Thanks Judy, but what will everyone else be eating? Just kidding. I'll share (maybe a little). I'm not sure what I'll bring but I'll also bring an ice chest with some ice.

I'm in need of help identifying a couple of plants. The first one was purchased a few years ago as a oak hydrangea. Well, that's definitely not what this is. It has never bloomed. My issue now is whether it is a shrub, tree or what. It's pretty. :-). The second picture is an herb. I purchased it last spring but can't remember what it is. Any help would be appreciated.

Hopefully i will have time to label what I am bringing but for those of you that want to do some research before tomorrow afternoon, I am bringing a couple of Bird of Paradise divisions, two are spoken for (Karen and Les) and I have one more tiny one that has no roots but the bulbous base is healthy and large so it should root out in a month or so. I have a large nectarine tree that I bought from one of the big box stores that is labeled 'Contender' Peach which is the variety I am looking for - again, this one's a nectarine which are next to impossible to keep happy in my yard. I have one small strawberry that I bought last year in the fall and never got around to planting, it is a named variety. I have a stack of 2-3 gallon sized black plastic pots. One of my baby tree ferns. This one is two joined together at the base. I cannot keep it happy over the winter so it needs a new home. The parent was sold to me as an "Australian Tree Fern" of which there are way too many varieties. I have no idea which one it is but I do know that to keep them pest free you have to water the crown and the trunk EVERY STINKING DAY OF THE YEAR. Otherwise they get overwhelmed with white fuzzy mealy bugs which can kill the tree in one year. This type also has irritating fuzz that it will shed if you touch it too much. When they are happy they grow about a foot a year. I am bringing a 'Clementine de Nules' Mandarin potted citrus. It does well and produces about a dozen fruits each summer (they ripen in the fall). I dug out three babies from one of my variegated agaves, the mama came from Plant Delights and looks like 'Desert Diamond' but I got her years ago before that one came out so I don't know what the name is. I've got a 'Black Mission' fig baby for Mike and a no-name Blackberry for Sabji. I can't wait to see everyone tomorrow!

Karen, the mums are from my garden; it is an early bloomer called 'Red Carousel.' The Mum Society just had a sale of special mums at Campbell Nursery. We (Mum Society) are having the National Convention in Raleigh this year too. Mums are bizarre this year; those in gallon pots were growing until that 20 degree morning, and most of them just died. JJ I will bring you a camellia in the fall. Thanks everyone for all the special treasures I will add to my garden. Thanks, John, for all of your efforts.