Chionanthus may sucker when pruned hard, though...although they're such a great tree/shrub anyway you probably won't mind! Consider abelia, weigela, lilac, fothergilla, dwarf crape myrtle, shrub rose, or--my favorite for your site--calycanthus. This last one is native, ornamental in bloom, carefree, and highly fragrant (although buy it when in bloom as the scent does vary from plant to plant). There are different varieties...the species is a red bloom with a strawberry-like scent, but I prefer 'Athens,' a greenish-yellow bloom with a scent between cantaloupe and Juicy Fruit gum that wafts in the breeze. Delicious! You might also consider blueberry, which is just as much an ornamental shrub as a fruiting shrub. But it needs at least two to pollinate, acid soil, and some special planting requirements. Pretty in bloom in spring, fruit in summer, good fall color, and flaking interesting bark in winter. There are also thousands of Japanese maple choices that are fantastic too!... =) Good luck with your choice...there are many more than I listed too.

Hi, we are new at this to, set our worm bins up three weeks ago. and like you we ordered some worms that didn't ship. so i found someone else, here is a like to his web site, he has his email and phone number both listed on it right at the top. I would call him first becouse when we got our worms he was in the process of hunting for a new location to move his farm to. And even then he still filled our order and meet us in a town closer to were we live, and delivered them in person. he was busy looking at property and didn't have to go out of his way for us but he did. I would call Ray Hill and see if he is up and running agian yet he figured he would be in a few weeks. sherie p.s. he ships year round Here is a link that might be useful: rays worms and more

Well, as luck would have it our local tile guy has a wonderful selection of, well, tile. I stopped in there and have chosen.... drum roll...... carrera 12x12 porcelain tiles by American Olean. Very lovely and work beautifully with the pebble tile, paper and the paint colors. He's coming out Saturday to measure and we'll order and hopefully there will be a functioning, beautiful shower by mid-July. I am so much more excited by this than by the surround, which I was not at all excited by but rather resigned to by the lack of grout cleaning. But this stuff needs little grout and it's way higher on the aesthetic scale than the fiberglass surround, obviously. Maybe it serendipity that the dumb thing didn't work out? I even get to incorporate some pebble tile into the shelf nook that we're building in... thank you to the GW'er that suggested that idea! Good good. It'sall: looks like you have 12" tile, too? I like it. Thank you and everyone else for taking the time to help me get this sorted out.

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