Low e will certainly effect plant growth. Ultraviolet Light (UV) Ultraviolet light is comprised of three different wavelength ranges of light. UVC (200-280nm) has the shortest wavelength and most energy, but is potentially the most stressful to plants and human skin causing sunburn and can be very damaging to human eyes. Fortunately, for humans and plants atmospheric absorption eliminates the majority of UVC shortwave light. no need for a window film to block it. UVB (280-315nm) has a short wavelength, high energy and also causes sunburn in humans and plants. UVB is known to damage protein and nucleic acids in plant cells, causing decreased metabolism and decreased number of flowers. UVB can have positive effects as well.. A plant responds to the stress and sunburn from UVB wavelengths, by creating it’s own sunscreen in the form of trichomes and cretinoid. Exposure to UVB radiation is also known to reduce a plants biomass, plant height and leaf area, but increase leaf thickness. lack of UVB causes leggy plants. Finally, UVA and near ultraviolet light (315-400nm) has the longest wavelengths of UV light and can be very beneficial to plant development. Wavelengths in the UVA spectral range are included in the absorption spectrum, particularly in the 380nm range. The absorption spectrum is the range of wavelengths of light that are absorbed by green chlorophyll for photosynthesis. Additionally, research has shown that exposing plants to UVA light can also inhibit mold growth and fungal development. Far-Red and Infrared Light On the far end of the spectrum (>700nm) you find far-red and infrared wavelengths of light. Far-red and infrared light have very long wavelengths, and very little energy. Infrared wavelengths are not visible to the human eye and only can be felt as heat. We know that blue and red light is optimal for plant development, but research conducted in 1957 has shown that combining blue light and red light with far-red/infrared light (700-760nm), led to an increased rate of photosynthesis due to the Emerson effect. The protein Phytochrome is the only known receptor that is sensitive to far-red/infrared wavelengths. Plants use Phytrochrome to regulate when a plant is to switch from vegetation state to flowering, and the time of flowering, due to the length of daylight or exposure to artificial light. The appropriate amounts of far-red and infrared light can also be a very effective at promoting robust stem growth, proper node spacing, and more flowers and fruit. Too much IR radiation can also be an issue because to a plant the majority of IR radiation is felt as heat. consider the amount of light (PAR or PPFD) needed to successfully grow your plants. then decide if low e is sufficient for you. It may lack certain lighting requirements.

Based on enablers photos from this year, I have orders in for Rainforest Sunrise and Cathedral Windows. They look wonderful! I bought several on McT's list the year before or earlier, so they don't count for new 2007 favorites. But I will comment that El Nino is my most favorite hosta, and looks great near yellows like Sun Power and Stained Glass. Orange Marmalade is a large that grows slowly, so its neighbors may overwhelm it. I bought 4 in 2006, and the ones getting more hours of sun grow much better. I love them! I think Eskimo Pie is slow, but worth the wait. Love the color varigation. I bought Tick Tock this October, a nice little potful. The edges were sunburned, so not photo-worthy. I can't wait to see what it does next year. Cowboy, I noticed that you bought Hadspen Samphire. Mine grew really fast, and the show in the spring is spectacular! It's a decent limey green later on, with a nice full shape. Phil, ditto Cowboy's comment about Hole Mole. It grows wider and taller than Guacamole in much less time. I am going to have to move mine. It is at the front of one garden, and needs to be switched with one of my runts that is behind it. My faves from last year include: Ice Cream...I liked it so much I kicked another hosta out of my favorite island garden to make room for it. A nice clean, tidy little guy. Silver Bay. Gorgeous thick blue wax, lasted all season. I damaged it by spraying deer repellent on it, however. Heat Wave. Thick leaves, a tetraploid, lovely colors. Don't know its rate of increase. Ice Age Trail. Another one I sprayed with deer repellent early in the season. Duh! Mine doesn't have as many creamy steaks as others, but I still really like it. Tortilla Chip. An all yellow sport of Stained Glass. Tolerates sun enough to be planted with some of my daylilies. Ginsu Knife. A small specimen when I bought it, grew very nicely throughout the season. Another I plopped in with daylilies. The fragrant ones do just fine in this area, and of course have wonderful flowers. Fragrant King. I ordered Fragrant King, Fragrant Surprise and Fragrant Fire. The last 2 grew slowly for me, and I was unimpressed. Fragrant King really jumped, and I like the ones that have wider edges. My big obsession is finding hostas that look good all season in midday sun, and have other than all-green leaves. Fragrance is a major plus. I need them to brighten my daylily gardens after the daylilies are done flowering. My favorites in this category are Stained Glass and Diana Remembered, but they were bought before 2007, so don't make this list of new hostas. ~Bunnycat

Well JNM, Now you've gone and done it, mentioning "Because You Loved Me." When I think of this song, I think of my first DH. I was 22 when I met him; 24 when we married; 38 when he was killed. When I first heard this song, I thought of him. I don't know that he would say he really grew up during our marriage (he had done a lot of growing prior to our being together), but I know I did. He really was the sort of fellow who believed we all have God given potential and we ought to live our lives trying to maximize that potential. He truly encouraged those around him to challenge themselves, to stretch themselves, to grow. He literally "gave me wings and made me fly." I think I may have mentioned once or twice to him that I thought it would be really neat to learn how to fly an airplane. One year for my birthday, I opened a card from him and inside was the business card of a local flight instructor with an appointment time on it. He had arranged for me to take flying lessons. To this day, I am an instrument-rated private pilot. He worked on his pilot's license at the same time and over a period of about five years, we shared incredible adventures. We flew ourselves all over the US and, one year, we even went island hopping, flying ourselves down to and around the Caribbean. It was amazingly wonderful. In January, 1991, he was returning from a trip. I was at our little local airport waiting for him. I had just spoken to him on the radio and then went outside to watch for his arrival. While attempting to land, he crashed. He was killed instantly. I was a witness to the accident. It is funny how the lyrics of songs can evoke such powerful emotions from such different experiences. Not a day goes by that I do not think of him --- today more acutely than usual. I miss him deeply, but when I think of everything I am because he was in my life and because he loved me, I can muster a little smile through the tears, remembering.

I agree with nosoccermom; for a nursery you really have to think cordless and I would be nervous with floor length curtains. We put the cordless black out cellular blinds from Home Depot in our nursery (hopefully to be occupied any day now!); they look good, they were affordable, we installed them ourselves, and they really black the room out. Your window may be too unusual a size to go with the big box generic stuff, but it's worth checking out for the price and ease of install. Nurseries are so fun and exciting, good luck!