It is a knockout. It stopped me in my tracks when I saw it in a nursery in full sun. The plant seemed to have a gorgeous sheen to it that I don't notice in other euphorbias. I live by the coast and our soil is sandy. I don't think I'll have issues with drainage. Thanks for the info!

Nice shot! We are in Adairsville (currently famous for a tornado - go figure...) and I am hoping the Redwings found some good shelter. The feeder and suet are covered up today - went out and strewed some bread around for the doves and other interested parties since everything is sodden or blown away in our area. We are lucky enough to have a couple of very small 'wetland' areas a short distance away along with a good-sized creek, so we have frequent and consistent visits from the Redwings. In fact, the greedy little devils run off the competition on the feeder sometimes. Still, I really do enjoy having them here. Bad manners and all. :) Ging

I just went out to fill the seed feeder and heard the first red-winged blackbird call of the season. The call was missing a couple notes so it wasn't as obvious as it normally would be. I searched my neighbor's trees for the bird, as they like to sit at the tops of them. I found him sitting at the top of a utility pole. This is ten days later than last year's first sighting.

I saw two blackbirds visit my feeder day after the snow storm we had here in nw Indiana a couple weeks ago and although I've seen starlings in the area descend on any tree with fruit - haven't seen any at my feeders. Finches are also MIA