Oh Ais....I want EVERYTHING. Sometimes I think my head will explode working at 'that place'. Want lists go in and out of my head at alarming rates. Last fall I was bugging John to bring in Hakonechloa Aureola but he kept telling me it wouldn't grow here. I had to go 'out of house' and buy them. I am hoping to prove to him that they will grow here. We will see. The two I HAD to have just recently aren't anything that spectacular, they both were really just whims. The first was sambucus 'black beauty' that I had seen in the dutchgarden catalog that day. The other was a gold mound duranta I saw the night before while researching a couple of durantas that we do carry. We carry the 'all gold' and the 'gold tip' It wasn't actually me that wanted the 'gold mound' but a co-worker, I just went along with her latest HAVE TO HAVE whim. So you see I am easily swayed back and forth. A dangerous character trait to have when you work at a place like BB's. Adele

I'm looking forward to Saturday! mstywoods, I'm saving some dark purple irises for you, as well as the lady's mantle. amester, I'm saving some dark purple irises for you. gjmancini, I'm saving some lady's mantle for you. Skybird, Thanks for the hollihocks! I'll still be bringing those light purple irises.. they're very regal-looking and showy. Also, I'll be bringing some of that catmint. When I thinned out and transplanted my irises last time (Oct 08), I had about a zillion extras, and gave them away to my neighbors and co-workers. Here's a BEFORE shot. Then I dug them all up, washed off their little dirty feet, and separated them. Then replanted about half of them. Here's a RIGHT AFTER shot. And here we are, 3 months ago. Oh....um, oops. As you see, I got some of them mixed up. I think I can pick out the peachy colored ones, if anyone would especially like those. I'll be transporting them the way my momma taught me - bare roots, in a big tub of water. I'll bring ziplock bags so you can keep them wet until you get home. Then, if it will be a day or two until you can plant them, you might want to put them in a big clean plastic bowl with fresh water, just deep enough to keep the roots wet. I'd leave them outside, but not in direct sun. You probably already know the little trench arrangement for putting them in the dirt, but if not , I'll show you on Saturday. Looking forward to seeing all of you!. Betty

So happy to have you back, Anne. My life is so boring, even I'm snoozing throught it. Hopefully the rest of the KT have stories to tell to bring you up to speed on their goings on. Pris

Update===>>>I planted the two pieces of crown in a pot. The next morning when I went out to check out the pots.........one piece of the crown had not only been dug up......it was no where in site!!! Who would dig it completely up? I mean there was only a 1/2 inch showing!! A squirrel????I can just see it now, grey squirrel running around the neighborhood with a very small piece of crown in its mouth and six inches of roots trailing along behind! Any other thoughts? 😆😆😆 debra