catrina....sorry...the striptease and banana muffins are now gone...please email me... .....have these already dug....sooo...ONLY want to trade these at this time.... if interested in any....and have something i want....let's talk.... have these to trade... bold ribbon...1 trade...3 eyes joker/jester...2 trades...2 eyes or 3 eyes frances williams...1 trade...1 eye (this is gone) gala...2 trades...2 eyes each pizzazz...1 trade...1 eye spilt milk...2 trades...1 eye or 2 eyes (these are gone) sagae...1 trade...1 eye (this one is gone) sum and substance...2 trades...1 eye each striptease...5 trades...1 eye...or 4 trades of 3 eyes (these are all gone) warwick curtsey...1 trade...3 eyes sieboldiana ?? large blue...1 trade...1 eye also have these to trade: banana muffins (this one is gone) golden tiara,,,multi eyed multi trades royal standard,,,multi eyed multi trades grand tiara,,,3 trades...1 eye each june fever,,,1 trade...2 eyes LOOKING FOR TRADES OF THESE::::: in no particular order Avocado Embroidery Amber Tiara Brother Stefan Blackjack Glad Rags Jade Tiara Laura & Darrell Heavenly Tiara Sum it Up Jewel of the Nile Niagara Falls Choo Choo Train Crystal Tiara Holy Mole Manhattan Silver Threads and Golden Needles Angel Eyes Platinum Tiara American Grace Glen Tiara Apple Court Ice Age Trail Faithful Heart Fantabulous Corkscrew Candy Dish Wahoo Loyalist Pathfinder St. Paul About Face Sergeant Pepper Summer Joy Mack the Knife OR TEMPT ME....jill

Perfect timing, hostamanphil! I dropped in hoping to see photos of Avocado and to see how others might be using it in combinations. Thanks to everyone who shares :). I'll make a note to come back with a pic when mine are in their (young) glory this summer. Picked up 3 of them at a nursery's year end sale ($6 ea. - hope that was good) - the form and colour was just lovely and they seemed very healthy. In a holding bed until spring.

I'm beginning to take my claws out of the ceiling where I jumped when the word VIRUS came into my brain. OH NO!!! But now it seems the latest group of plants received DORMANT from Hallson and Green Mt are emerging perfectly fine. I have 3 Guacamole from Chris, and 3 plantaginea, all of which are now emerging in warmer weather with no problem. Even the big Avocado showed some cold burn and the heavy rains earlier in the week washed the damaged parts away. So now the leaves have the centers gone on only the damaged portions. I think it is time to see about taking a few of them away. Mary, thanks for the note. It isn't bad damage. We don't get so icy cold like your zone does. I'd say less than 10% show any kind of damage from cold. MY damage came from too much rain and too poor drainage during dormancy. Plus squirrels.

Jandey, I understand the butter and shoe horn technique well, and you certainly sound like a master. Like Laura said, where there's a will there's a way, and this group has a lot of will!! Love the ET Lemon Drop, still trying to get one. Dave, that's the part of my yard I call The West Lawn. It's between themed areas of my yard. On the West Lawn near the house, there are plumerias (Bali Hai, Cerise, California Sunrise, unknown yellow), plus passionfruit, banana and plantain. On the side you're commenting on are most of the fruit trees - lemon, persimmon, guava, peach, apricot, tangerine, a couple of avocados, loquat and almond. Mango, orange, lime and apple trees are all in the Farmhouse Garden section of the yard, with a bunch of herbs and some Japanese Maples. On the north side of the West Lawn, which borders "the High Country" are pine and Norfolk Island Pine. I have a Jacaranda and an Australian Flame tree at the bottoml, side by side, as I saw a pic where these both bloom at the same time - the former with purple flowers and the latter with crimson red. The Jacaranda has been a faithful bloomer. The flame tree focused on growing this, its second year, in which it almost doubled in size. I expect nice blooming from both next year. The High Country has dogwood, redbud, laurel and a berry patch (blackberry, boysenberry, blueberry, lingonberry, huckleberry, raspberry and white currants). The side of the West Lawn bordering the Swimmin' Hole has Cuban Royal, Teddy Bear and King palm trees along a fence covered in purple and yellow Trumpet Vines. Behind the fence in the Swimming Hole are several larger plumerias between the palms - Pop's, Loretta and Jeannie Moragne. Most of the plumeria are around the Swimmin' Hole, but "Na Pali (the Cliffs)" and "The Springs" all have plumeria, too. Na Pali is a terraced hillside overlooking the pool. I'm thinking of removing a huge pine there (there are five others in the High Country), and put plumeria trees all up the terraced hill, between Kentia and Flamethrower and bamboo palms. Now that should be a site! The Spings has beautiful Brazilian Tower trees, bamboo palms, and more plumeria. And let's face it, my big Shed in the back would be much for useful as a greenhouse than a shed, so that conversion will happen next year! So I really do still have room for more plumies, especially large ones, in case anyone is clearing some space and need to get rid on some.:) This yard was practically barren (except for the tall pines and some fruit trees) when I moved here a couple of years ago. Not anymore. It's not as dramatic or as nice as it sounds, though, the plants are still not that large, there's a ton to do and I'm in the early stages of a multi-year plan, it's all a work in progress. Sorry I got carried away! I love all these trees, and I left out a lot!