Thanks all for your wonderful responses. In all fairness the category was just called Patio Container. Well in my mind that spelled out a wagon with miniature plants. :-) The other containers were very nice, but hey were your typical geraniums, spikes, petunias, etc. Don't get me wrong I have containers that contain them as well, I just wanted to be different, but look what different got me LOL !!! Oh well I guess I know better for next year. Thanks again. Kim

Carol sure knows what she's doing. She flew from Spokane to our Heritage Roses Northwest meeting a couple of weeks ago and brought one of those beauteous Tuscany Superbs along as a generous door prize. It was so incredibly perfect, as yours are, that we who have TS in our gardens said to each other that we weren't sure it actually WAS TS, but it is, just more perfect than we've been able to accomplish. A terrific nursery with great owners. Those bands are really beautiful. Sue

Thank you all for your help. I know our current couch is Italian Leather. We picked our color from swatches and we were given the choice of a bicast gloss/wax. That salesman was wonderful in explaining leather and the differant grades. It was a wonderful set. Conditioning it regularly really does help. I went in and talked with the salesman this am. He stands by this set. He explained to me what wear i will see with it. He said eventually since it has a layer of coating, that, that coating will break down and you will see wrinkles on the bend points. He was quick to point out regular leather does this aswell. Unfortunately i havent been able to see this set as they dont have it on the floor anymore. I remember sitting on it some time ago when we were in the thinking process. We did go to another store this am aswell. We found another bi cast set. It was in a chocolate brown, i did a scractch test on it. It was more gloss than our set i would say. It did leave a scratch, showing a litter brown. I am going to take my chances with the first set i posted. I will spend the 200.00 extra for the bumper to bumper insurance. If it cracks, rubs, stains, rips, anything it will be promptly fixed. If it cant be fixed they replace the couch. Lisa

Actually, Anj, it's old and rusted anyway...but still looks pretty good...so I'll punch holes in the bottom for drainage. Otherwise the water would just sit in it. I have two old boilers and several other metal things with holes punched in the bottoms, and they work well for planters. At first I tried using stones in the bottoms, but finally gave up and punched the holes. Saves a lot of headaches...and lost flowers! DH loved the "Welcome Wagon" idea! ~Sandy~