Hi All- Thanks April- I've finally learned how to use my Nikon Coolpix 100- photos are turning out really nice! Pam- The Eucalyptus is 2 yrs old, they do grow huge here- yes, many folks stop & look at my gardens and chat, great way to meet the neighbors! Karyn, thanks- the Eucalyptus does stay evergreen, we are in zone 7b. But our winter was so bad that I did lose most of my inground brugs that I acquired last year. Hi Theresa- Thanks! How's it going? Hi Frances- wish we could get together! Karyn- good for you- that's what I'd do too. Frogs & toads are so valuable in our gardens. Thanks for saving them! kasha77

I wonder if thats your HI Dbl White X LAMour? (sp?) Whatever it is, I love it! Are you going to register it? Thanks for the offer on the cutting. I SO wish I could accept. I really have to curb myself here. I don't know what I am going to do with everything I already have, lol. And I have more coming..after that, thats it, I swear!!!!!! DH looked at me the other day and said "I dont know where you think you're going to put all that come winter". Problem is~I DON'T know!! That IS so beautiful tho. I tried a bunch of Abutilon seeds this year, only a couple came up, then they damped off, or just decided they didnt like me, either way, doesnt matter, they died.

Here are a few A's from my yard... Apricot Whirl Daffodil has a nice double flower. Ann and Russell Burgess Daylily is a beautiful creamy yellow daylily with a bit of a ruffle around the edge of each petal. Articulate Daylily...love the color on this one. Atlanta Royalty daylily is a nice red colored tetraploid daylily. Ankum's Pride geranium is a small perennial geranium with the most pretty pink flowers. Albo Picta hosta... American Halo hosta is a slow grower for me. I would like to see what a little fertilizer and lots of water in 2009 will do for it. I love the leaves on this hosta. This is Alpine Lake iris, a MDB. It was taken just after a rain and thus the transparency in some parts of the leaves. American Patriot is an IB iris I got from Snowpeak in 2007. Its first flower had 4 petals. So, first is a picture of the front, but then the second picture I will show has all four petals. Love the bright colors on this iris!! Apache Warrior, an IB iris, bloomed shortly after I traded for it with a friend. Arctic Fancy, IB iris is veined and edged with violet. Ask Alma iris is an IB apricot colored iris. Algrave lily is a pure pink asiatic lily that I got from Shelley in 2007. Thanks Shelley! Here is a perennial potentilla called Arc en Sol. It has a double flower and is scarlet in color and as the flower gets older its edges fade to a yellow. Very pretty. Acre sedum started to bloom July 6th. There are two semps that I took a picture of this summer that start with A.... Adelmoed Sempervivum... Akhenhaten Sempervivum... Aymon Correvon sempervivum's flowers are so tiny and pretty. Aztec Gold Veronica is a miniature, creeping veronica. I love the yellow coloring of the leaves. Lots of people who toured the yard this summer asked what kind of perennial it was because its leaves stood out in the landscaping. Brenda

I have a couple NÂs too... Northern flickers have been here for the past few years. They must nest in the trees in the shelterbelt around our yard, as I see them almost every day in spring and summer. Nelly Moser Clematis Navy Doll Iris, MDB Northern Exposure Iris, SDB Navonna Lily is a very nice pure white lily. New Wave Lily has two flowers that only have 4 petals instead of the normal six. Interesting. Here is the same New Wave lily from the 2007 summer. Neon Sedum has the brightest pink flowers. I bought one plant last summer, divided it into two right away and planted them in two different locations in the yard. Now on to the OÂs... Brenda