I WOULD REALLY BE INTEREST IN YOUR DOUBLE YELLOW DATURE SEEDS AND DOUBLEPURPLE AND WHITE. I DO HAVE A TRADE LIST BUT I JUST STARTING TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORK. SO MY LIST IS QUITE SHORT FOR THE MOMENT. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING ^SPECIAL MAYBE I HAVE IN THE ONES THAT ARE NOT YET ON THE LIST AND WILL BE AS SOON AS I WILL SORT THEM. CHAMPS. MARTHA B

Boy do I know how ya'll feel. I purchased a Cajun Hibiscus at a garden show the name "Red beans and rice" a beautiful red with yellow markings. I just had to have. Well I watched over it all winter, and found just the spot in the garden for it this spring. Last week I noticed a single bud. Boy was I excited. I was outside eating lunch with my DH and grandson, when the bloom caught my eye. On further investigation I could see a beautiful flower, but no where near the color it was supposed to be. Oh well, maybe I'll try again this October when the garden show returns. I couldn't even find a match on the Cajun hibiscus web site. Oh well all a part of gardening. Keep those hands dirty. Brenda NOLA PS how do ya'll post pictures with your text? I tried to copy and paste but that didn't work.

Bacteria? Brittle? Yikes! Ok, ok, I guess you have convinced me. Here is why I was planning on using oil, in backwards order of importance: 5. I actually like the smell of oil paint (bad, bad, bad, I know). And irrelevant in the long term. But I just kind of enjoy it. Mineral spirits too. Mmmmmm. 4. I've been using oil primer (BM Fresh Start) with my beloved Corona Chinex brushes. After cleaning, the still have residue from mineral spirits. Although a guy from Corona told me they should be ready-to-go in the latex after a washing with soap and water, I'm a bit hesitant to swich them to a different type of paint (thinking of oil and water not mixing, so to speak). So, I was sort of thinking that I've already committed my brushes to oil. 3. My 80 year old kitchen is harboring some really funky old smells. Not entirely sure why. When I sand the old wood (Douglas /fir), it releases some very unpleasant smells. Probably decades of cooking odors, cigarette smoke, and ancient adhesive from shelf paper (tho actually the whole house harbors these smells). I was thinking the oil would help cover/seal this better than acrylic. 2. I've read here that the BM alkyd Impervo is one of the best performing paints ever made. But the number one REAL reason I was going to stick with the oil... 1. I'm just terrified of the difficulty and fast dry time with the BM waterborne Impervo. I'm a slow painter, and I'm constantly interrupted by my 2 little boys. I'm worried that it will look crummy. On the other hand, it WOULD be nice to get all the (open) containers of mineral spirits off of the kitchen counter. That can't be too good for the food prep situation... And then there is my unvented 1955 vintage stove with all the pilot lights going, and wisps of gas always escaping whenever the oven is turned on. :-) Francy

I see this in my cream and yellow obesums, they start turning pink on the second day of bloom, or occasionally show more yellow, i think some instability in the genes lol.... ;)