Beautiful Steve! I have one 50 year old spring blooming camelia that I inherited when I bought my house, but seeing your fall blooming ones may cause me to include 1 or 2 fall blooming in my garden.I know Fairweather gardens has a good selection. Where did you purchase some of yours? I saw the fencing around a few of your smaller plants-protection from rabbits? Leslie

Beautiful pictures Steve.

Awesome looking yard!! Thanks for the update! What kind of cannas are those. Im bought omega and intrigue in Late august to put in the ground this spring. They havent grown much so Im hoping that when spring comes they do actually grow and they dont sit there and wither away. The cactus, Majesty palm, Dioons, Norfolk Island pine, and everything else, all look really healthy! What are your plans for the Dioons once they go indoors? I just took mine inside today into the garage. It very very rarely goes below freezing (I think only 2 times in the last 10 years), but there isnt any sun and it is cold. Im trying to prevent it from flushing until spring because my sago palm has a terrible habit of flushing when indoors (even in bad conditions). Good luck! Hopefully there wont be a frost tonight!! -Alex

Suze: Thanks for sharing your varieties. I should be able to get quite a few more ripened before the frost, if not outside then indoors. Only a few of the Rutgers and Eva Purple Ball have ripened so far, but I have a lot of them that are close. Tastewise, I like the Eva Purple Ball the best, but I also liked Stupice and the black cherries. I didn't really care much for the taste of the large red cherries, but I liked their production. Jerry: I started these from seed and planted them out in the garden in Mid July as six or seven week transplants. To combat the hot temps, I put a very think layer of mulch over them to keep soil temps down and to hold moisture in. Fortunately, we had a few cool days in September and some really warm days in late October. I feel lucky to have gotten as many tomatoes as I have. One of the biggest things I did differently was to keep the leaves dry. Last year I sprayed them with seaweed and compost tea, which I believe resulted in disease. Pete