I think you should make cuttings. It was hard for me to stop getting my large tulip hoard every fall. I had to dip them in fungicide, pack them specially and then refrigerate them in a small refrigerator I bought just for cooling bulbs. I could do 3 batches a year. One batch for the ground ( early ) one batch for pots and the last was the late season for the ground. Finally, I had to give it up. The neighbors were unhappy about it but it got to be too expensive as nothing returned and had to be purchased again every year. Now I go to Descanso for my tulip display every year. I know how exciting tulips can be. And around here, nobody plants them in any quantity. Maybe you will see a pot or two but that's all. Daffodils are more likely to stay here. Seeds don't excite me like small plants do but I know a man who is the wizard of seed starting and he's awash in wonderful rare things so I keep on trying to get better at it. It's a patience character building thing to wait on a plant from seed.

Today I recieved my orders from Lindenberg and Botanus. I'm really quite happy with the quality. I ordered alot of lilies, a couple daylilys, 3 roses, some iris, monkshood, a clematis, and aloestromeria. Botanus goofed up on the aloestromeria though. I had ordered 2 different pkgs of 2 roots. The one pkg had 3 and the other had ...peat moss. I couldn't believe it. I'll e-mail them tomorrow after I have a chance to take a better look at everything else. Last week I recieved lily bulbs from Veseys and Lily Nook. I've done a bit of shopping at 2 local greenhouses and came home with 2 martha washington geraniums, 2 blue veined double wave petunias,1 Ernest Markam clematis, a pink coneflower, 2 yellow and 1 pink osteospermum, and a couple of other basket fillers. I spent around $70 at the greenhouses. Thank goodness that I started alot of my plants this year as I haven't found any bargains. I still have an order to come from Dominion House and the bulk of my roses from Cedar Hollow and Valley K Greenhouses will be coming in a couple weeks.

Mimi, I know! That's why I've started in on the miniatures now. I've simply no more room for the big boys. I've even had to sell some of my big guys on eBay to make room even prior to getting the greenhouse open (after all, it's only going to be an 8' x 18' greenhouse, not an auditorium =). Still, surely there's room for a Neofinetia or two... or 3... or 4... I mean look at these guys! And now that you've told me WHERE to look... well, that's just enabled my addiction now hasn't it... so I have someone to blame! *he he he he* Of course, you could trade away your Neos to me for some big honking plants of mine so that I have some room.............. =) sigh.... just thought I would try... those Neos are too cute to part with, I know.... ~Ethan

The Gary mango is another of those small mangos that matures with little color fanfare but great flavor and no fiber. It seems to be pretty susceptabe to anthracnose, however, it may do better in coastal areas rather than inland areas like my property. I believe it is named after Gary Zill from Zill High Performance Plants. His family has been very, very prominent in the world of Florida mangos for many decades. You have to know that if Gary Zill would put his name on it....it has to be darned good.