I am almost sure it is Petrohagia saxifraga. Echoes, how did you know? No one in my rock garden group had ever heard of it before. Each of the five petals has an indent at the outer end, so the petal does not have a pointed tip. How much it indents seems quite variable, even on the same plant. Sometimes hardly at all. I get volunteer seedlings in my pots frequently, but it's never invasive. It will take a year or two to really show what it is like. Give it well drained, lean soil for best performance, but it is quite adaptable. Don't be afraid to shear it back after it's spring explosion of flowers. Keeps it nice and tidy. Surprisingly drought resistant too. I have a nice pic of my plant on . . . er . . . uh . . . the other place, but I don't post pics of good quality here anymore. Rick

Thanks for looking, everyone. I am seeing more butterfles now than anytime this year, Nancy. You know I love the orange ones. Thanks, Rita. A pretty good variety of the little lizards run tame here. That one is an Anole. There are a lot of them in my garden, and occasionally, one gets in the house. I try to catch it before the cats do, but a good many of them have had to re-grow tails. We have a couple with "racing stripes too. Larger ones (skinks) some with blue and some with yellow racing stripes. Larger, and very fast. Thanks Chris. I have been posting now for almost three months. And I found two more re-blooming plants today. I am up to 93 which is almost a third of my daylilies. I will post a little along. It is your turn now. Thank you Debra. Avedon, I have discovered that I am very fond of polys. And I love orange and purple. Julia, he is an anole. always flitting around. He is the little one they call a chameleon, and he can indeed change color. Thanks Jean. I am going to research how long Brazen Bandit actually bloomed, but it has been a very long time, you are right. Mantis, Once I got the plant from Ridnaught, It has performed impeccable. Many scapes, good bud count, meets the discription that Stamile gave. height and size of blooms. and it is a rebloomer, and did a bit of bloom building. Thanks Val. I plan to give Wild At Heart a better place and see how it does. I really do like it. It is a large, lovely bloom. kay

I'm looking for one or two new varieties to grow this year and thought I might get inspiration by asking what tomato you would grow if you could only have one variety? I'd be torn, too, but I think mine would be (so far) Cherokee Purple. ########### I am in Massachusetts also and for MA the winner is Jet Star by far. I have grown CP and Jet Star side by side and JT wins hands down with double the yield and larger tomatoes of higher quality and the same flavor. size of vine is almost identical. Jet Star is a little more bushy to get more tomatoes. for Jet Star you must get genuine seeds. do not buy plants or you will not get jet star in new england. you will get later F2 f3 f4 etc from sellers who save seeds to save money. and the yield on F2 is half that on genuine seeds. the best place to get Jet Star seeds is Fedco or Totally Tomatoes. but do some google searches if you need to find a different seller. of course Harris sells them as Jet Star is a Harris seed. also jet star is much better than its partner Supersonic. I get jet star going early then I get some seeds in close to May 1 and the first set of plants fully ripen all toms then the 2nd set takes over until freeze time. Supersonic is used for that late crop. but I prefer 2 crops of Jet Star. Experiment and see what you like. I am in colder area zone 5 you are warmer and have more grow time in zone 6. every farmer I have talked to in 50 years says if they could only grow one it would be Jet Star. Fedco catalog lists contests of varieties over time and Jet Star always wins first place in New England at least. BUT YOU MUST GET SEEDS TO GROW REAL JET STAR.

My husband bought me three pair if smartwool brand cable knit socks for Christmas. I don't care for them. They are pretty and a nice weight - not too thick or too thin and fit well in my snow boots - but they have an odd texture. It seems I can feel the individual threads when I walk. Also, there are two short diagonal seams in the heel that somehow end up under my heel, so that I'm walking on them. It feels like I have something inside the sock. Ugh. Back to the drawing board on my own hunt for the perfect socks. By the way, I do like the wigwam wool socks at Costco and like to wear them around the house in my slippers, but they are too thick to wear in shoes or boots. Also, the colors aren't quite right for me, as I prefer dark or black. Each pack of three pair contains either light grey, purple (that washes to a very bright color) and light blue. You can't get a three-pack of just the dark colors.