Hello, Do you have any terrestrial orchids? Which pink one do you speak of? I also have many erythronium species such as E. oreganum and americanum and rostratum. I have an abundance of Trillium ovatum. I also have hundreds of dk green 6"x5", #3 and #1 pots, but I fear the cost of shipping from Washington State would be prohibitive. The following are plants I would like to obtain to complete my species' garden: * lady slippers (what is your pink species?) * Trillium Undulatum (painted trillium) * Trillium Viride * Lg. purple fringed orchid (Plantanthera Grandiflora) Jerry

1. Ostrich doesn't your blooms stand back up on your Limelight after they have time to dry out? Mine do not flop that bad at all. I remember a pic of your LL and it was about the biggest one I have ever seen. It has set the bar high for my LL. I am curious at what height do you prune yours down to Ostrich? I Love my Limelights and can not really come up with a negative thing to say about them at all. 2. The Quick Fire is a very great shrub, but a little puzzling to me. I am glad Whass stated about her flower color. I have three of them. One was just purchased last fall. But my other 2 act totally different from the other. The PH is very close to each other, but they are in two completely different light exposures. One receives full sun from 11am all day and the other gets around 5 hours of mid to later day sun. The one in full sun acts like Whass's QF & the partial sun one acts like Ostrich's QF. Although who knows maybe they are different because they came from two different places or could it be the sun exposure?? I defentily prefer the dusty pink over pantyhose color later in the year. Never noticed the bugs on this one to bad. I have noticed them more on the Limelights than the Quick Fire, but neither are a problem at all. Always my first to bloom also! 3. I just bought my first Pinky Winky last year. It was a 5 gallon plant. The blooms were better than advertised in my opinion. Absolutely huge sturdy multi colored blooms. I couldn't of been happier about it's performance for it's first year. This year it is my only holdout in showing buds and growing slower than expected. Not sure what to expect this year. 4. The Pink Diamond is TERRIBLE for wasp and flys. No other attracts them like the PD in my yard! It is a tree form and is perfect in all other ways other than the bug issue. Always the second to bloom behind the QF or tied for second with LL. This year it is beating the LL by a week or so. Defentily not my favorite flower of all Paniculata, but still very stunning. 5. Little Lamb is about as floppy as a Pee Gee. Although it's flowers are far superior and compact size is great! I also bought some Vanilla Strawberries this year and I am very excited. I thought I read they came from a Limelight but are a little smaller. They are being sold by Bailey Nursery the same people that are behind the Endless Summer. They claim 4-5 ft wide and 6-8ft tall. They are 5 gallon plants I purchased. The stems are bright red! Better than the Pinky Winky by far! But I fail to have seen that mentioned by any of the advertisements. They say it will keep reblooming to give you the tri-color effect. Plus they advertise the bloom time is the longest of any other Paniculata by 4 weeks. The flower shape seems like they will be a little different from the LL. Here is some photos of the VS and found off a website and Bailey's. In the background I believe is the new Tickled Pink also.

Just wait and it will eventually turn pink. I think that you may have the same heat wave that we do here, hence the browning of the flowers. Or are you sure that it's a QF!? I have seen Limelight, Snow Mountain, Pink Diamond etc. trees but not a QF yet. Surely it can be done but you may want to check with the nursery where you got it from too!

I've always been told to let them completely dry on the plant. Good luck!