This is Peggy's husband and I wanted to thank all of the posters on this thread for their kind thoughts and good wishes. Peggy fought hard until the very end but neither of us were strong enough to win the battle. She died peacefully at home with me holding her tight with lots of friends and family surrounding her singing and telling stories and kissing her goodbye. She will be missed but not forgotten, especially since she spoke so often of her true passion, gardening. I'll never forget the first time I showed her this wonderful site and she started connecting with so many diverse personalities. As you all know, Peggy was very opinionated and did not shy away from vocalizing them. I didn't feel up to doing this until now, I hope you understand. Feel free to contact me if you would like to share memories of our girl: brian_reynolds@hotmail.com Again, thank you one and all for being a part of my wonderful wife's journey through her short visit here. God bless, Brian PS... thanks Remy for updating everyone.

These plants are 1 year old. I clipped back most of the leaves during the winter and new leaves have been rapidly growing. I pulled off most berries last season because the plants were fairly small. However, I have other established berry plants which will be 3 this year and they have blossoms as well. They just are nothing special in terms of variety, just your generic garden store variety. I have some albion, portola and monterey coming today from Nourse. I have too many June Bearers so I wanted to plant more day nuetral varieties this year.

So I was in Staples buying file folders for my filing cabinet when I got this urge...more of a calling I'd say to go to my favorite garden centre. So off I go and I wander in and what do my disbelieving eyes see but a Domino Peace Lily in a 4in pot. I had to use every ounce of my strength to stop myself from grabbing them all and running around the store in a psychotic squealing frenzy. They've always had these in 8in pots but I just HATE buying big plants. Not nearly as much joy in growing them as there is if you buy a small one and get it to an 8in pot yourself. So though they always had those I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for about 2 years to find it in a 4in pot. Alas my patience has been rewarded and I also managed to only buy one, which wasn't nearly as hard as refraining from squealing as I dislike duplicates. Finding this plant also negates the upset that I should feel at having bought file folders that don't fit in my cabinet.

Hi, I need some experienced advice based on the spread/growth habit of Viburnum lentago (ÂNannyberry ViburnumÂ). I want to plant two Viburnum lentago shrubs in my yard - I need two to ensure fruiting. I know that (under optimal conditions, when left naturally as a multiple-trunk shrub as IÂll grow them) Viburnum lentago can reach around 18 to 20Âtal; IÂm not sure of the spread on a 20 tall specimen, but I think it would be around 10 to 15Â? My situation is this: I have a single 12 gap in my landscape and a separate 7 gap (which is in heavy shade). I could either both shrubs in the 12 gap or one shrub in the 12 gap and the other shrub in the 8 gap. 1. If I grow the two shrubs in the 12 gap (allowed 6 spread each), would they still grow to a tall height? I want them to grow tall for privacy and I read from one source that when their spread is restricted, they do not grow as large  I hope that not as large means not as wide, net not restricting the height. 2. If I grow only one of the two shrubs in the 12 gap, will the other shrub out-of-view grown in a tight 7 gap in heavy shade produce too few flowers that not much pollination between the two. 3. If I plant the two in the 12 gap only 1 apart, would the two root systems inosculate (fuse, natural graft) so that, in effect, one shrub would be formed that bares flowers from both originals. 4. If I plant the two 4 apart and give them a little more spread (opening the gap to 15 total), maybe since they can spread out freely on opposing ends and only have dense mutual shade in between them. 5. Would you recommend I leave one in the 12 gap and leave the other in the small 7 shaded spot in the corner of the yard, but remove scion wood from the second to be grafted onto the first? I would hope that grafting viburnum spp is not difficult, although I would imagine that this might require some upkeep since they are always putting out more suckers and perhaps crowding out old ones. Thanks, Steve So, to recap, I need two for cross-pollination for fruiting, and I would like at least one of the two to grow around 18 tall.