Phxlynne, Loving the lighter pic of SDS, she is a looker either way, def keeper and worthy of being a favorite. Rox, Yes, John stated that all the stock @ JJ's was orginally from PP. I do not know now what they are crossing, but the original stock like Cal Sunset, Gina, etc all were PP babies. Isobea, California Sunset is a great bloomer, great growth habit and yes GORGEOUS and ever changing depending on light/heat. Def a reliable fav. Thanks for sharing the pic of your HUGE tree. Kim309, Sometimes you just have to be colorful and gorgeous (sounds shallow .lol), to be a favorite. Personally I do not like scent (good or bad ones lol). I luv plumeria for their diverse shapes, sizes and blazing colors and color patterns. Def a looker and a favorite. Thanks for sharing as I have never seen an Xquisite growing locally, just the JJs pic of her. Gorgeous on either continent. Mike, I love your PPP. Nice to see that she performs in cool coastal areas of So Cal. How is her growth pattern? Def a good Fav choice, esp for the beach areas.. Waving @ Roxanne..lol Laura, Your J105 is GORGEOUS, but what else would I expect from you and VB temps. Thanks for sharing the pic of her with us all :) Daogirl, Loving your J105 also. So fun to see how the same varieties perform in the different growing climates of the US. K2FL, I agree, even in the cool coastal temps this year was the year for Purples. I had a BP 2 seasons ago, but it was too cool in my patch and never really popped the purple color, more reddish. But the pics I have seen in warmer areas are to die for with that deep dark purple black color...love it. Def a good Fav. Gidgetsocal, Where did u get your shell from, kind of looks like Sheer Beauty from Thailand that is kind of like a Semi shell in cooler areas. Love your pic, def a looker and good Fav choice. Thanks for sharing. KMS2, Those trees are huge and amazing... Cheers AJ, Love KM, one of my all time Fav Moranges. I love the color patterns and shape, reminds me @ times of Ruby Gold or Mermaid Gem from Oz. Gorge Pic thanks for sharing Jen, OMG Long time no see on GW stranger..lol I've seen you on FB P grps..lol I luv your JJ Serenade, reminds me a bit of Tiger without the splashing.. Def I would chose as a favorite also. Your pink diamond aka diamond of the first water is gorge, must love the Tx heat. My PD committed suicide to escape my penal colony plumie patch couple of years ago..lol Makaha sun look amazing in your patch Seems like Y'all in Texas had a great year. Cheers thanks for sharing. Thanks everyone for sharing your fav and their pics. So sad that some people already have defoliated their babies and preparing them for their slumber. The plus is that everyone will have more time to do what they need as you will not have to fertilize, spray, water, top dress your babies . Cheers and heres to another great season.

I too like the potato patties and potato salad. Now I like using them in the rolls, could use them in bread too. I love sheperd's pie too. Around here an open faced sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy is called a Manhattan. Any kind of meat, beef, turkey, or whatever. All sound good to me. Sue

Pat. I mostly use Kirks on the boys hair also. One thing I truely HATE is when kids have a stinky head...iI've found that even shampooing 3 times with shampoo kids can still have a stink head. My boys have oily heads so that could be why. Anyway Kirks on their heads and their heads smell so very clean and fresh. I do use a chamomile tea rinse.. I used to use lemon juice, they are both blondies, but I tried the Chamomile and wow it left their hair silky with a natural shine. so every night I brew 2 cups of Chamomile LOL glad I found a cheap brand that's 97cents for 25. I think though I'll try one tea bag and just let it steep an hour or so than dilute it some and split it in half for each boy. For those of you that don't know Kirks is a lovely coconut castile bar soap that can be used as a shampoo you just have to use a acidic rinse afterwards to restore PH. Kirks has a shampoo but I've never seen it at a store, ive been really really wanting to try it. So if any of you have please report to me if you like it. Thank You.

Robin, I've gotten a number of roses from dear Claire, above, and the Cascadia group. Claire loves old roses and the group has some very nice people. That's one good way to accumulate roses, join one of the local groups and buy from their low cost sales or get cuttings and propagate. Another really helpful group is the one that meets in Tacoma; really lovely people there and a good source of information. They maintain the very large rose garden at the Point Defiance which has an abundance of both modern and a nice old garden rose section. There is a mix of people there and they do a nice ARS rose show if you like that kind of thing and an auction of roses in late fall. I think it helps to know what kind of roses you want to grow. Once blooming old garden roses like the albas and the gallicas? Repeat blooming old roses like the portlands or hybrid perpetuals? Spinossisimas have a charm of their own that's like nothing else. Love fragrance? Any particular color? There are some really beautiful more modern roses - I love the ease and charm of some of the recent Kordes releases. Most of the roses people here love are not going to be found at a local box store, you have to look for them. The search and the learning rival the sheer fun of growing them and dealing with all the problems that attend any kind of dedicated gardening. It helps to look at rose books also and learn the different classes of roses ... or ask here and people will share their knowledge. Rosarian-types love to share what they learned from a book! Over the years I've spent hundreds of dollars and along the way learned how to propagate and accumulated a lot of books. Roses are a hobby like tatting or crewel work or collecting porcelain. Favorite vendors of mine for on line sales are Burlington roses in California and Chamblee roses in east Texas for modern Kordes and some Austins. I've also ordered from Heirloom and Rogue Valley and am very satisfied. High Country is great! Rogue Valley also gives away mystery roses and other roses with a certain order amount. Gean