#1 on my list is Kapalua Also want to replace some of the ones that I lost: Gold Coast Peachy Essie's Fantasy Mary Moragne Compacta Beach Chocko Delight Gardenia Gladys K Brandt Kaneohe Sunburst I'm not even going to try Black Purple or Orange Splendor again, seems not many people can keep them alive. I would rather spend my money on hardier varieties. I have a list of several from JJ's that I want. I've never lost a JJ plant. I get the larger sizes and they are loaded with roots and are more like small trees if you get the larger sizes. This year, I'm getting less, but larger sizes. Now that we have to move them inside in the winter, I would rather have larger, hardier than a bunch of struggling babies. This post was edited by powderpuff on Sun, Mar 24, 13 at 10:55

Moonie, I love arugula, it has a nice bitter/peppery flavor that is great. It self seeds for me so I always seem to have some around. Normally I have it in salads, I make a lemon juice/mustard/garlic vinaigrette, toss in some feta cheese and some sprinkling of Parmesan, add some chicken, it's very tasty. Not sure I'd enjoy it as much without the lemon dressing, as that for me complements the peppery taste of arugula perfectly. Pharaoh4 - The Pretty Princess took off much better this year - last year was the first year in ground after languishing for 5 years in a pot. The first flowrs will be open anytime and I am hoping for great things. Will post flowers when I have some pictures. Andrew, coastal southern california means May-mid July with overcast mornings, highs in the low-mid 70's, evenings low 60's, Aug-Sept high 70's with some days in the mid-high 80's but nights 65-70, and then a cool down from there. But we do have bursts of Santa Ana winds that can get the temps up into the 90's and evenings in the 70's that last for a week or so and then the colors really come out.

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum, but on my third year of plumerias. We went to the show last year and this year. Since we are kinda new, we aren't to picky about which one/type yet so we went on Sunday at 2:00, so there was only two hours left of the show. Let me tell you last year there was plenty to pick from, this year, there was almost nothing left! JJ was the only one who had quite a few left. So that being said a couple vendors were offering to make a deal with the couple that they had left. My husband and I each went with $50.00 to spend, of course we brought the checkbook just in case!! Right away my husband struck a pretty good deal with two of the larger plants that were outside on the patio. The seller marked them both down right away for a total of 45.00 for both, one white and yellow, one yellow and white, both with current inflows and both having an inflow about to open! So then it's my turn, we have plenty that are one to two years old, I kinda wanted one larger one and no more white and yellow. I already have three JJ's... but they do seem to be my strongest plants so why not another one, again a lot of small ones, a couple larger ones for $100, but that over my budget.. so I was going to settle for one for $40.00, I don't even remember what is was, and John saw me and said, no don't get that one, take this one, it was a Rio, with an inflow about to bloom, it was marked $55.00, but he marked it down to $40.00. Still white, but has colored edges, he showed me in the catalog. So I was happy. Then I came across the Aztec Gold, I loved the smell, but they only had a little one left, but the vendor automatically took $5.00 off for me. So for going at the last minute we are very happy with our afternoon at the sale. We left at exactly 100 with a good group of plants. The two on the left are the ones my husband got for a total of 45.00, the one in the back is a JJ Divine for my mother in law, she loves mine, the little one in the front is the Aztec Gold, and the one on the right is the JJ Rio!

Hi ISo, Go to Maui Plumeria Gardens and check out my friend Sonia's posts. She goes under Lolasmom. She has pictures of Marco Polo there. She said that Shangri La maybe what he is calling Spyn and if so, that is an AWESOME plumeria! I was lucky enough to get a nice one from Sonia this spring. Not large enough to bloom yet and it is a slow grower but the flowers are GORGEOUS and supposed to have a strong jasmine scent. You would have to ask Jon if Spyn and Shangri La are the same for sure but even if there not, ask for Spyn. It's really nice! Andrew