Teresa, I WSed my seeds also. Last year I tried the Champion Blue and got pretty much no germination. This year I tried the Pink, and got decent germination. The problem this year was our wet, cold spring. Like almost every other annual and vegetable I started from seed, the campanulas just didn't take off very well. I did plant them out, and to be honest, completely forgot about them until I saw this little pink cup in the garden. They were about 8 inches tall and blooming, lol! Obviously not cuttable, but I will let them go to seed and see if they volunteer. I will try again next year. Can you tell me where you buy your seed? Thanks! :) Dee

Though the summer is dry, the air is very humid that close to the sea. The A/C condensation provides most to virtually all the water supply in summer. They are mostly planted in containers. The #1 reason being easier access to pruning. The second reason, is filling the gaps between trees: Direct planting between the trees makes caring for the tree much harder as you have little room to step inside for pruning, picking the fruit and laying the compost/manure. Containers are allowed to dry before next watering.

That's a perfectly lovely bloom of Boscobel, totoro. I'd better get my nose in gear because I haven't smelled a scent on Boscobel. In our dry air, sometimes it takes a couple of years for the scent of a rose to overcome the dryness of the air. Augusta Luise is a good example of this. I hope you enjoy B. Diane

I have a Toastess single server and like that it uses a permanent filter rather than cups/pods. I still put a filter in it to make clean up easier but it works fine for me. I have not had one drinkable cup of coffee made in a Keurig and I'm not all that fussy on coffee. Might work if they used the refillable unit instead of the retail cups. I still prefer a percolated cup of coffee. I am amused when people brag about their Keurigs being "so fast!". Har-de-har-har! When at a friend's last year I said they take so long and he argued so we timed it. 3+ minutes to make a cup of (undrinkable) coffee. I was able to make about 8 cups in my drip maker in 4-4.5 minutes. And I could put my cup under it and get a cup out of it much quicker. Nope, will never waste the money on a Keurig. The mechanic I go to put in a single serve unit, I can't remember the brand (started with an "M" as I recall). I looked it up when I got home and it was about $130 so no way would I buy it, but it made some very good coffee. However, few people seem to realize that water is your biggest thing in making good coffee. Buy your specialized brands of coffee all you want, if you have bad water, it won't taste good. Period. And one little peeve... People criticize others for buying bottled water, how they're "filling up the landfills!!!!", but those little plastic cups/pods don't? Come off it folks. That's as bad as the disposable diaper users criticizing people for what's going in the landfills!