Thank you Vera for all the information I surely do appreciate it. I'm up when the dawn breaks and don't get home til' the cow's come in..way past darkness... Hopefully temporary..This working with no end in site suck's the big one so far I've been working 8 a.m - 7 -8.p.m with no end in site and it really does suck. The only time I see my flower's is in the early morning's. +argh+!! Well whould'a guessed over 1/2 my crew quit under the new bosse's standard's?!. Now I just have to get myself a new crew!! +sigh+ When they finally hire some newbie's Ill be so happy maybe I'll get to go home before 15 hour's!! Whoo Hoo!! My day today was 8 a.m. to 7:20 p.m. today.. and that has been my average day so far this suck's!! O.K. I'm whining forgive me sorry ~ I'm just grumpy and out of sort's right now.. Man I need a vacation!! Barb

I have the new Hoya book. I'm going to be completely honest about it, so please don't shoot me down. Because of the ridiculous dollar to pound exchange rate, the amount the book cost me is probably about 3/4 of what you guys will pay for said book. I am enjoying the book (well I love reading about hoyas, so that makes sense). However because part of my job involves spotting mistakes in the text, I get quite annoyed at the endless typos and errors left in. I respect Anne and Dale but I feel that by trying to leave as much of Dale's writing creates sections that are either completely irrelevant or sentences that refer to a picture that was obviously in the previous book that did not make it into this book. Also, a lot of the plant photos are out of focus. If you're trying to compare a plant that may not have flowered yet (even given that the identities of some of the hoyas may be incorrect) with a blurry photo, it's not going to help you much. However, I have learnt about the anatomy of the hoya flower and the different names for the shape of the leaf, and that has been very helpful. And I'm still enjoying it, even if I am taking it with a pinch of salt. Hope that helps, Hills

I would highly recommend Hydroponic Gardening by Dalton and Smith. It is excellent. Here is a link that might be useful: Hydroponic Gardening Book

I've only just returned to this forum, robfearon, so there's a long delay between your post & my response. Sorry, but I hope you get this. You might want to try two books, both by the Australian Plant Study Group: Grow What Small Plant & Grow What Where. The first of these books contains lots of information about plants for courtyards, rockeries & garden beds so I guess pots would fit in there somewhere. The second of the books has a section on plants suitable for container plants & hanging baskets. One type of Australian plant which is often overlooked for small gardens & pots is creepers. There's a variety of these including Hardenbergia violacea Native Lilac. Other plants you might want to seek out for your pots are Epacris impressa Common Heath, Tetratheca pilosa Pink-eyed Susan, Dianella caerulea Poroo Lily or Flax Lily, Grevillea chrysophaea Golden Grevillea & Grevillea dimorpha Flame Grevillea. Hunting for these in native nurseries & on line can be fun if you're that way inclined. I hope you get this information.