Howard, I've know, from reading this forum, that you're a teacher in orchid culture. My honor to have you talking to me about my orchids! I keep all my orchids in a "shade house", covered on top with transparent plastic sheet and on four sides with dark plastic net (?). So the plants get diffused light all day, all year. The temp we have here is lowest 60 and highest 80F throughout the year, no snow, no frost, humidity is about 75-85 (I don't have a meter so I cannot tell. I just "feel" the humidity on my skin!) I bought this big cym last year, in late November when it was blooming with 6 spikes. It was in a 12" cheap plastic pot and was looking like it would bust! So I put it into a bigger pot without disturbing its roots or anything after it finished blooming last season. Now I see 3 spikes on it so far! (The spikes are just beginning to emerge from the medium, but you know I'm so watchful I spotted them already LOL!) My other smaller cym bloomed in about August/September 2006. I repotted it (stupid me, I didn't know much then) in Spring 2007 and now I see one spike. So, I don't know if this is common or not but I'm very happy :-). I don't want to mess with them so that they might abort the spikes. Please educate me. Many thanks for your advice. Xuan

What zone you are in? Are the plants dormant now? I'm not a sage expert but in general... When you move a plant, digging it up causes loss of root mass. This means the plant has a more difficult time taking up water. Frequently plants wilt under this condition. Relatively speaking, a small number of roots cannot take up enough water to support a large number of leaves. When this happens, it helps the plant by pruning it back after the move, equalizing root mass and leaf mass. I've done this before and the plant stopped wilting and recovered. The next year it was full and looked great. So based on that, it may actually be easier on the plants to move them now before there is a large number of leaves. You shouldn't have a problem with wilting. Just my opinion.

The powder room is very small and is sandwiched between the kitchen and living room. We cannot put it in the dining room nor the family room and don't want it to go in the kitchen. We considered an addition over the garage and that was pricey and would raise property taxes. I would love to have it in a master closet, but we have two small ones in there that barely fit our clothes. I even considered ripping out our huge corner tub in the master bath and putting the washer and dryer in there. The contractor explained that would involve a total remodel of that room and would be very expensive. I knew when we bought this house that this would be my one issue. I may just have to live with it :)

Your potted hosta look great! They will probably benefit next year from some ferts this year. In your zone 7, I believe you could apply an extended release product like Osmocote now and be done for the summer. Some folks use diluted ferts with each watering. The rule of thumb (if I have it right) is to stop fertilizing after July and stop using a slow release type earlier than that. Remember that late summer they begin slowing down as a prep for winter sleep.Here's a link to fertilizer discussion 2015.