2006 Edition of Trees of Seattle says there was a 41 ft. Hiro-ha-katsura at the Arboretum at that time. Its accession number indicates it was acquired in 1946 (without delving further, into Arboretum records it could have been anything from a seed to a tree of some size then). The book also mentions a planting of 3 at 1123 16th Ave E, consisting of two on the street and one 25 ft. tall in the yard. With 2 regular Katsura sharing the planting strip with the 2 C. magnificum. You can find out where other trees you are interested in are located in the Arboretum by looking at their web site. Walking around collections like this, with extensive plantings of trees and shrubs - often with some time behind them - is a good way to get a feeling for the visual character of various kinds. And how much space they may come to occupy. Trees of Seattle - Second Edition http://www.arthurleej.com/tos2.html

I would suggest planting your hydrangeas in the garden and watching to see what color the blooms are in that spot. Hydrangea colors can be very variable depending many factors. Color can depend on soil, sun exposure, ph of soil and the genetics of the plant. I propagate hundreds each season and I can plant a clone of a plant in two different spots in the garden and get different colored blooms. You can chose to try to control the color but it is a challenging pursuit. Most change colors depending on the age of the bloom - almost like magic. To me the charm of the plant is this property. Some will change slowly and others seem to change daily. I have one Ayesha that is blue while a clone of the same plant is pink although it is only about 30 feet away from the mother plant. If the color is really important to you then you should buy the plant from a grower near your location with a guarantee that the plant can be returned if not as advertised. If you buy your plant from a box store, then there is no way to be sure that the color will be as listed on the tag. Potted florist hydrangeas bought in grocery stores and box have been grown for a particular color - most potting soils will produce pink blooms, I guess they sell better, and when they are planted in the garden they can turn blue. Most hydrangeas eventually turn blue in my garden under the canopy of fir trees while under the maples in the front garden, there are more pinks. Some plants are listed as 'not dependent on ph of soil for color' or something like that and those may be better if you have to have a specific color in mind.

I agree. Some real, some scammers. https://www.houzz.com/users/query/Houzz-User  I'm guessing the recent movie spammer is a script-kiddie. Knows enough to locate a script, download it and run it but not enough to modify it so as to make it less obvious. Of the ones I've noticed, all but one (maybe they're learning?) had a display name of "Houzz User". And all had usernames such as webuser_4233806046 with the numbers being random.  Is this one suspect? https://www.houzz.com/user/webuser-4233806046 The dash in the URL shows as an underscore in their profile so is their username webuser_4233806046 or webuser-4233806046?  Edit: No, my theory was wrong. I just signed up a test account and was assigned a username of the same "webuser-nnnnnnnnn" form. I did have to enter a display name though. It would not accept blanks.

In old houses at least, the stained glass panes were simply used in place of a regular glass pane. Our Victorian had been stripped of all its stained glass at some point in the past - all the transoms and the big window in the front staircase landing are missing - so we're looking to have new stained glass pieces made. We'll be doing them the old fashioned way, as the main pane in the frame rather than a separate thing mounted to the existing window. I also don't want to do the thing where the stained glass piece is sandwiched between other pieces of glass - would diminish the sense of depth, texture, and dimensionality you get with leaded stained glass. What we'd do for energy conservation and protecting the stained glass pieces is get detachable storm panes. As for getting the stained glasses pieces made? We got some great references from our wood window guy. Designing them will be fun - we considered salvaging old transoms, but waiting around for pieces with the right dimensions come up would take forever, and then they'd all be different, so we want to come up with a new (but still historically appropriate) motif for the new stained glass and have all the pieces match and look like they belong to the house and the house's era.