My friend is in Canyon TX. She was stoked on the rain too. Your plants look awesome. All my plants are in containers so I'm happy if they get 3ft tall. =P You can probably transplant the maple fairly easily now. It's not huge. It'll end up shading that spot and possibly crowding the fence. Don't know though. Too hard to see it through the jungle of peppers. =)

my sister claims that she was scared of me since i had gone for a walk and two times people had yelled obscenities at me while walking she tries to justify it furthermore she was criticizing me everyday about what i ate whether it was a soup or salad or rice and beans she would say its not healthy. I finally asked her if she could please stop giving me a hard time about my diet. She responded by screaming and cursing at me. It sure seems to me she was not scared of me. If you are scared of someone are u going to try to start a fight and scream and curse at them? my parents have always favored my sister. I apolgized to her three times that night and she refused to even speak to me. She is the one who should have been apologizing to me but i did so to try to keep the peace. How am i supposed to deal with this situation? The sister who read my journal and copied it had an altercation with my other sister and they were not speaking to each other for a year. Why cant my parents admit that she was wrong. I never thought of reading thru her personal papers on her desk or on the kitchen counter. I am deeply hurt by what she did but even more so by my parents reaction. If i was successful with a good job I would seperate myself from them but due to me not being successful in society and having problems with depression they always blame me and my mental illness. Does anyone think it is right to read someone's personal journal? I would appreciate as much feedback as I can get on this problem?

Gerald, Now this may come as a shock and in some ways sounds very lame but I am unable to shed much light on the growing-from a colour point of view because ours just do it naturally because of where our nursery is. The important period tends to be September/October which is when the plants initiate their flowers. When it goes dark outside your plant needs to be dark and when it is light it needs to be light. Because the nursery I work at is in the middle of knowhere when we leave at night it naturally gets the right cycle as there are no street lights etc to cause a problem. The plants should be watered as they need it-never get them to wet-allow them to dry between waterings but not to dry. You can always give them more but you cannot take water away. Use a liquid feed in this main growing season and dont forget to keep them away from cold draughs. Keep the plants nicely warm in the growing season and as the bracts enlarge reduce the warmth slightly so the colour does not fade or bleach-it also helps to keep the flowers on in the middles. Hope this helps. Ninecrow we now have some veriagated point cuttings potted along with a few rose ones it would appear.

Joanne, did you give your plant the dark treatment several weeks ago? Or are you just wondering about it now?