Haworthia are growing and start to show flower stems. The bulbs are starting to show leaves, and they will be great in March. So will the Apple blossoms, Faucaria are in flower and open in the afternoon on sunny days, all of my citrus are getting ready to come off the trees. Rhipsalis are in flower and some are setting seeds. I have been repotting everything, and it jump starts them. The Kalanchoe look great some coming into flower, Tylecoden, and Cotyledon are in growth, but so is the parsley and lettuce. Even the bush oxalis are growing and I just put in the cuttings last month. The Tricodiadema the orange, and the white one are doing well. The only problem with this species is that it spread seed all over the place. I found an old one hidden in the old stawberry pot, the strawberry plant was pushed out of the pocket, this plant had a nice caudex forming, about the size of my thumb, had a heck of a time getting it out. It was perfect for a bonzi pot. Merry Christmas to all of you, Norma

Bonnie and Karen, Great reviews and pictures. I will add the review I've wrote. Have been revising it some as I harvest. If there are anymore revisions I will post them later. Also will post a link to my photobucket site which has a few pepper pictures. Jay I've finally found time to start on my peppers. I will eat or give away most of the bell peppers as I pick them. Still trying to decide what to do with the other sweet types. Usually use them in salsa mixed with some hots but most weren't ready when I had the big tomato harvest. The wind over the last week has broke some limbs and twisted the plants where they don't look as nice as they did. Still overall a nice harvest especially on the Chile and hot types. I took a few pictures although not real good ones of some of the plants. May get some more. I run a few through the food processor and freeze. But most I roast. On some especially the smaller jalapeno's I just roast on the grill about 1/3-1/2 of the time if fully roasting. Then bag and freeze. I use these in chili and eat all winter. Most of the chili's I fully slow roast. Then remove the loose skin and either eat fresh or freeze in freezer bags or small containers. I have been told after fully roasting you can vacuum seal them and they will stay good just like the canned ones you buy at the store. I thought I might try 1-2 bags as an experiment this year. I will try to finish up in the next week then give the rest away. They have been real good this year. I planted several varieties that don't get as large but have a great flavor. Every year that I grow chilies, jalapenos and other hot peppers the more I think that climate, moisture and seed source make a lot of difference in the heat levels. And also the more I find that the Scoville ratings of a variety mean very little when grown in my garden. Unless that Scoville rating was from fruit from my seed source. The rating seems to be more accurate on hybrid varieties. Even then I notice some difference which I attribute to the other factors I mentioned above. Anymore I basically rely on what my seed source says and then keep notes of how they performed in my garden. That is why it is always interesting to read the reviews and results of others especially on the same varieties I grow. The NM Chili's and Colossal Kim from CO have done real well this year. I will update this more as I finish up. The other NM chile types I grew were a Navajo pepper and Big Chilie Hybrid. Colassal Kim seed came from a grower/breeder near Fowler,CO. Produces nice sized, medium hot, thick walled good flavored chilies. Good Production. The NM chilies are from seeds I saved from a dried pepper I bought. I think it must of been a hybrid so have been trying to stabilize it. One produces larger fruit and the other fruit 2 inches wide and 5-6 inches long. Both have similar taste, medium hot, thick fleshed and good flavor. Will continue to grow both till they stabilize. Navajo chilie is one that came from a NM reservation. A typical northern NM shape with good flavor and production. Takes the heat and drought conditions well. The jalapenos I grew this year were TAM Jalapeno, Senorita Jalapeno, Grande Jalapeno, Jalapeno M and Purple Jalapeno. My Senorita varied in heat range also but overall was as hot as Jalapeno M. I would say average heat for a jalapeno. Too hot for most of my coworkers. I'm not sure my Senorita is true. My fruits have been small, thin walled and overall medium heat with a few warmer. Correct shape just very small. Good production. Not one I will save seeds from or grow again. My source was an online OP vendor if I remember correctly. It reminds me of the Mucho Nachos I grew a few years ago. I bought them from an OP source so guessing they were an stabilized version of the original hybrid. They looked the part but very mild. Very productive. My source even stated they were great for those who wanted the jalapeno flavor and not the heat. Again just like in tomatoes the source and strain a person grows can make a big difference in taste, production, disease resistance and in the case of peppers heat levels. The Grande Jalapeno was the hottest I grew this year. Good flavor and on the hot end for a jalapeno. Large sized. TAM and Jalapeno M for me are about the same heat wise. Med to mild-med. I have grown both off and on for several years. Normally moderate producers. Don't plan on growing either next year. Purple Jalapeno - Again my strain is different than another one available. Mine don't get hardly as big and the plant is taller and not as bushy. Sets moderate to heavy most years. Has medium heat and good flavor. A pretty pepper that I grow most years. The other hots I grew were Hungarian Yellow and Hungarian Volcano. Very similar but different. The HY is a smaller plant. The HV is hotter and sets heavier and earlier. Neither Zavory plant set any fruit. Beautiful plants. Ozark Bell and Green Giant have been 2 nice bell types this year. Will save seeds from them. The fruit of both are more average sized. I also grew Whopper Improved, FatNSassy, Bonnie Bell and Colossal Hybrid Bell. I will save seeds from most of the OP's. The two Whopper Improved plants were loaded heavily with fruit. I never caged them and should have. The winds broke both over. Colossal Hybrid Bell produced 2 very large nice bells per plant. A few small fruit on the vines now that I don't think will ever make it. Fat N Sassy is a heavy producer of short, blocky fruits. Giant Marconi Red was the best of the other sweets. Bull's Horn Sweet Italian and Amish Sweet Pimento were very good also. The other non sweet I grew was Aji Dulce. I think it is a longer season type and needs to be started and planted earlier than I do my other peppers. Most if not all of the sweets can be started and transplanted earlier. I never plant the hot types till I do okra which is usually around memorial day. My plans for next year is too cut my sweet peppers basically down to what I will eat fresh and might use in salsa. 6-10 plants. And expand my NM chilie types to 20-30 plants. I will regrow Colossal Kim, NM Chili, Navajo Chilie, and add2-4 from NMSU including all of the heritage series. The Jalapenos I will grow will probably be one from NMSU, Purple Jalapeno and Grande Jalapeno. May try Biker Billy also. Keep hearing good things about it. I will also grow Hungarian Volcano and possibly chiaca and poblano. I will probably grow Ozark Bell, Green Giant Bell and Fat N Sassy Bell. Other sweets will be Amish Sweet Pimento, Giant Marconi Red,Bulls Horn Sweet Italian and Alma Paprika(My strain has some heat).Also may add Giant Aconacagua Sweet Pepper. Look forward to seeing other reviews and plans for next year. I will be updating my tomato reviews and also adding my list for 11 soon. Jay

