I like the plain old Hoya carnosa the most although Hoya carnosa var. carnosa is a plant I would love to grow but it's leaves are quite plain. There are some very heavily speckled forms of carnosa that would be fun to grow but I have never seen one in person. Check Hoyor.net and the last photo for Hoya carnosa. I like Hoya lacanosa Langkawi Island although I don't grow it myself. I have a plain green lacanosa as well as lacanosa Giant and Ruby Sue and of those I think I like Giant the most. I only have Hoya australis subsp. australis but I am going to say it's my favorite because I love it's small fuzzy leaves although I have read that it's not an easy bloomer. I like all of the pubicalyx varieties but of the two I have I think I will like the Red Buttons flowers more although my plant is still too small to bloom. I only grow one hybrid and that it Mathilde so I guess it's my favorite. I do like this Hoya for it's dainty little round leaves and it grows well. Mike

Gunsmoke looks to be first for me....short block wall in front of it, so blocks may be helping to warm this area. Lakeside Old Smokey is another that is ahead of the others. Big change in soil temps from a week or so...rain last night will really get things going. Paul

I'd say American Icon is considerably more dramatic than this, but I see now there is such a sport mentioned as Choo Choo Train margined. There are no pictures that I've seen, but I suspect it looks a lot like this. Actually that second pic in the Library does look a lot like this one, but I don't think it looks much like American Icon.

When you all are playing the game and don't get all eight tracks, do you hit replay or do you go on to a new game? I keep playing the same game until I get all eight tracks. It's interesting though that sometimes you can go through it real fast and get them all going and then other times I really try to think about my moves and that's when I run into a yard jam or one to three tracks.