You cant tell to much from my pics.,sorry, except the size of the Papilio flower scape. And that the bulbs are big. I forgot the Lemon Sorbet bulb. I just planted the lemon Sorbet, and the Papilios, the one that has the bulblets and the BIG bulb under the one scale, turns out it has leaves wrapped part way around the bulb. I peeled off the brown paper layer over the big bulblet,and found 2 leaves on the bulb! So it is going to put out a second bulb pretty soon. I planted them only like 10% deep,the rest above the soil. Since it was splitting the scales, I figured I would keep them all planted as shallow as the rest. Where the 'split' shows on the bulb,is where the big bulb is under the scale on the bigger of the 2 Papilios. It is so big, it is splitting the scales. And yet 2 it also has bulblets on the basal root top. THANK YOU DONNA!!! For posting these. I will have pretty red Lions open in a few days. They are nice and red now, just have to get bigger and open. I might actually have amaryllis for Christmas!! Instead of like a month after or before.

Mellen, The box from you arrived today. Wow! I was thinking it was like Christmas morning as I pulled one thing after another out of the box. The only bad part is that I am almost certain that I was here when the mail was delivered (probably around 1:30 or 2 p.m.) and the postal worker did not let me know. They usually beep the horn so you can walk out and get the box. Around 7:30 p.m. I said to my husband that maybe we should check the front porch in case the box came and there it was! My husband was a dear and helped me get the plants either in the ground of in pots for the night. You sent me so many plants that I love, I just hope they settle in okay. I put some water on them even though it was almost dark at that point. Anyway, I can't possibly list it all - Mary Ellen sent a beautiful Christmas ornament decorated with fancy lace that I will certainly keep from year to year. I also got a candle, memo pad, journal, angel plant poke and squirrel pot hanger (these two are so cute!) With the journal, I decided I will try to keep myself a little better organized with my plants and will write it what I received and who it came from. I completely lose track of that. Mary Ellen also was a true treasure as a friend because she had already prepared plant markers with the plants' names to stick alongside them. That is so good. I usually rush to put them in a pot or the ground and think I will remember and do a label later and I don't get around to it and forget the name. (I know no one else does that! LOL) Anyway, as for the plants, I got: Sweet Potato Vine 'Marguerita' (I have two sweet potato vines but didn't have this one), a Polka Weigela - it is a shrub - couldn't believe it when this came out of the box! - a cigar plant, a Sum and Substance Hosta that I have wanted for a few years now, a heuchera 'Chatterbox', two daylilies - Heron, and Custard Candy, and a flowering maple (also called Abutilon - I have a different variety that I bought at the Botanical Gardens plant sale this spring and it bloomed all summer and I love it so I am really happy to have another!) Does anyone grow these? I am wondering how to get more (root or save seeds)? I also wonder if they are winter hardy in our weather. Guess I will do a little research. Anyway, I know I did not list some of it. Thanks so much Mary Ellen. I know you weren't feeling well and I don't know how you put all this effort into the box that you sent. Thank you so much! Sandlapper

Sariqa your email addy is blocked so if you want to play please send me your email address " TODAY" FRIDAY If I don't have it by 7pm tonight then I'm really sorry But all the names are out & you will have to wait till the next robin . I do hope you will see this note in time love to have you. I hope everyone will forgive a few of the goof;s i have made this was the biggest robin to keep track of we have possible 28 players so far :))) If anyone else wants to sign up they have till 7pm . so send me all your info be sure to send your email addy & mailing address gw name also . I need for you all to sign your gw/name to your email when you write to me or I don't know who to answer or why :)). many I don't know by name but just your garden web names . ty u all for playing susie /skohler welcome selah

Hi ya'll...back from the hurricane, I sure missed my internet and phone! I spend a lot of time looking up crafts. I type in what materials I do have, so I don't have to spend much money.I love Martha Stewart,and find lots of ideas there. Just recently found some sachets she did that I want to make. I saw some velvet ribbon bookmarks she did with rubber stamps...I can never have enough bookmarks! The felted wool is so cute,and who hasn't shrunk a sweater they could practice that craft with? lol..I love the purses and little pincushions made from those. And the cupcake pincushions made from chenille. I saved a lounge dress made of lavender chenille, I want to see what I can make of it. The fairy jars I saw some online somewhere,and I copied. I had boxes of the blue jars and zinc lids I bought at yard sales that I could use. I took photos of my grandkids and added wings in photoshop, then used glitter glue pens and rhinestones and cut them out,I curved them a little to go around the inside of the jar by rolling them on something. I placed them against the inside front of the jar, then filled the jar with some blue and some pearly clear Easter grass type filler. I had bought a box of battery operated flickering votives at a yard sale, so I used some adhesive velcro to attach them to the inside of the jar lid. The photo plates were a Christmas gift from my former daughter in law. I gave her some antique white plates she wanted to make photo frames out of. She cut out photos and glued them to the center of the plate, which was beautiful. At the time I was in the middle of making batches of resin spoons, so I asked her if she minded if I poured some over them. Anyway, it came out great, then I used some velvet ribbon,some silk "dried" roses, and some buttons and beads to decorate them with. I sprinkled a tiny bit of glitter in it,too. There are so many projects made from old records and albums. I actually got one purse cut out,but not sewn together yet. I found the clear vinyl at WalMart for $2.57 a yard, where you buy the tablecloth vinyl at. I bought some transparent thread to sew it with, that's the part I'm worried about. I read that if the tension is too tight it will just saw through the vinyl. Let me see if I still have photos of these projects. Happy Junqueing, Cherry Here is a link that might be useful: glass and totems