Just checking back in for Scorp's email address, I got it bounced back. Gee, I was going to give her the benefit of the doubt and even emailed her saying it came across weird and sorry for the misunderstanding. I haven't heard back. But at least there are some people on the santa swap thread who do realize what a generous group there is here. Please don't let 1 person keep you from helping another. We have a common goal here, to give a grieving father something to smile for, even briefly, at the holidays. I will have to use Gardenweb's email to send address to people, the list is actually above in dmkelly's post Nov 16 18:09. Let me know if you want the address. I'm really sorry for all the unpleasantness.

Below are the current hydrangea we are growing at home, many still small. So my direct hydrangea experience comes from this base. I have a few others on my wishlist still. I will pick up unlabeled plants if highly compelling, but try to avoid it. I have seen 'Mathlida Gutges' generically labeled or mislabeled as 'Nikko Blue' at Home Depo. Our List: Hydrangea angustipetala 'MonLongShou' 'Golden Crane' Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' Hydrangea arborescens 'White Dome' Hydrangea aspera 'Macrophylla' Hydrangea aspera 'Plum Passion' Hydrangea aspera 'Sargentianum' Hydrangea aspera 'Villosum' Hydrangea macrophylla ?lavendar pink Hydrangea macrophylla ?peppermint Hydrangea macrophylla ?blue/pink Hydrangea macrophylla 'Amethyst' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Angel Lace' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Ayesha' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bigleaf White' (Monrovia) Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blaumiese' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bloomstruck' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Danube' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bottstein' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Burning Embers' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Let's Dance Diva' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Eisvogel' Hydrangea macrophylla '(Blue) Enchantress' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Enziandom' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Fasan' Hydrangea macrophylla 'First White' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Freedom' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Gallilee' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Hamburg' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Hobella' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Homigo' (Hovaria) Hydrangea macrophylla 'Horcos' 'Firefly' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Hot Red' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Jubilee' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Kardinal' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Kluis Superba' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Lady in Red' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Lanarth White' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Leuchtfurer' Hydrangea macrophylla mariesii 'Grandiflora' 'White Wave' Hydrangea macrophylla mariesii 'Perfecta' 'Blue Wave' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Masja' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Mathilda Gutges' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Merritt's Beauty' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Merritt's Supreme' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Merveille Sanguine' 'Brunette' 'Color Fantasy' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Multiblue' Hydrangea macrophylla 'New Wine' Hydrangea macrophylla nigra Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nikko Blue' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Parzival' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Peppermint Twist' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Pia' 'Pink Elf' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Pistachio' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Revolution' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Rotdrossel' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Selina' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Sister Therese' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Snowstorm' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Sumida no Hanabi' 'Shooting Stars' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Taube' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Tivoli' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Tokyo Delight' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Twist & Shout' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Wedding Gown' Hydrangea macrophylla 'White Robe' Hydrangea macrophylla 'You and Me Forever' Hydrangea macrophylla 'You and Me Romance' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Zaunkoening' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Zebra' Hydrangea paniculata 'Bobo' Hydrangea paniculata 'Fire & Ice' 'Wim's Red' Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' Hydrangea paniculata 'Phantom' Hydrangea paniculata 'Pinky Winky' Hydrangea paniculata 'Strawberry Sundae' Hydrangea paniculata 'Vanilla Strawberry' Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice' Hydrangea quercifolia 'Ruby Slippers' Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen' Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake' Hydrangea serrata 'Beni Gaku' Hydrangea serrata 'Blue Billow' Hydrangea serrata 'Blue Bird'' Hydrangea serrata 'Blue Deckle' Hydrangea serrata 'Chiri-san Sue' Hydrangea serrata 'Golden Sunlight' Hydrangea serrata 'Preziosa' 'Lanarth White' 'Revolution' 'Hot Red nigra (acidic soil) black stems 'Let's Dance Diva' 'New Wine' 'Zaunkoening' 'Blue Wave' (past prime) (unknown blue/pink) w huge heads