylilies hybridized in the north, or dormants from anywhere, usually exceed the registration heights. Marg - Silver Rings does not hold its color as well as some other purples I have. It does pretty well up to 90 degrees, but above that with high humidity it's a limp, faded dishrag. I was taking note of the purples that DID hold their color last evening when it was still 91 degrees outside. These still looked fabulous: 1. REGAL FANTASY, which does get shade from 2:30 p.m. looked the best. 2. GRAPE TWIZZLER, despite full sun all day 3. My Cosmic Sensation seedling, which does get full sun all afternoon and into the evening. I was very pleased about that. 4. CAMEROON NIGHT, which gets some afternoon shade 5. Curt Hanson's BELA LUGOSI, INTEGRATED LOGISTICS and SPARTACUS ADORNED (All Hanson plants I have look good at the end of the day no matter how hot the temps get. That's why I keep adding his to my garden.) Chris - Boiled Shrimp is definitely worthy of the wish list. I recommend you put it near the top. And I vow to get it out of the pot and into the ground soon, so it can start multiplying. Debra

Hi, Nova! Thanks for answering. It just had a viney look to it, and the leaves are much larger than mine...mine has smallish leaves, maybe only 3/4" long and not too wide. Perhaps there are different varieties of erecta, too. (There are several of alata, black-eyed Susan vine). My battiscombei just flopped and sprawled and looked straggley and ugly. I finally pitched it out. But my Blue Sky Vine, t. grandiflora, was superb! Well, before I moved it, that is. It didn't recover well from being moved, but I had no choice. I planted it on the fence between my yard and my neighbor and it grew HUGE, but ALL of it was in my neighbor's yard. Like 20 feet of it! They were less than thrilled, and I had no blooms on MY side of the fence at all. So I cut it back and moved it, but it has been languishing ever since. I'm going to get a new, healthy one. They are just spectacular! I forgot to mention how gorgeous that hibiscus is. Is that an annual one? It's fantastic! Marcia