Well I was there. Had a great time. Bought too many lovely plants. So now I will bw finding a place for all my beauties this week.

Some things we are selling; Ficus auriculata various camellias, japonica and sasanqua Tabebuia chrysotricha and impetiginosa unusual conifers several Ti Plants Hibiscus 'Catawaba', 'Sioux', and 'Tonto' crepe myrtles, excellent smaller cultivars palms Fatsia flowering Osmanthus fragrans Abelia x grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope'- nice golden variegated foliage Stromanthe sanguinea 'Triostar' cheap bromeliads central Florida ecotype Liriodendron tulipifera, American Tulip Tree various ornamental trees a couple forms of Colocasia Eric Orlando,FL

Nick and I are going to hit it today too. He wants a new CP and then he wants to to go to Hollywood Studios, LOL, but he's still just 10. Did anyone get anything good? Was anyone selling carnivores? Last year at all the plant sales I bought gingers for under the Oak and Chinese Lantern tree on the border of my garden. While I was in India the neighbor cut down the Lantern tree and trimmed back the oak severly well over my yard. I probably had $300 worth of gingers under it that are all going white with sunburn. That was my only safe spot to grow them. But I don't want another 'enemy' neighbor. I already don't get along with my south neighbor. when he move in (we live in a circle cul-de-sac) he didn't know where the property line was and he cut down all of my plants in a flower bed including a papaya, a bay leaf, and a bougie. Then he argued about the property line! Like it had magically moved just because he moved in. Oh well.

Short report: nice show and nice gardens although the roses weren't in bloom this early. It was nice to be IN Orlando instead of driving thru it going somehwere else. Nice city. Lake Eola (sp?) is so pretty with it's swan boats (for rent?)and fountain in the middle. Good selection of OGR roses as well as roses on fortuniana, hard to find stuff. Bamboo,lots of tropicals, fruit trees, blueberries, butterfly and hummingbird plants, flowers, etc. Gardeners walking around in a daze, not looking where they are walking due to head swivelling constantly, lol. Babies being pulled in wagons and being displaced by plants, so added to the pedestrian melee. I never got MY wagon (stopped at many many places, too much $$) but saw what someone else did to imitate (photo to follow in another thread). tampasteve-thanks again for the vendor map link. parking was INSANE (9:30) but we got lucky. Never would have gotten a map because once you park inside you don't walk past the entrance to get info. Best to come prepared. Denise