So sorry, but I am apparently losing it here. I typed out a answer to the first half dozen who had replied to my post, and I obviously just previewed it and didn't submit it, 'cause it isn't here. You know I have had a really good time posting pictures this year...to let you know how much fun, I have uploaded over 1800 pictures to photobucket this month alone. If you want to verify, I'll send you the link. Christine, CW would be in my top 10 even if I was limited to 10 only. If you are considering it, that is one I wholeheartedly recommend. Debra, I cannot imagine why your Celestial Warbler isn't blooming...next year could always be different, but mine bloomed really well last year and has had a clump just about every day since the blooms started this year. But all of Luddy's intros have done amazingly well here. Rita,Cindy, bigack, Tyger River is a very large bloom and the plant is bloomiferous (if that is understandable) Selman's do well here. I love Blueridge plants. Which brings us to Blue corn Moon. Linda and Cindy, I don't think it ever has less than a perfect bloom on it. and Rita and other "hot" lovers, a new one I ordered from Paul Owens is a "hot" one too;Bohemian Rhapsody, and he sent an even hotter one, Lady Jane Pearcy, so you know I will have the hot colors next year, as always. deangreen, Ellie, Val, Vickie, and Crackingtheconcrete. Just a bit of enabling here, I think Ace of Hearts is only $14 on Roycrofts site. Val and crackingtheconcrete, Not only is Ledgewoods Firecracker a gorgeous and very bright color, it is a wonderful bloomer too. Many, Many blooms every year, and Bill Maryott sells it very reasonably. Thank you Jean, and Debra, I know we have discussed Desperado Love before...I'm glad yours is doing more like mine in the bloom department now. Jean it is a lovely bloom. I'm sorry I was so late answering you all, but thought I answered part of you earlier. I really do appreciate you taking the time to look at my photos and comment on them. It gives me a lot of pleasure to know you like them too. kay

Hey, no sweat, that happens to all of us from time to time. :) I'd never be able to remember all of mine if I didn't take along a notebook and pen while making my photos. After I take a photo, I jot down the name so I have a list of what I took each day. I put the date at the top of the page for reference if I need to go back and check a certain day. Anyway, which ever one she is, she's a beauty, as are the rest of yours. Thanks for posting them. Jan

Yes, Bill, it's a mystery why some p*lants grow and some don't. I think that it is just so much more complicated then we can see, how plants thrive. Yet it appears to us that p*lants grow so simply. Quite the conundrum. That is very interesting about your lilac. I never had anything growing under it, so maybe I will try that some time. Claire, I am putting Thalia on my list for the fall. I think I am going overboard on daffodils lately. [g] They look so small when you first plant them, but they really fill out into large patches after a few years. I moved a patch into an area with not enough sun in the fall and it had no blooms at all on it this spring. So I think I am running out of enough sun. The Haweras are very cute and not so much dying foliage to put up with either. I did see the plant support and wondered if you had it in place for something that hasn't grown yet. [g] That Dicentra GoldHeart really catches my eye every time I see it. Really stands out. Wow, when that gets full grown! I really like Pieris and I hope I can keep them going in my g*arden. I fear I am too dry for them, but I water a lot, so maybe.

Thanks Randy North of Florida palms has the best deals on Princeps I have seen,that's where I got the 3 I have -one is planted. Seeing them up close might leave you a little more torn between the two. That said,I love Waggies too! Here's the One I have planted- chadec I know exactly what you mean about Aloifolia! Mine snapped(in high winds)2 years ago or it would be 6' right now at least! They root easily so,no worries there-mine is secured to a small post now...probably would have been halved anyway when the "G-house collapsed in the blizzard last winter. Here's a picture(s) of the Cactus cover - Note how tall it is in respect to the railing- and check put what it looked like collapsed under 15"+ of snow! Here is a link that might be useful: Princeps