I can see how I could easily become a little obsessive about seeds. No seed or plant left behind lol. Am already that way about little plants and feel a little guilty when I lose some I've nurtured due to neglect. But I do not want to go overboard on that track. When I woke up I was thinking about "things", don't have much of a mind for deep philosophizing, but seeds represent life potential and resurrection of sorts, no matter what there is or isn't. It's nice to be a part of it, helping the process along. The beauty of a job well done is rewarding. Was also thinking about weeds, how much we hate them, why they are so easy and other plants so hard. But would we really want a perfect world where every flower is perfect? Just speaking for myself, the imperfect ones make the best ones seem all the more special. In some ways we have the power of life and death over the seeds, the ones we don't get around to planting. A lot of the rest of it is beyond our power to control. I am having a little trouble understanding why some are so into rudbeckias. I like them well enough and always get a thrill from diversity and the unexpected, but some of them look pretty much the same to me. And what is the difference between the yellow ruds with the red splash and Indian Blanket gaillardia? Normally I shun red and yellow together but see the beauty in those. Granted the flower form is different, but which are better and why the preference? Both seem to bloom all season, but my ruds topple. My sister doesn't like ruds but saw my Prairie Sun and Cherry Brandy and did like those. Certainly don't mean to hurt anybody's feelings or cause offense, but I don't like black-eyed susans; there is no rhyme or reason for it. I've been known to change my attitudes though. I've noticed I now like color combos that I would have never dreamed of putting together when I was younger. With me there seems to be a law of diminishing returns. The more perfection I strive for in composition, colors, types, etc., the less I seem to be satisfied. Then I see photos of things I wouldn't put together or things that just look "thrown" together, and they are the most beautiful of all. I know behind it all it required some thought and planning.

Ha! Sorta what I was thinkin'. Well, other than a larger flower, I'm probably happier to have a large clump of SC since it reblooms. I'll just move them together so I will have a spot for a new daylily! No big deal, I don't really buy from the box store unless it is on good clearance or I see it in bloom. I saw this one in bloom, but it looked like the picture on the tag to me. But it was on clearance too so I didn't pay much for it anyway!

I've got my share of such...and I attribute it to winter...then spring frosts. I have found that the outermost leaves (first ones to emerge) are the only ones affected. The subsequent flushes of growth are normal. I don't recognize the hosta but some take on corrugation towards maturity. Anything is possible ... that this may be what is happening...or just weather related. If you know the name of it you could look it up to see how it looks at maturity. If it's not a rugose hosta, it likely will return to normal next year. :-) Jo

good work! glad you got it all back to normal. and you are very welcome. remember that not just the pc has to be plugged into a surge protector, the router. modem, and telephone line if one is used or the cable itself if cable is used, the one I have has places to plug in a phone line, cable line, all the stuff that has to get plugged in to make the pc work, which is nice so when the weather gets bad I only have one switch to hit and one plug to unplug from the wall. Phone lines /dsl lines are great conductors for lightening. You can have a whole house surge protector added right at your service panel where your breakers are which is really nice.