Various local nurseries have these at different times. I bought one about 4 feet high last week at Hansen Family nursery (3rd & Holman in/near the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle). Last year I bought several small ones in one gallon pots on sale at Emery's Garden (Lynnwood). Think they worked out to be about 3 dollars each after the discount. However, you seem to be looking for this item for free. Maybe you should try gathering seeds in autumn, sowing and growing your own. If you read up on it you should be able to get dozens, if not hundreds of seedlings going. I've heard of one man who starts them under lights in an apartment.

It's difficult for me to think of containers as needing less maintenance. I guess if you don't have a couple thousand of them then perhaps it could be true. But once you put something drought tolerant in the ground it really doesn't need any care after that... the only real hassle (unless it's larger shrubs/trees) is weeding. As far as tropicals... to me a lot of the lush and leafy stuff is a waste of time, espcially things like Cannas and bananas. They seem to demand a lot of water and fertilizer and even then sometimes fail to perform well in cooler summers. It's the drought tolerant exotic plants - not really tropicals - that I continue to appreciate and grow. I'm not quite done with this - it needs a little revision - but here's how my old garden looks after 12 degrees last winter. http://www.desertnorthwest.com/articles/freeze_08_10.html Getting back to the weather, I thought I'd pass along this splendid bit of information... Public Information Statement Statement as of 4:00 am PDT on November 4, 2010 ... Record for all time warmest November day in Seattle tied on Wednesday... The high temperature of 74 degrees on Wednesday tied for the warmest all time November day on record in Seattle. The other November 74 degree day was on November 4th 1949. Wednesday was only the fifth day ... including records at the federal building which go back to 1891... where the high reached into the 70s in November. The following is a summary of 70 degree days in November in Seattle. 1. 74 degrees 11/3/2010 2. 74 degrees 11/4/1949 3. 72 degrees 11/2/1970 federal building high was 72 4. 71 degrees 11/4/1980 5. 70 degrees 11/3/1970 federal building high was 73 When the federal building was the official weather record site for Seattle... 1891 to 1944... there was never a day in November with a high in the 70s. This past Summer... June 21st to September 21st... the high temperature at Seattle-Tacoma Airport was less than 74 degrees on 60 out of the 93 days... so almost two thirds of the days this Summer were not as warm as Wednesday. Out of the four years where a 70 degree day has occurred in Seattle in November three of the years... 2010... 1970 and 1949 are La Nina years. 1980 was a neutral year. It is interesting to note that the previous 74 degree day in 1949 was during a moderate to strong La Nina event. A moderate to strong La Nina event is predicted for this winter season. The 74 degree day in November 1949 was followed over two months later by the coldest month on record in Seattle... January 1950 where the average monthly temperature was 24.9 degrees ( 16 degrees below the current normal of 40.9 degrees ) and when the all time record low temperature was recorded ( January 31 1950 0 degrees ).

lori-woo hoo yes, your chanting must be paying off. ;) Chant away girl! Happy bday to your dd! We are carpeting stairs, first off less expensive and hopefully will help with sound reduction and third only the kids are upstairs so they will be using them most and hopefully they will be less apt to slip and fall. I know I do like the stonecraft one also and believe it or not that wasn't actually our first choice! We have struggled with it between coloring and budget. We originally liked the split stone but what we had seen was way over budget. So then we picked the stonecraft but thought it was too dark so a different blend, then back to the blend I posted here, then I found split stone that we could swing ($7.50/sq instead of $18 - stonecraft stuff is $5 something). Anyhow it also saves us some installation time and since most of the DIY stuff is hitting all at once it does make the split stone more appealing. I honestly like them both. Dh is still saying he likes the split stone so that's the currents status. :) I kind of feel like the stonecraft is a bit country and the split face is a bit contemporary and I feel like we are transitional. ? ontariomom-the laundry cabs are from HomeCrest and the color is sand dollar. I liked it the minute I saw it. The darker cabinet is for the master bath. The laundry has 2 uppers above the washer and dryer and then a small sink base and that's it. It won't be a lot of color in there but enough. askshars-so would you believe today I get a call from the tile store that my Jeffrey Court samples came in...??? They ordered them from the distributor that told me they pulled them. So I picked them up and they are very nice but I think I'd need a different color. Anyhow I don't know what to think. I mentioned it to the retailer and he said he hadn't heard a word of that and would double check to be sure he could still get them. We are reviewing budget tomorrow to see just where we are sitting for counter tops. I'd love to get that narrowed down too! mlweaving - we also have a ton of leaves trapped in our garage stairwell that leads to the basement. I will need to get those out when they pull the temporary treads. I can't get to them for now. I am wondering how many hours in clean up there will be after drywall. What a mess that will be! Hubby loves landscaping, loves it. He'll be the one planning all that out. I don't know too much about it but I love to look at our lawn after he's finished mowing and it has a checkerboard pattern 'burned in'. :)

I have not heard of it. But I have had this problem a few times. It would not be surprising to find no info, as some growers name plants and do not "register" them. That limits information on the Internet and forces you to contact the wholesaler for details if the plant label had insufficient data or you simply want pics. :o( Maybe your local nursery can help you determine who the wholesaler was. Then contact them. See if they can give you information and photos. At least, you will not have to wait long to see open blooms! Hope you get them and hope you like them! PS - post pictures if you can find some (or take pics of the blooms when they open). The name sure sounds interesting and makes me wonder what does it look like!!!