Organic garden dreams I just wanted to say about the statues: We've spent years aquiring them. We are avid bargain hunters. Sometimes statuary places have a "bone yard" of stuff that has been damaged. Occassionally there will be something there for a great price that has a few cracks that don't bother us or a blemish that can be hidden or fixed. These places do have sales. Sometimes they're very happy to sell something in the winter for a cheaper price if you ask(my husband always asks) Our most important statue, Flora was rather exspensive but not terribly so. I waited for her as we saved the money and then also we found that if you order something and not take it off the lot they discount 20%.

Wow! Gulf frits here, gulf frits there, here a gulf, there a gulf, everywhere a gulf-gulf! Pretty cool, Cindee!! Love it! And here's one I meant to post above and forgot. I just happened to catch a green sweat bee on the coneflower, and it was being chased around by another type of little bee. They were very busy playing King of the Hill on the center of the bloom. Marcia

Nice plants! Liberty's always a winner. I'm really enjoying mine that I bought a couple of months ago. That epimedium is striking. I've never even heard of that. It shows to be good to go in my zone but it sure doesn't look like something that would do well anywhere close to this far south. We melt things in early June that look tougher than that! :)

Love the hot flowering Cymbidiums! Breeding with the Australian Native Cymbidiums has extended the flowering season in spring so that the Cymbidium fanciers here can now have blooms from early Autumn till late spring. One of the Cymbidiums much used in breeding is Cymbidium lowianum which is responsible for the need to have summer night average temperatures below about 20C and probably the need for a temperature dip in winter. USA breeding also produced some "warmth" tolerant hybrids that bloom early Autumn. One example being Cymbidium Golden Elf.