P. X 'Titan' is a big plant and easy to grow. This fellow of mine has been throwing out flowers one after another, the flowers can last about 2 to 3 weeks and the plant will have up to 3 flowers blooming. It interesting to see the color of the flowers turn from dark violate to purplish light color with a bluish tinge. As you can see from the top pic and as it progressed on the last 2. I definitely do spend hours gazing at my plants; friends and family think IÂm a nut just staring them. It just fascinates me the knowledge that this plants are predators Âhunting there insects prey. Hey, its easy to keep in a room, I just put them on a tray with water and use 4 of those compact fluorescent light you can purchase anywhere for $10 and $12 dollars, but make sure IÂm using those that is "true light" of at least 2000 lumens. Very simple set-up but is working just fine for me. But make sure to harden your plants first! Cheers!

As the others have said, there's lots to consider before getting into specifics: - Inside or outside trim? - Stained or painted? - Wood or MDF? - If interior, you'll need base boards and window and door casings, as a minimum. If you can afford it and have the space, taller base boards and thicker, wider casings can add a lot to a room. (If wall switches have already been placed, they may influence the maximum width you want for your casings.) If you have higher ceilings, taller base boards are especially attractive. - Will you have crown moulding? If so, in which rooms? Will it be the same in all rooms or bigger in some than others? (Here's a good trick for getting big crown mouldings - - stack pieces. In the photo below, I stacked a piece of base, a piece of casing, and a piece of crown to achieve a 12" crown for a room with a 26' ceiling.) - Any curved trims (e.g., casings for round, oval, or arched windows)? These present a special challenge and are somewhat expensive. The arched window casing in the photo above is a product called "FlexTrim." Our builder said it's like installing spaghetti! Fortunately they make casings to match other manufacturers' wood and MDF casings so as soon as the arched part of the window ended, we continued with our regular MDF casings around the rest of the window. - Will you have other decorative trim (such a chair rail moulding, picture frame moulding, wainscot, etc.? If so where? Dining rooms are often prime candidates for these treatments. - What style? Craftman? Colonial? Traditional? Ornate? Plain? If you have time this weekend, go to your local lumber store and check out their choices for trim. They often have little bits of free samples you can even take to your house to try out. They usually have brochures showing the various profiles that are available too. Good luck!

I loved this. Ever wonder what people from long ago would think if they could have seen this just once?

I think it's a great photo-a real "action" shot! I am 55 years old and I've only seen one real live hummingbird up close in my life-it was at my Cousin Joyce's house. I'm goiung there this coming weekend-maybe I'll get to see another!