WOW! Thanks for the kudos everyone!!! I went crazy and did all this so far in 3days! (17hrs of work), still a lot to go but have discovered mulch is my best friend!!! Kirk: I have 2 wheel barrows!LOL! Blue thing is a totem made from candle holders... TMG: Thanks for the Slow complement!LOL! hee hee Marti: That bed shape was here when I bought the place, but I decided to mulch around it to save from pulling grass where the lawnmower couldn't reach and I think it's a bonus that it enhanced the bed shape!! Lellie: Those fish and face will go on some 1/2 fencing that still need to be put in the garden beds... Anyhoo: some more pics too! Yoda the fungus man!! plant stand, two light globes mosaiced skunk: Peppy purple totem water feature blue theme two lil' fishies feather rock froggy love hens and chicks

muktowngal... Thank you (and others) for your complements. I think I'm around 480 varieties... a few duplicates, but still, under 500 total. The large garden in the panorama has most of the varieties in it... around 400. The neighbor...they moved in a year before us and the previous owners left them a few hosta. That S&S in the pic was a puny 1-eye and was not doing well. It's grown so much in the 5 years since we've been here. Almost all of their others were added around 2008-09. I gave them the Royal Standards in that pic, and a few others that are not in the photo. I plan to thin out a few of my duplicates and will probably give them some more, since they're willing takers! Both my neighbors are good about keeping a nice landscape and I'm thankful for that. My rear neighbor... not so much.

Jandey, I live west of Sugar Land and we bought our land about 30 years ago so it was a little more affordable back then!!! We have access to cotton mulch so we built our beds with it. I planted all our plumerias in pots then put the pots in the beds of cotton mulch and topped it with hardwood mulch. We've planted some directly in the mulch and they did as good as the ones in the pots planted in the mulch. But it was easier to put in the greenhouse for the winter if they were in pots. We have many this year that have infos on them that were cuttings just a year or two ago. And ones that bloomed for us last year and split, are going to bloom for us again this year on the new shoots. We are so excited since we are so new at this. It is like watching a baby take their first steps when you see the new flowers unfold. I'll try to post a picture of our beds so you can see what we did. Yes, I am going to the sale in June. Will probably be working it. So Jandey, you will have to let me know what you are wearing so I can tell you who the good sellers are!!! Also, if you are looking for something in particular I can ask around if someone may have it and make sure they bring it to the sale. Joanr

Dirtex???? Sheesh...I've even seen at some grocery stores 'round here! Yeah...we DO tend to throw around some acronyms! Signs I've been here too long... * When one of our decorator's is visiting with a customer, I find myself thinking, "What would Funcolors do here..."? * ...if I stare at a good-lookin' Lady (SLYLY of course!), and then suddenly duck, 'cuz I think Moonshadow will throw a frypan at me... * Wondering why I felt like I had to "check-in" with my GW-friends...EVEN WHEN I WAS AT THE Maui Four-Seasons!!!! * Wonderin if I've started anyone saying "UFFDA" yet... ;-) Faron