Esh, I was thinking about that one, but couldn't come up with the name. I'm sure what is pictured above is an annual.

The Poppy in the photo is definitely a perennial, probably an Orientale. If you want to transplant, be prepared to dig for a long taproot and transplant in moist soil quickly. Keep moist for a couple of weeks. The plant will sulk big time, but should recover. To help it you may want to cut the blooms/pods off so they don't take too much energy from the plant, and cut back some of the longer leaves. I take my chances at transplanting these and succeed about 7 out of 10 times. Well worth the effort to try. :O)

TYVM! I figured it would be a mom'n'pop type store. That's too far of a drive but glad to know there's some going around, to possibly show up at a store within driving distance of where I am. I've had another, similar Alternanthera for about 5 yrs. It needs more light than I thought when I had the white kind, especially during winter, and keeping a drip saucer under it, full of water is definitely the wrong course of action. I've also gotten away from potting soil since then, putting all plants in a much more chunky/porous mix like cactus/palm soil when buying store-bought bags. The house plant forum would be a good place to ask if you have more questions or just wanna yak about any potted plants. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/houseplt/

Then when you have the color right, top with clear poly. That board in the middle is quarter sawn. All those vertical stripes are the tree rings which are perpendicular to the face of the board when quarter sawing. A few boards come out like that as the sawmill works its way through the center of the log, even if they're not trying to quarter saw. The surface is shinier because of the orientation of the wood grain. All the other boards in the pics are flat sawn. Those flecks going across are 'rays' that show up in quartersawn oak.