Thanks everyone. I frequent lowes all the time (75% off!!) of the distressed plants section. I've gotten stuff from $1.00 to .50 and sometimes they cut me a break. I've had success with everything except for this Bristol Raspberry which has a stalk that keeps dying off. weird. @dirtygardener - I'll check craigslist. thats an excellent idea. I always find seedlings in the plant pots at Lowes and Home Depot but feel like it would be considered as stealing. Seeds are a good idea but I guess some seeds are sterile? I have no luck with cuttings outside of ones that root in water only. @pnbrown The wax myrtles look great. I was thinking at first they were a crape myrtle type bloom (which, honestly speaking, i am so sick of seeing now) They are everywhere! @scentsfromheaven - thanks for the lists. Once I start my internship I think I can start back with some light purchasing. But first I need a tiller. I'm tired of hand tilling.

Thanks,cindy,many,and Paul. Will thanks for the comments, sorry the enabling isn't intentional :). Betcha it'll be fun opening up all of those packages. Shade, thanks. The price keeps going up on 'F.B.G.' but I still think it's worth it. It's a looker and makes great babies. Gloria thanks, Yes I got some nice streaked babies this past winter, Here's a link: Thanks again everybody! Dan

You always have a vision and you are always working toward fulfilling it. How wonderful it would be to have "seedlings" the size of those you show us. Especially all those big GOLD HOSTA. ....sigh.... And I think you are right that Dark Shadows gets to be quite large. I bought two of them. The older one is getting some size on it since it arrived in 2012. It is on the Fragrant Flowered Hosta list, so of course I had to get it. I also like dark greens, and this one has nothing but green tones. I'm also looking at lighting up major pathways by a gradation of golds. I think the colors persist until real nightfall, and the reflection of a lighter leaf makes it nice to walk out of the garden without stumbling. I truly do not want to interfere with the night pollinators and fireflies, and thus keep my solar lights to a minimum. But in deep shade areas the batteries don't recharge all that dependably anyway. When I expect a visitor to walk through the garden, I have the individual lights out in the sun all day and tote them under my arm to pivotal pathway points (love alliteration, don't you?) to show what is next....or WHERE is next. I've checked those lights up in the wee hours, and they stay operable for a long time when given a good dose of sun on a clear day. Love the way you chose to take out some of the sapling trees as you developed your bed expansions. Less problems in future years because it would be overcrowded, and nature would take some out at an inconvenient time for you.

Looks to be full now! Great view.