Hi, I have lots of hosta's any particular name you are looking for ? I have lots of shade plants, fernleaf bleedingheart, foam flower, coral bells - purple palace and snow queen which are varigated. Please email me if you are interrested. Thank You.

The hosta Jim Matthews is a little expensive usually about $40 dollars.I am trading the entire hosta with multiple eyes.I am interested in arisaema, asarum, hepatica, and streaked hosta's. Please email me if you are interested. Jim Matthews (medium size hosta) Very rare and not easily found...a H. sieboldiana hybrid from New Zealand with wide blue-green margins and a very distinctive center that starts out yellow and goes through a series of changes until it becomes white with green veins. A third color of medium green is evident early on where the center and margin overlap. The clump grows slowly but steadily and will be topped with white flowers in midsummer.This is truly a unique plant that will hold your interest

Orville & Meade is actually Durham Furniture, an excellent company. As reported in Furniture Today: Durham Furniture's new line is targeting shoppers who are "young or young at heart," according to Ron Fuhrman, vice president of marketing and product development. The company is offering a new brand, Orville & Mead, in solid-wood construction, built in North America. The launch includes six lines using traditional woods like maple, cherry and ash, with 12 to 16 SKUs in each group. The quality and price points are in line with Durham's typical offerings, Fuhrman said. Two of the groups are crossover collections from Durham's current line, where the finish and hardware are changed, but the other four are distinctive new looks, he said. The offerings are targeted to a different consumer and a different retail distribution network so that stores who hadn't carried or could not get the Durham line can now look at these alternatives. The line, named after Orville Mead, Durham's president and CEO from 1992 to 2002, is handled by the same sales representatives, but will have a different catalog, point-of-purchase materials and consumer Web site. In three months, Fuhrman said Orville & Mead also will have a retailer site where stores can view an online image library.

Damage report from western Boca Raton... My back is sore, really sore. Oh, and some dead Areca fronds fell down... around 843 of them. Honestly, I'm going to have a hard time claiming I survived a Cat 4 hurricane. Matthew was nothing compared to Francis and Jeanne. Even the three days of Irene were much worse rain than we got from this storm. I'm thankful, don't get me wrong, and even more thankful that it missed Jamaica - our home away from home, but after 11 years of not having to hang the shutters, my back was not entirely up to the task. There were cookies and Advil aplenty yesterday when the last piece of galvanized steel shutter was shoved into the corner of the garage. For those of you, like me, who were spared the ravages of what could have been the storm of our lifetimes, we should wipe away the sweat and hope it's another 11 years before we go through this again. For those of you who lost part or all of your garden, remember - they're just plants and they'll grow back eventually; as long as you're okay and your house is in one piece, say thanks to whoever you thank when miracles happen.