Polly, I don't know those plants, but I think I have a tiny cutting of two of them. Looks like 4 diff plants. Cute!! Maybe needs its' own thread? Looks like the one "bluish" one has flowers? The Philo's growing on what used to be a shelf of a little wire cart. My son tore it up and I've used the sides to support larger plants, and my honey bent the shelves into the box shape for these littler plants. Funny, months ago, I said around here somewhere, "what could grow on a 9" trellis?" And eventually answered myself. Ha! This isn't the most attractive setup, but it was free and should serve its' purpose well, to get this vine started climbing. A regular heart-leaf Philo with one of the sides added to its' pot this weekend.

harley, LowE2 (or more correctly LoE^2 - squared) is Cardinal's copyrighted designation for their dual-silver coating. Since Cardinal is the 800lb gorilla of the residential LowE market, it is pretty common to see folks using the term(s) LowE-two or LowE-squared when speaking about any of the various dual-silver coated products - whether a Cardinal-version LowE2 coating or not. Are LowE2 and LowE "...the the same and it is window lingo in the window business..." - well, absolutely no to the first comment - and a qualified "sort of" to the second. While it isn't uncommon for folks to refer to LowE2 as simply LowE - even in the window business - when speaking specifics, as you asked, then I suspect that the person with whom you spoke is somewhat ignorant of his ignorance in this area - based on what he told you. They are definitely NOT the same thing, and while folks in the window industry may refer to various versions of coatings as "LowE" at times to one another, it is with the understanding that everyone involved understands exactly what product is being discussed. If there was any question then the speakers would likely be more specific about which coating they were refering to. A typical softcoat LowE may have from five to seven layers of metals or metal oxides. The primary or "active ingredient" of those layers is a single layer of silver. A LowE2 coating may have from seven to 11 layers of metals and metal oxides with two of those layers being silver. Thus the "squared" part of the name - twice the silver in the LowE^2. The silver layers are the actual reason that the coating works - the other layers are also important for a variety of reasons - but it is the silver layers that block the heat. By definition, a LowE coating can be either a hardcoat (primarily a layer of tin-oxide that is applied when the glass is still hot in the furnace) or it could be a single-silver layer softcoat product. A LowE2 coating, on the other hand, is always a softcoat. While a LowE coating will benefit you in a heating climate, a LowE2 will benefit you in both heating and cooling areas. Following up on skydawggy's reply: who is the window manufacturer? Give them another call and ask what coating is on the window's - is it Cardinal's? AFG? Guardian? Pilkington? Other? If they answer yor question about who manufactured the coating then ask for the "name" or designation of the coating - from that we can tell you if it is hard or soft coat and if it is dual or single silver - if a softcoat - LowE or LowE2. I also agree with skydawggy that it isn't a matter of the price difference, it is a matter of a potentially major performance difference that is at issue. Hopefully the label was as ignorant as the individual that you spoke to on the telephone and that you do have a LowE2 coating. One other quick comment - there is something of a common misconception (even among some otherwise knowledgeable window folks) that while LowE is a coating applied to one surface of a dual pane IG unit (applied to surface 2 or 3 in the IGU), and that LowE2 consists of a LowE coating on two surfaces (2 and 3), this is not the case (see LowE and LowE2 as explained above). While there have been, and without doubt still are, some companies that do build IG units with LowE coatings on surface 2 and 3 in a dual pane window - if anyone is dealing with a company that advertises such - then RUN (don't walk) away from that company. Having two surfaces (2 and 3) with a LowE coating in a dual pane is a sales gimmick that will cause problems with the IG unit due to heat retention between the lites. It is a very bad idea that is best avoided - completely. Triple pane IG's are a totally different story, however. In a triple pane coating two lites works very well and is a primary reason for the increased energy performance of triple pane IG units over dual pane IG units.

Lowes installed my doors. What a cluster of catastrophes, It started with their crew coming out to measure. Then they came back with the windows and doors that THEY measured and the doors were so much smaller than the openings that they looked ridiculous. The doors were Pella wood sliders, very nice, but too small for the openings. I begged them to make the doors bigger, not smaller, but they said they could not. Then they could not find trim to fit the doors, so they left the last trim they bought in my yard to be rained on. As they were preparing to leave, I asked what they were doing with the trim and they told me I had purchased it and I could do whatever I wanted. This was their 6th try at installing said trim, so they never came back. I called and went to the store in Simpsonville, SC every day for weeks. I contacted the CEO of Lowes (not the current one) and he told me Blaine (the fellow in charge of my special order at the store) told them that I had ordered smaller doors to save money! first of all, I begged to make the doors bigger and the larger doors were less money because they were standard size. Now fast forward a few years and the largest set of doors will not even open at all! I had Pella out to my home and they said the doors were installed wrong from the beginning and that they need to take the whole thing out and reinstall. When the doors were first completed I was told that they only needed to be adjusted and I was doing it wrong. Can I sue lowes? Really angry!

EXACTLY! After throwing a fit, I finally got my appliances ordered last May on October 18. They substituted a SHarpe microwave because the LG is now on back order at Lowes! (the microwave IS available thru LG website however) And they substituted another model for my LG Range. It was a slightly more expensive model, so we didn't gripe, but it came with no racks, no installation package, no warranty info, no user manual, no air fry tray, no built in thermomter. I spent hours talking to LG AND to Lowes. Finally had to order the installation package myself at $71 and Lowe's is supposed to give me a gift card for that amount. Lowe's optional solution was to order a completely new range (which is out of stock now and not expected til after the new year). They OBVIOUSLY robbed Peter to pay Paul. During this whole process, I have spent 2 hours with my Lowe's designer selecting appliances that were "in stock" and endless hours on the phone reporting delivery damages, missing appliances, and trying to rectify errors.