My ivy leafed small light blue morning glories bloomed first and got to about four foot tall. The Early morning, or tall mix got tallest at about ten foot and bloomed much later. Because they needed to be sown after frost I didn't see a lot of difference between my direct sown and winter sown. I didn't use the best soil though and my drainage was bad. This year I'm doing more and will be direct sowing for ease of planting out.

Japie, Very nice photos! I really like Manoa Beauty, and your Royal Cordovan looks great! Lisa had it right. I've informed Michael K. and Brian Weber about the name change, and I think I've told the story here before, too. The N. (princeps x Fireball) x 'Peggy Pollard' is a hybrid by Gary Hendrix that he finally registered in Jan. '06 as N. 'Bob Work'. It looks as though it's widely grown by members of this forum, and deservedly so! The seed parent (princeps x Fireball) is Gary's hybrid which he registered as N. 'Granada'. Gary told me that N. 'Peggy Pollard' (on my original label it was 'Peggy Pollard #13') was a plant that he got from Peggy Pollard's garden that later turned out to be properly identified as N. burlemarxii. hdd, I've had some fun hybridizing with it, too! Japie, Bob may be right in suggesting Ae. 'Fulgo ramosa'. Bullis also registered the discolor selection as Ae. 'Shining Light'. I don't know if it's the same plant masquerading in commerce under two different names, but I can't tell them apart by the photos on fcbs. Paul

The tree cutters came and picked up all the debris. They did a good job, but got our neighbor angry because they came through their driveway to get to the vacant lot next door. They had cut an enormous limb that had fallen over there. They left some ruts in the yard, so I had to do some tall apologizing, etc. Our pest control man came this afternoon and identified the flying demons as metallic beetles. They were all over the trees, and he said they were after the sap that was oozing after having the branches trimmed. They were dive-bombing me while he was here. I had to wear a hat today to keep them out of my hair. He'll be back next week to spray for them. This post disappeared this morning, but I see it is back on the forum again. I hope I don't have any more problems with Photobucket. Nancy

Marti and Juneroses thank YOU for take the time to look and comment. So sorry to mislead you about the name of the cactus which Tally passed along. Last year I posted photos in which it looked like a praying Madona so I've called it that ever since. The plumbago by the driveway gets a lot of sun from the West. It's water needs are low and it has needed even less water this year since we've had several little showers and the rain runs across the driveway to where it planted itself. One reason a lot of pots are used is that it is NOT easy to dig a hole in this hard and rocky ground. Water absorbing crystals in the potting soil for the more thirsty plants helps hold the water longer. Also large holes are drilled in the bottom of pots so the roots can go out the bottom and still make use of any water that has escaped from the pot. For me it seems that pots require less water volume wise, because it is concentrated in the pots. Recently I'm using more desert plants in the pots that need very little water. This post was edited by roselee on Thu, Oct 9, 14 at 22:02