you all appear to have shown commendable restraint. Although I am not ordering for fall, I do have orders in for Spring (mostly 2008), and would appreciate any comments/insights thereon (most in part shade, except as noted): Morning Has Broken Violet Hood The Bishop Belle de Crecy Konigin von Danemark Madame Isaac Pereire Canary Bird Apothecary Alba semi plena Rosa moschata semi plena Westerland Dornroschen Sunsprite (pretty much full sun) William Shakespeare 2000 Darlow's Enigma Marie Pavie Deuil de Dr. Reynaud (pretty much full sun) Captain John Ingram (full sun) Souvenir de la malmaison rouge Erfurt Autumn sunset Belinda's Dream Frederic Mistral The McCartney Rose (full sun) Marchesa Boccella Applejack Madame Alice Garnier Folklore Jenny Marianne Ghislaine de Feligonde (grow by/into jujube tree) Thanks. George

Heehee, MissSherry - we won't discuss how much better we're getting (not older)! Looks like somethin's been a munchin' on the leaf on the right upper corner??? I just planted mine in March, and it and the persea borbonia are taking their sweet time growing roots I would imagine, cause there's nothing on top! LOL! I hope those roots are growing and rolling around in that good chicken manure. My Witch Hazel is finally beginning to show signs of life. Took it awhile, too. But the other plants, like the illicium henryi has blooms on it! It's a gorgeous plant. Don't know that anything uses it for a host, but I've been wanting one for my shady backyard for some time now. And the viburnum nudum is coming along nicely with new foliage and bigger leaves as is the Bottlebrush Buckeye. The two spicebushes I planted last year bit the dust in our drought last year. No foliage, nada. I checked the cambium layer and it is dead, dead baby, dead, dead, dead! So, I'm glad I re-ordered the two I have from MON. They are leafing out nicely, as is the pawpaw I got, too. Now I may get fruit eventually since I've planted two of them. I started to order some more False Nettle from Edith, but the shipping was the same price as the plants, so I decided to wait it out. If I don't see any foliage in a couple of weeks, I'll try to get some locally from Marilyn at Wild Things. Too bad she doesn't do mail order cause her plants are gorgeous, too, and she's local for us. She's worked very hard to get seeds and grow plants that are native in Oklahoma. I can't wait til I have blooms like yours! Those big-leaf mags grow all over town here. Lots of people like them, but the foliage can look pretty brown and battered by summer's end. Susan

I just have to add my refrigerator sale order to the thread! First time with White Oak, I think the plants look very nice. Box was in the mail on the hottest days so far this year, 98 degrees, and mailman left it in the garage...I just noticed the box by chance last night, probably had sat there for 24 hours. Ugh, but plants look great this morning and are now soaking: Photo 1, below: Dark Star $4 S/M - Medium blue-green with a narrow, slightly rippled, creamy white margin. Medium lavender flowers in August. Fair Maiden $4 S/M - Very dark green leaves with beautiful irregular creamy edges. Gorgeous. Pale lavender flowers in July Yin $7 x 2 S - Shiny, blue-green leaves with a slightly rippled white margin. Lavender flowers in July. Photo 2, below: Dance with Me $8 M - Yellow leaves with a medium green margin. Dull on top and slightly shiny underneath. A sport of 'Summer Music.' Near white flowers in mid July. Fragrant Dream $7 L - Large, foot-long leaves are medium green with narrow creamy yellow margins that turn white by mid season. Pale lavender flowers in August. Rotunda $5 M/L - Mature leaves are bluish green, round and puckered. Pale lavender flowers in June. Photo 3, below: Wolverine $6 x 2 M - Slightly blue-green with a 1 1/2 inch wide, slightly rippled yellow-gold margin. Slightly shiny on top and a glaucous bloom underneath. Pale lavender lowers in late July Inniswood $9 M/L - Large gold quilted leaves with a green margin. A stunning plant when mature. AHS Savory Shield Award Dick Ward $7 M - Beautiful light yellow-green center with irregular dark green margin. Lavender flowers in mid-July. Ice Follies $12 M/L - This sport of 'Antioch' has wide, creamy white margins and a good growth rate with long, pointed leaves. Pale lavender flowers. I think these all look nice and healthy. I do have a question. If you purchase 1 hosta, say, the Ice Follies for $12 and two separate eyes are sent, is that legitimate? I know some might say it's better, but isn't it basically 2 smaller plants? Just curious how people view this sort of thing...there were some very nice, large hostas here, like the Fragrant Dream and the Dick Ward. There are also some that were sent with multiple, separate eyes, to represent one plant order. Is it typical for bare root shipments?

https://www.musserforests.com/prod.asp?p=DAR About five years ago I ordered 100 Metasequoias from Musser Forests. Think they all leafed out. Gave away ~90 of them at work. One is in my yard now. Two others still in pots. They offer more typical trees also. I have also made bulk orders from my state Nursery. Think it was 25 Cornus floridas. I killed most trying to graft lol.