Thread is below.. tack yours on there for the record? Thats good news about Lyubimi. Its not on Ashtons cold hardy list so I didn't try it. My second Kazake is finally leafing out about halfway up. I was about to chop it down at the base so its good I waited. Scott Here is a link that might be useful: thread

Thanks, everyone! Jazzmom -- Here are my own roots, all of the others on the first list were grafted. did NOT survive Raspberry Cream Twirl Climber (really surprising since it had almost no winter die back the previous year) Nicola Parade mini Promise Natasha Monet DID make it :) Denali (weak) Steppin' Out (weak) Memoriam Pope John Paul II Candyland mini pink Kordana Baby Paradise Cupcake Cafe Ole Green/White Victory grocery store potted rose Lagerfeld Peppermint Parfait Hot pink kordana mini multiple pink grocery store minis Vulcano Kordana mini Smile Kordana mini Irish Cream (tiny band from Burlington that survived in ground, very surprised!!) Rainbow (weak) Grimaldi Henri Matisse Dick Clark Julio Iglesias (weak) Headliner Pop Warner Harry Wheatcroft (weak) Michelangelo the Painter Strawberry Ice Mexicana (weak) Gene Boerner (weak)

Hey Toni, thanks for your complements on my plants. Beleive it or not, all of my plants with the exception of the Aussie FIngerlime have been grown from seed. As a matter of fact, the Grapefruits were personally selected and liberated by me :) . I was out in AZ at the end of 2001, I was out for a evening drive with my wife and sister in law, we went to the highest point in Phoenix, then on the way back I passed a former manson with a radio station billboard on it with some sort of event going on at the grounds. It had a semi circular driveway and the entire very large front lawn was fileld with quite old Grapefruit trees, all seemingly the same type. When I went 3/4 of the way around I stoped said what the hell, jumped out looked at a nice looking tree and picked 2 grapefruits off the tree, the biggest and best ones I could find, and tossed them into the car. I had to wait 1.5 months for the box for some reason to come back to NY that I shipped em in but they were intact and whole. I had the seeds of one of the grapefruits planted for me by a friend and co-worker, since he had better facilities and room for that. Once they gre we split up the bunch. I kept 3 seedling and the other 2 went with him. I think he has one tree left. The other 3 have been growing with me ever since. Grapefruits #1 & 2 were so close together that I decided no to seperate them, they seem sto be doing great otherwise so it has never been a worry. The Key Limes were a bit simpler. Basically I bought a bag of "Susie" Key Limes in 2004, made a key Lime pie, saved the seeds, 15 seedlings grew. I lost 10 of them when I went away for 5 days and the pot they were in was not watered while I was gone. I planted the remainnig 5. One died in a month, another died suddenly of mysterious leaf loss the next year. Now of course I had a Key Lime almost die of the same mystery. The Lemon was planted September of 2005. I palnted 6 seeds,only 1 came up. I thought I had a second plant but it turned out initally to look like a weed. I figured I would let the weed keep the lemon company for a while. I was almost ready to pull the weed and then it flowered, then about a month later I found a whole bunch of small thai peppers growing on it...lol. It was a seedling for when I planted some in the same pot 2 years previous. As you can tell I just stuck the seed in existing dirt. The Kumquat I bought at the local Stop and Shop in December of 2005 and got 2 seedlings from that. I will be transplanting them soon. The Aussie FIngerlime I bought from a place in South Carolina. I will be looking up the name of the place when I get to work tomorrow. Anyway that is my story, so no grafts except on the Aussie, all is from seed. VTY -Mark

An update on my hosta survival rate. Out of the 132 that I had this winter, only one didn't survive and it was a new mini last year Giantland Sunny Mouse Ears. I have a couple that aren't growing all that well right now because there was a couple of very cold nights after the pips were out. Most of the hostas I managed to cover but So Sweet and Fragrant Bouquet weren't and they are suffering. Several of the hostas were very late relative to the majority of them but they eventually showed. Bedford Rise and Shine, Tokudama, Brim Cup are examples of this. The vast majority of my hostas have more eyes than previous years but they haven't grown nearly as tall, they are quite stunted compared to previous years. Almost all of them, in fact. I am just happy with the survival rate :)