I have many of Rob's varieties and find for the most part they are excellent. Same with Pittman varieties. I like Adams which has come up with a lot of unique varieties such as Toronto Belle and Rare Jewel. Toronto Belle has variegated girl foliage and does not bloom as frequently as I would prefer, but its small perfection in rosette makes it a keeper for me. Rare Jewel has a unique two tone maroon color. The older varieties such as Precious Pink, Little Pro, and Snuggles are still going strong. Little Bountiful has a wonderful flower and tidy rosette. I enjoy some of the unusual ones such as Wee WillY Winkie and Aly's Blizzard Bunny, which is always in bloom with full double white flowers. Nancy

Terrible year for daylilies. Lost a bunch of them. On the bright side I was able to come up with a list of best performers. (From the size of it you would think it was a great year) Always Tomorrow  Superb bloomer and rebloomer. One of the best Buttered Popcorn  Always dependable Carmel Glaze  Unusual for it, but was a good late performer China Bride  Best performance this year Delicate Design  Good show this year Land of Cotton (Dbl)  Great, it outdid all of my doubles Winning Ticket (Dbl)  Came in a very close second Snow Blizzard (Dbl)  Great performance, but came in third El Desparado  Always puts on a show. One of the best. Fluted Fancy  Lots of blooms this year. Unusual. Forever Abundant  What can I say except its forever abundant Indian Ripple  3rd year in my garden. Great show every year. (I know I posted a lot of it this year, so I thought I would show you itÂs baby picture) ItÂs A Miracle  Good show this year Jedi Codie Wedgeworth  Great year with strong reblooms Louise Boswell  Best show this year Moonlight Masquerade  Outstanding year Red Volunteer  Always a dependable bloomer Rocket City  Great as always Star Struck  Good as usual Stoplight  Late bloomer that just goes on and on. Untamed Glory  It had itÂs best year this year. Wilson Spider  Really put on a show Spider Miracle  Sits next to El Desparado and they had a contest as to who could bloom longer (El Desparado won by two weeks Spiderman  put on a better show than I expected. Tom

Thinking of another fragrant one to sub for Holy Mole, I imagine that Stained Glass would be sure to hold its edge....which is not really wide, but then the center is what is wide. It could fade some of the gold, but it is still a good looking plant. Then one that is tough as nails and similar in COLOR to Stained Glass is Dick Ward. Same sort of variegation, light center and dark margins. But not fragrant. Are you looking for a medium-large sort of hosta? or a large? I see that Alex Summers with a dark center and a gold margin is a smooth and well organized hosta. But so is Satisfaction. And the older one of my Satisfactions has a very tough leaf. I got it in 2010, it was my NOID. The new Satisfaction which came this year has not developed the substance the other one has. So if you do not have a Satisfaction, take a look at a mature one and see if it does what you want by your front steps. If the first thing your visitors say is WHAT IS THAT PLANT OUT THERE? you know you made the right choice. :)

Actually the Minneola Tangelo aka Honeybell is only one kind of Tangelo. There is also the well known Orlando Tangelo as well as many other lesser known ones. The origin of the name comes the combination of the words Tangerine & Pom"ELO". Both the Minneola & the Orlando are named after cities in the Citrus capital of the free world - Florida where they originated. Most of the common traditional citrus (and Mango) varieties all originated from breeding programs in the great state of Florida. Toot Toot : ) The current day Valencia Orange Hamlin Orange Dancy Tangerine Orlando Tangelo Minneloa Tangelo Marsh Grapefruit Duncan Grapefruit Thompson Pink Grapefruit Bearrs & Harvey Lemon Oneco Mandarin