Yes. I have hellfire crocosmia. It is not blooming yet but I can dig some up for you. I have Emily Mackenzie bulbs new to my gardens this year, so they are not ready yet... maybe later on. I cannot wait to see this bloom. I haven't run into any of the yellow yet but I am working on it. :) Mystical illusion is great for me. Let me know by email please. I am in NC. Thanks. Kim

I don't have any gardenias Mike but I am trying to get a large system of raised garden beds into vegetable production. I'm also planting flowers. Not to mention planting a great deal of my potted trees in the ground and giving away what I don't have room for. Someone is coming over today to pick up a mature Algerian Clementine Mandarin in a 25 gallon pot. I'm hoping he will also take a 15 gallon Dancy Mandarin off my hands. I'm so far behind at this point that a lot of vegetables I was planning on planting will have to wait till the Fall. Yesterday I finished planting the onions that should have been planted in Oct-Nov. I still have many trees to plant that I have been trying to get into the ground since last summer. So far I have planted roughly thirty trees in the ground since last summer. All that said my trees are in bloom and beautiful and the bees are in the air, the sun is shining. Its seams like its taking forever but I still enjoy my garden and backyard orchard. My son will be helping me all day today. I would say the chances are good that 2-3 more trees will be planted today. I picked up a good sized Oro Blanco Grapefruit and some Numex Big Jim pepper plants last Friday. I'm broke and I'm feeling twice my age but life is good.

Hey...I HATE high ceilings! I really don't think everyone loves them if that makes ya feel better. I find them cavernous and cold. I'm currently fighting with my MB redo and have dreams of drywalling down several feet to lower the ceiling lol. It was vaulted in the "flip" and I wish they hadn't....or at least not as high. Since your house is more historic in feeling than many, 8' is in keeping and not a detriment IMHO. BTW? My ceilings in my NE home are 7'4".....I love the coziness of them and the fact that I can use a regular roller to paint them lol. Most existing homes have 8' ceilings so don't see it as a big drawback. Only homes built in the last 10 or 15 yrs or so have gone with the vaults and that's hardly the majority of existing homes. White ceilings if contrasted with wall colors bring a ceiling DOWN. It's avoiding strong contrasts at the break that lifts the eye.....drapes to the ceiling are also important....anything vertical such as several prints stacked above one another etc. When we were redoing my folk's home to ready it for sale, I painted the ceilings in their beige bedroom a l/2 formula. My father fought me on this but could not BELIEVE his eyes when the ceiling suddenly went "up"! (Admitting he's wrong is something my dad doesn't "do" much lol!!) I'm not a fan of painting certain colors on the ceiling....it works great with some tones but a green ceiling wouldn't do much for me. Red rooms look great with pale gold ceilings if not white.

Manipulation seems to be a constant in humans. I can relate to the Joseph Wambaugh quote about jury selection, I have been twice dropped from the jury after the question if I knew about the case. When I said I did, was asked how come. I told them I read the newspaper and listen to radio and TV news. I was sent home.