Stanofh: I have had the same observation about the California Delonix regias. They seem to be more compact and denser trees than in pictures of trees I have seen in Phoenix and in Florida. I haven't come to any conclusions why this is...does anybody have any ideas? Katie, there's two D. regias available for sale as of 8/9/08 at Hunter's Nursery in Spring Valley,CA. One is a 15 gal. for $139.00 and a 24" box for $495.00. I took pictures of these tree this past Sunday. I'll post the pics. Also, J.D. Nursery in Fallbrook, Xotx - Tropico Neo Flora Gardens in West Hollywood have them available for sale. Here is a link that might be useful: Sherman Heights, San Deigo - D. regia

I was dying to get this one this year. I placed an order with an online nursery but by the time it was processed they were out of CFRV. It is at the top of my list for next year. How would it do in a pot? I have a huge area under a silver maple where almost nothing grows (I have a few cast iron plants there). I am considering getting barrels and pots and putting in interesting blues and greens next year.

Vanessa, I did not suspect that you were anything but a satisfied customer of Naylor Creek. I was glad to get your advice and a reference. I tried to call this afternoon but no one was at home. Will try again tomorrow. I have a fairly small yard and a particular plan that I'm trying to get put together. I've used quite a few hostas but need two more. There is nothing wrong with being a hosta collector with one example of many different hostas, it is just not the way I'm going. So I'm looking for some larger plants to get things showing up a little sooner. I have added Abiqua Drinking Gourd, Praying Hands, Striptease, Blue Mouse Ears, Devil's Advocate, Blueberry Waffles, Blue Legend, Francee, and Night Before Christmas. Generally these have been multiple larger sized plants that are well on their way. A couple of my friends have some larger, well established plants that have been the inspiration. Babka, Thanks for the link.

Floral_uk, I can definitely get closeups. Will try and take them tomorrow if I can find some with filled out flowering. We are just getting some warm days with flowers coming out. Thank you and I appreciate the input. Came across Pineappleweed that looks a lot like #3 though I got no hint of pineapple when crushing the leaves as was suggested. Also while searching around I identified another weed we see sparingly as spotted spurge. Fortunately that one is very easy to yank, unfortunately it seems to be ever pervasive so I am upping it to the puncturevine level of kill on sight as it is toxic. Not trying to eliminate every weed here, more like reduce the baddies, culture those that have some good virtues and introduce new ones that we want.