I wish I had more pictures. Some of the trees growing here were heavily deformed by snow. One tree, in particular, was only five feet tall, however the trunk from bottom to tip was probably thirteen feet long - it's trunk was bent so much that it formed a complete circle back to the ground. Soil was basically white ground pumice, nothing else. I believe I've got a few more pictures of deformations in this grove somewhere, I'll have to look though.

we're all in the same happy boat, aren't we? :) another way I look at it is that the long term healthful benefits of: de-stressing when walking around the daylily beds, feeling it's Christmas morning everyday during bloom time, exercise as in stretching when trying to reach to pull that weed, mental activity as in thinking about which ones will bloom next, or to buy next, or ..., meeting awesome people in the online community who provide so much inspiration, and enabling, is it? :) and undertaking more positive activities...like trying to be computer literate and post pictures, learning to take photos (including the umbrella and white paper trick), make the endeavor sooo worthwhile... Ben who's trying not to purchase any more daylilies this year.

brittie, Thanks! That red rose is LAVAGLUT. It is my favorite of all my roses and I have a lot of roses. As for the folliage I spray with a systemic fungicide which I mix with Neptunes liquid fertilizer. Kay, I know you love the roses and they really are looking especially lovely this year. But at least you have your own lovely roses to enjoy whenever you want in your own yard.

Thanks for your very nice comments. I lost most of my plumerias a few years ago due to some unavoidable weather extremes and for the last couple of years have used it as an opportunity to pick up ones I really wanted.