These are my choices...some might be more or less correct. 1 Hollyhocks or Malva 2 Cosmos 3 Gaillardia--only because the seeds have that look. 4 Bachelor Buttons 5 Sea Holly 6 Everlasting SweetPea I cannot say it often enough--when you make a flat put a piece of duct tape on the bottom and write the name with a sharpie. It won't blow away and it won't fade.

Hi Buyorsell888, I had Casablanca finally open after this one was almost done, C. is the one with buds in the pic. Somebody IDed it for me as "Willike Alberti" (sp?), but I am not 100% sure. I will compare with online pictures next year.

Thank you Aurora, I appreciate your effort, your knowledge of Hoyas is enviable ! I have seen your beautiful garden pictures, you're collection is quite extensive ! No need digging around for me, you did plenty by just supplying those other names. I spoke to the man where I get them from and he said out of all you listed, he only grows MagG although he also grows something called Hoya Nervosa that looks similar but the online images don't tell me much. Up close, the leaves look like Denise's pic and the tips point down. Thank you very much, Marco

The first sure looks like Red-tips Photinia to me. The so-called 'Cleyera' of commerce is actually Ternstroemia gymnanthera. The photo does not look like Ternstroemia to me. Ternstroemia has extremely glossy and leathery (almost rubbery) leaves that grow in whorls toward the ends of the branches with very little fold in the leaf. No leaf serrations, and with usually a blunted or rounded tip. Also, Ternstroemia should be showing spent blooms about now and maybe even some seed. The true Cleyera japonica (also called Sakaki) is very rare in commerce. It has a unique terminal bud that is sort of hooked like a little finger.