yes ' only mine don't have that foliage,as I said the foliage is like a dandilion' stays low to the ground with a slight mounding in the centre. It has a tap root that is quite long and therefore is trickier to move when large . When several are growing in a clump, they are often easily separated by digging them up and gently pulling apart. If possible I'll try to find my photos - don't have a clue how to put it on here but my kids( BLESS THEM) are'nt too fed up with my????????-- yet and after all I didn't have them just to look at! Thanks by the way sorry for the wrong name Sharon-- fantastic plants and photograghy. I suppose the gent and dog in our shots are also your admirers. As an add-on I've seem the bios people have put on the long running thread-- Gardners Roll Call- is there a list somewhere to follow .. Lois

Juat brought them all in the garage since it looked like it was brightening but it was misting (?). Have a couple older plants that look like they dampened off! Thank goodness the younger ones look OK for now. Sophie's Choice look beautiful - I only have 4 of them (still have to let SHP know about poor germination) but nice and stocky and green. Those will get potted up today, I really think gradually is best rather than going right into 1 gal pot. Already potted up my last 4 Gem State (just into 3.5" square pots - had potted 2 that were getting leggy already). Sandpoint and Kootenai going in pots today/tomorrow too. The cherries, BB, etc. will probably keep in cells and plant directly from them. So you think I can put them all out on Sat? It's not really going to be that sunny, it's been overcast and raining most of the past 4 weeks and it looks like next week will be the same. No way to put an umbrella over them (except the ones going in the tunnel I could put a tarp over the hoops) but I was thinking I could cover with pots to give them some shade - might help with rain too next Thurs though I'm hoping the forecast is wrong and we really won't get any rain Sat PM - Wed, let it dry out a bit. Orange Minsk and Golden Jubilee are the only "large" plants left, the cherries are getting a little leggy but BB, MD, and the determinates are pretty small. Some of my older plants like Cosmonaut Volkov are getting rootbound though - or maybe it was just b/c the pots were sitting in solid trays, but I've got roots coming out the bottoms of some 4" pots. All the older plants look like they need some fertilizer - but too wet to water. Yesterday the ones I had put in the ground the beginning of June were looking very nice (except for 1 Cosmonaut that I replaced, I think a cutworm got it even though I had a TP roll collar).

We are in the low 60s during the day and 30s at night. Oddly had a slight snow last week, very slight. I live at the base of the Rockies, the ski areas are getting a lot of snow. Last fall the leaves didn't change, they were frozen before turning. But this fall it is beautiful. Falling leaves feels like friends dropping by. The last 2 years have been off from the norm. Little rain and snow. Winter brought enough snow to wet the roads for slick ice in mornings. I have to get going and finish a few outside projects before the mystery weather arrives.

For some sort of reason, even though it's been just an hour, I can't edit this long long post anymore. I made a shorter entry here: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/4191603/weather-change-effect-to-calathea-roseopicta-need-help Please help and thank you in advance!