Really? I'd love to see them. I was so inspired by the ones I saw Katinka do, that I have been scanning like a maniac ever since. I had never seen this technique before and would be very interested to see more. If you remember which threads or if you have links to see what others have done, I would really appreciate it !! Thanks in advance, Peri

These look so good in front of red roses. I have this rose called "Intrigue." It has a purple tint to the blooms that is difficult to describe. This Yucca stands out with it. The colors just go together so well. I have also seen them with red knockout roses and they look good too. It also looks good with my Nepeta "Walker's Low," Penstemon "Dark Towers," and Mexican Hat Plant and various Echinaceas and ornamental grasses. I have found that they do well even when other plants are up against them. I have to prune my Nepeta away from it on occasion. I think this Yucca is one of the best garden plants ever. The color is so much better than most other plants. For example...The amsonia hubrichtii was the perennial plant of the year; however, it is so ugly compared to my Yucca 'Color Guard.' It did turn a dirty yellow in the fall, but it's floppy and the color didn't last long at all. This Yucca stays nice all year. It has pink tints in it right now because of the cooler temps.

Nell ~ I love your Azalea walk. Very soothing. I need to make some cuttings from my azaleas, I have two the same, pink and white flowers. Between my blog and my website I don't have time for making more, free or not. It's all I can do to keep up with those two things and reading everyone else's. Maybe this post will inspire others to make pages of their gardens and blooms though. Especially now that it's cold and people are staying indoors more, dreaming about their gardens come spring. It was 48 and felt like it was 42 this morning. For us that is COLD. Have a lovely day ~ FlowerLady

Let's see...hey...it gets there. Bit different, but that's the right idea. The bare bones GPS coordinates out of that long link are 48.410060,-123.364940 And stuffed into that snippet in my first reply, it's like this... (for Google Earth) http://maps.google.com/maps?q=48.410060,-123.364940&output=kml And like this... (for Google Maps) http://maps.google.com/maps?q=48.410060,-123.364940 Google Earth Beacon Hill and Google Maps Beacon Hill Now, if this works right, I embedded the Google Maps code into this image >> CLICK IMAGE TO TRY If that works, here's the code, but I put an "X" to substitute for every "" in the code so it displays...so "XX" is where two tags meet ">Xa href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=48.410060,-123.364940"XXimg src="http://www.beaconhillpark.com/images/walktour25.jpg"XX/aX And an attempt at Google Earth...