I love the trellis, and the stained glass is a nice touch. I don't think copper will quickly weather naturally to that verdigris finish without a little help. I've wanted to make a copper trellis for some time now and in my research you need to sand the copper pipe with steel wool or clean it to remove the factory coating and grease, then apply some sort of acid mixture to get that color. Here's one recipe referred to by GW member. Here is a link that might be useful: copper patina

I dont have too many pluemrias yet, but I do have 3 and two are budding /blooming. Here is my pretty princess. I figure it has about 2 full weeks before it makes its first flower. a href="http://s705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/tropicalzone7/?action=view&current=plumeriafall09001.jpg" target="_blank"> This was my first plumeria to ever have a bloom. I dont think it is a named cultivator, but it has a very strong fragrance, and abut 1 inch flowers. It doesnt seem to hold flowers well but I still recommend it for its quick growth and nice flowers. This is an arieal view of it. I forgot to take a picture of my pluemria divine but maybe ill get to it later. good luck

I am in love with your bathtub with the glass behind it. It looks just like what we are planning to do. Could you give some details of the brand, model, etc. of the tub. I am not real tall and hate climbing in and this looks like something I could handle steping into. I think the way you have tiled it would be perfect for us too. If you are able to post another picture showing the tub straigh on, in one or two pictures, I would realllllly appreciate it. Thanks. Judy

Image by: wintersown Coreopsis grandiflora pod and seeds Coreopsis grandiflora is a large showy perennial with bright and cheery golden ray flowers. Allow the flowers to mature and die back naturally. The petals will drop and form a seed pod where the center of the flower was. This will swell and mature to a deep russet brown, soon afterwards the stem below the pod will brown as it dies back. The pod will open in cup-like fashion, inside will be about a dozen small scale-shaped seeds an 1/8" in size. They are two-toned dark brown, with a darker greyish-brown stripe vertically centered in the middle of the seed.