Hey! Thanks Jessica. They are planted in the 1.1.1 mix as well as my jades. I love that mix because it outlasts the 5.1.1. mix. Oh, if you pot up your jade into the 1.1.1 mix, believe me when I tell you it will take off on you:-) Thank you for your kind words. Josh! I LOVE your plants. I see how happy they are frolicking in the nice windows you have. Look at what you have done with the CC. I can't believe that it is even flowering again! Bravo. Nice colors. I love that Pichira too. I almost picked one up today. What are the little guys growing next to your CC on the top pic? Cute! I see where you are keeping some of the jades too:-) Nancy! I love those orange flowers too. Did you notice the Hoya flower? That has grown off the Hoya I saved a few months ago! I keep telling them to behave, or I will have to send them the the plant masters for training. They have been good since then. Jodik! Thank you, thank you:-) No worries. I can't wait to see what's up your sleeve..lol I can tell you this. Every time I look at my Clivia flowers, I think of you. I know how much you love flowers like that and they remind me of Ameryllis. God, I can never remember how to spell that name.. Mike

mich gets some credit (or blame, depending on your point of view re design) for sharing a division of Canna 'Tropicanna' with me (seen at far right in the above photo). I broke down and bought a couple additional pots of it as well to make a fair-sized grouping. The other cannas in the bed this year are 'Wyoming', 'Pretoria', 'The President' and 'Red King Humbert' - not unusual hybrids, but I'm enjoying all of them. I apppreciate the brug cutting offer. I don't have that one (it's a beauty), but 'Betty Marshall' has already been in flower in the same bed and a couple other varieties are currently in bud.

About 40 miles north of mtnrdredux, we had just snow. I was sad to see my birch out back look like this - A bit to the right - And while I was making the dinner for my friend Jimmy to take to his father and grandmother 2.5 hours north, he was snow blowing paths and the driveway for me. Thank-you, Jimmy! He also gently knocked the snow off the birch for me, and it bounced back, but I lost a Japanese Maple planted this fall.

So many wonderful blooming flowers and arrangements! Seeing all these blooming flowers, makes me know I have work to do to ensure full time blooming. My daylily area is about ready to open up...likely this weekend. The Russian sage is super close too. I have the Shasta Daisy that are blooming but the bug problem (other post) is dampening my excitement. Gardencloe, what variety is the Shasta Daisy you have? I love the compactness of it and the height. The Becky and Alaska I have are a bit too tall in some of the locations I have them, and I'd like to add another shorter variety. Do you get a long bloom? Can you use them for cut flower arrangments?