has no one posted here of late. it's been a week & this is still at the top of the page. I planted some buckeye's in pots & some have already sprouted. as I already stated many of last years nuts did not overwinter when I stored them. they just shriveled up. this year I'm planting everything. I do not have room to try & keep these indoors so i'll heel in the pots. but-when I plant the nuts how can I protect them from squirrels? I'm thinking about putting some rocks around them & putting a piece of plywood on the rocks. that would allow some room in case any shoots poke their heads out of the ground. i'll plant them in a tight cluster so it should not require more than 1/2 of a sheet.

When I made this picture of the tiger I saw a red admiral laying eggs on some false nettles near the buckeye. I found three little cats in their little nests today, so I brought them in to raise. They look healthy - here's hoping they haven't been parasitized! Sherry

Rober--go to one of the Newbie threads. It will tell you how to set up messaging. Then we can trade addresses without sharing them with the whole world. If you click on my username xiangirl, for example, you'll see a square "Message" in the top right corner. You click on that and I get a private message. Your profile is so interesting and you have many talents. Heidi

Rober, I’m going to delete my prev. post. When I read bottlebrush, I thought you were talking about a callistemon. I am not familiar w/bottlebrush buckeye. Common names always throw me for a loop.