Thanks for sharing my excitement. It's amazing how gardeners go gaga over a good deal. Yes, they are stained a light green, a nice "blending" color. Dani, I love your post on the different colors every year. I had already thought that maybe I will paint them each different colors (like my ladders) but wonder if that will be too crazy looking. I probably will after the first two years when they need a refresher. Iris9 - yup, the same one from Lowe's. I like your idea of clematis, and at least one will have a clematis winding through it. I'm thinking half will be flowers, half veggies - scarlet runner beans, sweet peas, cucumbers, etc. The fun is that I get to change it every year. The Black-eyed susans are doing great this year and are HUGE! It's all the rain that they love. And yes I will post photos :-) Been too busy this summer to post much, but winter's coming, when I have more time to garden daydream.

I believe, Larry, that the mother plant will begin to decline and die after the blooming cycle is over. But by that time, a healthy plant will have produced offsets, sometimes several.

beautiful baby, congratulations!!! And totally NOT off topic.... babies introduce a LOT more laundry into life. And, that was how I ended up justifying a Miele washer ...on board heater for cloth diapers....went from indifferent to laundry equipment to laundry and Miele washer obsessed

Susan sure knows how to grow em! I call her the Pubicalyx expert! None of my Pubs that have come from others compare to the ones I've received from her. Color and vigor, it's all there <3 That obovata/carnosa is the cutest ever!!!