Cool clump. How much of a difference is there between the normal and the small form? Definitely a dyckia that makes a good effect in a clump (especially when it sends up that many spikes!). -andy

Thanks for replying, I'll give it a good haircut and we'll see how that goes! Hannah

I have two Clumps of Bonanza Scattered around and noticed that they Bloom Different times, Is there something that blooms soon but more spidery looking? This post was edited by mamabear on Tue, Jun 25, 13 at 14:22

...and Happy Birthday from me too. A plant shopping trip, right up my alley, that's a great list of plants you have there. We don't have many nurseries around here that carry many of those you have listed :(. Love the photo's of the gardening companions, we don't have one at the moment just our inside kitty 'Percy', DH is her chef and I'm her masseuse, that's the difference between dogs and cats, dogs have masters and cats have staff. We've had our share of dogs over there years, I had a little pom cross (Lucky) given to me when I was 10, she was with me through my teens, my marriage and my 3 kids, she was 21 when we lost her, then a white German Shepard (Gypsy) we had her for 16 years, she was my shadow and she still has a piece of my heart, we had our German Shorthair (Jada) for 14 years she was DH's bird dog. Next came our Doberman (Kayla) we got her after we were broken into when we were home, living with a Doberman is an experience and a half, she had her own sucky blanket which she dragged everywhere, we gave her this after she sucked the nose off her teddy bear and the stuffing started to fall out, but don't let that fool you she could take care of business if she had to. We had her only 12 years she developed Wobblers at 11, we had her on meds for a year but she was suffering so we had to let her go. Then... came 'Heidi'.... our Cairn Terrier, we had her for 16 years all I can say is she was something else, she ruled the roost, those of you that have had Cairns will know what I'm talking about LOL. I'm loving my two newly purchased geraniums, bought pretty much at the end of the season 'Rise and Shine' and 'Pink Penny'. Rise and Shine had already been cut back but it popped a couple of blooms and I love it, very similar to Rozanne and Jolly bee but it has a rosy halo around the white center. Pink Penny looks to be quite a compact plant and the flowers are if I had to put a name to them a raspberry pink. I will be looking to add more of these carefree perennials in the future. When I went over to pick up my 'Miss Saori' hydrangea last month, my DS1 bought me a second one for my birthday, they are now planted in a bed out front on either side of the hydrangea 'Golden Crane'. I have two plants of 'Rise and Shine' also planted there to see how they will do, if they do well I'd like to let them sprawl through and edge this bed so that means buying a few more plants, at my age waiting for cuttings to do their thing might or might not be the way to go LOL. Right now I'm up to my elbows in daylilies, had to dig them up when we had a new water line put in. I'm dividing and potting up what I want to keep will replant in the spring, the rest I'm debating....pot up for our garden club's plant sale in the spring or... stick down on the roadside with a free sign on them, this has worked wonderfully in the past, all depends on the weather and how long my back holds up. Camp, will you message me your mailing address, I'm going to cut the the stem today as it has gone brown, after a little more drying inside I can open the seed capsules and send the seed to you. Annette