I wanted to let every know what I bought home beside my Wildfire. I also bought a penang peach 14 inches tall, with 3 tiny tips, and a Bill Moragne, 20 inches 1 tip, both are 1 inch thick. K bought 4 plants, all I remember is that his California Sally, was as thick as a log. He got some really nice plants to add to his collection. We got to meet Nancy and Emerson, and Tex. We got to visit with Joan, who introduced me to Ivysmom. I got to meet everyone that I wanted to, and I don't think I even needed those feathers. It was a great day. Barbra

Plumie- I would just like to voice my opinion on your watering issue. Mike (mikeod) knows his sh#t when it comes to plumies and those other guys are full of sh#t. The single most common cause of failure in rooting cuttings is from watering. The most common cause of stem rot in summer is watering. period. Also, having an unrooted cutting exposed to the mid-day sun when it is 100+ degrees is asking for sunburn stems and other problems. Plumeria stems are full of water and it is not being used unless there are leaves to use it. Simple misting replaces any moisture loss through the stem. What you can do is go around the inside edge of the pot and push your fingers into the soil mix to make a small moat up against the pot wall. Carefully, using a sports water bottle, fill the moat so water runs down the outside soil but the middle stays dry. this basically increases the humidity in the center of the pot but is not wet except down the inside wall of the pot. When in doubt, do nothing. Watering does not mean the plant will fail every time but not watering has a far smaller failure rate. Realize that many nursury people know alot about plants but almost nothing about plumies. Also, P.101 has some excellent information and some I totally disagree with (ie. using pea gravel to hold a cutting- I call it how to burn your stem and sunburn your plant.) This forum has some very experience individuals who have tried and failed enough to form good opinions. Mike, Tony, Karyn, Dave, Joe, Phillip, and Janet to name just a few whose posts I always respect their opinions and usually totally agree with their comments. Their experiences are in the same environments that we grow in. Their successes and failures are the same that we will experience. I will listen to them over a boatload of nursery workers because in my experiences i recognize the quality of their experiences. Just my opinion- Bill

at the Botanic Gardens. This is their spring show: They have a sale in September, during the season for planting irises, so take your cameras & notebooks to the show, so you'll remember what you gotta have come September!

September 13, 2014 is on Tuesday. And the posting says Saturday. Is there a mistake? I thought it was on September 17th? Am I mistaken??