Thanks. Doing that Stocktank pond inground was one of my better ideas. It really was a very big project, more work than I had initially immagined but I am extra pleased with the results. Yesterday I saw a frog sitting in the water hyacinths in the floating ring.

Val- The Clematis Tower is only about five feet tall. I loved the way it looked so much last spring that I made another just afew feet away. I already had another tower structure exactly the same that I was not using for anything so I just bought more clematis and made another one. Will see how they both look this spring as I prunned the original quite heavily after bloom last year. Usually I just leave it. Julia- I just love my roses. It took me years after I started my garden redos until I got into roses but I wanted lots more color and so I tried roses. That got me to the rose crazies, which came long before my daylily crazies. Now I absolutely can not immagine my garden without the roses. If your pink or yellow turned into red then the roses died above the graft and what you had blooming is the rootstock. Next time bury the grafts deeply or better yet, try own root roses. Kay- The second rose shot is of the shrub rose section in the front yard. There are a batch of pink and pinkish roses showing there in the picture all jumbled up together. You know I like them that way. They start from left to right to be CITRUS SPLASH (multicolored), RUFFLED CLOUD (center of the shot) and GREETINGS (single toward the back). By the way for anyone thinking about rose spacing, these are planted about 18 inches apart and there are more in there were not in bloom in the picture.

I think it's worth the money. The pictures are all nice clear shots. My own personal prefference: I always try to get shot's that are head on from a certain angle. Most of them are like this, but not all of these are that type of picture. It certainly doesn't mean the pics are bad. And if you want me to be really picky, I think a very small number of them have had the colors adjusted. Again, that doesn't mean it's a bad picture either, and it's only a small few that I thought I saw it on. Regarding no-name seedlings there are 80+ but I didn't actually count them all. Also as an added bonus (imo) several are taken by the actual garden owners. For some reason that appeals to me. To know that the people that grew them were taking some of the pictures. Do I think it could be improved? Yes, but what can't? :) I say if you want to see lots of new ones without someone else's personal taste dictating which are shown it's a must. I know I've put up a good sized clump of pictures, but I didn't come anywhere close to posting (or even photographing for that matter) all of the guest iris. The only problem I can say I have is that the "powerpoint viewer" doesn't seem to want to work, but I think just about all computers these days have a button you can click to view images as a slideshow. The entire problem may just be due to my own ignorance, but I wanted to be sure to mention that before you buy it. I hope this helps. I really can't judge it fairly for evryone's taste though. :) Brock

Gorgeous gardens and plants all. Sunnywood: your beds are so neat and hostas are beautiful. Nelson and tj: dahlias are amazing. Irawon: I especially love your mini bed. I'm getting more into minis as I am running out of space. They are so cute. Here are a few of my favorite pics from 2015 Here are many of my minis. Stepping stone path through the hosta. Getting really crowded. I did some moving and thinning out at the end of the season. Blues look really blue in this shady area. Really missing my garden. Can't wait for spring!