Cathy, We have been in a constant sate of renovation for 15 years. It was actually built in 1874. It's a two story with a huge attic which is going to be my guy's room someday(I have three daughters). It has and old limestone foundation, so the basement is good for nothing but the furnace and such. We could really use some storage space. It's 2300 sq. ft. but only has two closets in the whole house. Once the attic is finished that will add anohter 600 sq. ft. but I'm sure half of "my" room will become storage. All of the trim work was painted when we moved in and the hardwood floors were carpeted. We have stripped all of the trim and pulled up the carpet. Our large barn is in dire need of a new roof and foundation. My wife has been like a dog on a bone lately to start fixing it up. The other two barns are in good shape and I use them for my machinery and to clean my prairie seeds. I have seen that PBS special, very good!! The White Indigo blooms from early June to late June. That stem was regrowth on a plant I cut earlier, I'm trying to find out if you can cut more than once and still have the plant make it back the next year. I think I'm cathing up to you, it has now been nearly 4 weeks without rain. By the time sunday gets here we will have had 90+ degrees for 9 consecutive days, that hasn't happend since 1988. I have been watering my shrubs with soaker hoses and my annuals with a sprikler 24/7 for a week now. I've been concentrating on the shrubs because I have large finacial investmetn in them. My suns and Zinns look o.k. but they are definately stressed. Well, I'm off to do my rain dance in the moonlight. Steve

Hello Master Jeff. How's it going up there in the wilds of Canada? I figured they wouldn't like Tennessee. If I ever get some grow lights I might try them indoors, but for now I just have to oooh and aaaahh from afar. *sigh* I can't clam too much of a relation other than novelty. My husband has a more interesting background, his grandmother was George Patton's niece, and her husband was a decedent of Benedict Arnold. That's an interesting match right there. lol

Writing FB posts, so will share more here too. Today’s thought for California Invasive Species Action Week - Do No Harm. Individual choice can have disastrous affects on wild lands and the ecology. Did you know that Citrus Greening - the disease that has almost wiped out Florida citrus crops and is now in California was most likely brought into CA illegally by a backyard gardener? http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74155.html And, to Florida through illegally imported plant material? https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/microbes/citrusgreen.shtml Other states have Japanese beetles that feed on about 300 species of plants, flowers, and fruit; squash vine borers that attack vine crops of summer squash, winter squash, and pumpkins (I know gardeners that can’t get any summer squash at all anymore without a great deal of extra work, most just give up) and Tomato yellow leaf curl where it is not uncommon for losses of 100% to be experienced in fields with heavily infected plants. The host plant can be very different than the ones we see infected. There is solid reasoning behind our laws and quarantines that no plant material (living, dried, bulb, tuber, rooted cuttings, cuttings) may be shipped in to California unless it is from a company with phytosanitary certificates. https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/PE/transport_animals_plants.html We are free from many invasive insect, weed and disease species that wreck havoc on agriculture and environments in other states and countries. Our State is surrounded by natural barriers — towering mountains to the north and east, scorching desert to the south, and vast ocean to the west. Most plant pests cannot cross these barriers on their own; however, the State is under constant threat of pest introductions by man. Do No Harm. Please continue to spread the word that trading out of state plants into CA is illegal and a really really bad idea. (last bit from https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/pe/ExteriorExclusion/borders.html ). Thanks!

You could try Google! I found this on the first try: ' Species list ordered by common names of 336 Australian native trees and shrubs with links to photos and descriptions' . I simply typed in Queensland Native Trees species.