congrats on the surprises ! it is so much more exciting to grow the plant, then go by it ..and sometime when i buy them..they are looking pretty funny...I DO buy plants BUT the wintersowing has REALLY saved me money and I can get the more " hard to find" plants that may be hard to grow from seed. I hope that you see blooms from the lupine this season AND do well with your delphimiums !

Hi Guys & Gals! These temps here on the east coast have really been horrible. I haven't felt cold temps like this since long ago on the Tarmac in Canada for work. I'm talking bone Chilling temps . I was flying during these days in the northeast and the temps were in the -5 degree with windchills in the -25 degree mark. Seriously, it doesn't work for me. I took off the heels and wore boots for the three days . Brrrr. I lost one palm tree so far , So sad... Picked up a nasty head cold just for fun! Thank you guys for the nice comments. I needed these blooms to help me with these nasty cold temps. ( head cold too) Rox.. I love your blooms, sooo cool! Always wanted a salt water tank. Love them. love your pics. A boat ride will be wonderful. Thank you! :-) I use Foliage Pro on my trees. Love this program...start in the spring end in the fall Thank you Chuy! ;-) Mahalo, Mark! So kind . Thank you Sultry... Hi Jen! I'm pleased to have Inflos right now. The colors are not as vivid, but I still love them.. Kapalua has two Inflos... Wonder what they will look like. Embers has one pushing right now too. We shall see! Andrew.. Hey! butterfly Gold turned out to be something else, but the seller was great about the mix up. One day, I will find one. She thinks that is Texas Beauty.. Sparky is a beauty, especially in summer. Thanks ! Hi Bill, Thank you for the well wishes, I hope you and S have a wonderful New Year too! Glad to hear you all are having a mild winter. We are having swinging temps from one end to the other. Today it was 70degrees. Unbelievable.. Check out Princess Victoria without the splash... This was a few days ago. Still pretty to me, but no splash. Interesting. ( I did have the streaking this summer... It was beautiful! ) Take care, Laura This post was edited by loveplants2 on Sat, Jan 11, 14 at 22:07

What we can't wait til Saturday for pic's!!! LOL How thoughtful of Jessy. I have had her fig perserve too and is it ever good. I hope you enjoy!!! Diana55 P.S...I'll be waiting for Saturday :)

Here's a site to see more.....beautiful! My sister in law bought me really pretty bottle in China last year, she watched the man paint it. She said some of his brushes had only one thin bristle. I love it...what talent! Here is a link that might be useful: Painting inside glass ornaments