Thank you Arthur and Sambac. Arthur those are gorgeous. Sam, I thought I could get away with ground planting them but the woman at Ace thought that was a bad idea. I looked at the pot they're currently in and thought, "they look fairly content to me ?" I think I'm going to pot them in a nice bark heavy cactus mix combo regardless. Now, one more question. It has gotten quite leggy, can I lop it off or will that kill any potential blooms by cutting off the top ? Also, will those cuttings root, I'm suspecting yes. Thanks so much.

You guys are truly amazing! Thank you all! As far as #1 .. Those are all the same plants. It looks really cool the way they grow kinda sideways. I've had it for a few years and its never had any offshoots. Just the 3 stems that are currently there. #6 is a weird one. It lost the leaves where the stem is bare, I am guessing cause it wasnt getting enough sun when it was smaller as it is currently in a container with a taller crassula ovata towering over it. Now that the stems have grown out, it seems to be thriving. BUT ... the lower part of the stems that is closest to the soil is sprouting babies. So the lack of bright sun is no longer affecting it, if it ever did. #8 I am sure is an Aeonium, but I have other Aeonium arboreum 'Atroporeum' in the garden that maintain some purple coloration all year. That's why I am a little confused as to what it is.

Welcome to the land of Hostaholics. You have one very fine neighbor to give you a nice healthy plant, as that one appears to be. Definitely not Rainbow's End. That one has shiny leaves and looks almost plastic. Yours is young...could it be a young June? Here is a link to a website that provides endless info. Poke around and see what you find. -Babka Here is a link that might be useful: The Wonderful Hosta Library

Wow, thanks so much everyone! We do love our kitchen and we use it constantly now that it's nearly done. To bad everyone doesn't live closer, we could have a big tea party or brunch! Jant that's so funny that we had so many of the same choices, I love your kitchen as well!! The brackets have been the bane our my existence lately! When the cabinetmaker brought them to install he asked if we wanted to wait until after the backsplash was installed to which I promptly said "no it will be fine". Then when the tile guy came a few weeks later he said we needed to remove them to do the tile because he was afraid it would break the tile because it's so narrow between where he would need to cut and the bracket. So here we are months later with tile stacked in the spare bedroom and the cabinet guy not wanting to remove the brackets for fear of messing up the cabinets. It's my own fault, but I sure would like my backsplash, which I agonized over, installed and my kitchen totally finished! Thanks again everyone for the wonderful comments, it's always good to know that even though we love our kitchen, others think it looks pretty nice too! Kat :)