It could be desperately thirsty or drowned depending on the state of the soil. The symptoms are similar. Also, as you are in Canada, maybe your temps are already starting to drop at night and it's got cold? The Fuchsia in the next pot looks even sicker. They are both trained as standards. The droopy one is not dead imo and even the one which is a stick might be OK. Does it snap dryly or do the twigs bend and have green inside? You can keep them over winter in a dormant state in cool place like a porch or basement. I wouldn't attempt to keep them growing inside in winter. They're likely to end up weedy and bug ridden. Where I am I can leave them outside against the house wall covered in leaves. But I doubt that'll work for you. This post was edited by florauk on Mon, Sep 2, 13 at 17:11

Hey Biker, Thanks but no apology needed, no harm, no foul, etc. Sometimes we're more clear than others, sometimes not. I have many times misread something ('cause I'm going too fast), or posting on a quick break at work, or way too late at night at home, etc. Well Mike, It's just that I used to word process for a living so I find my own bad proofing is particularly cringe-worthy. But then, as professionals (at law firms) one rarely proofs one's own work for exactly that reason. One tends to see what one wants on the page rather than what's actually there. That's why it's best (professionally) to only proof work one did not create. Glad you understood the caution about the Euphorbia sap. One needs to wash carefully after handling & pay particular attention to avoid the face & all mucous membranes until after thorough washing. It tends to be more relevant on things like E. trigona, lactea, & those types. Mike, what you said about being given cuttings you've never seen before at the nursery. I'll try to say this gently, but just cause you haven't seen a plant before, does't mean it's rare, it's just new to you. The plant world out there is so GIGANTIC, there's oodles to see. Once I started collecting succulents & seeing more than a few, I thought I was getting to see a lot of them. Then I started visiting a friend in San Diego & he showed me plants in person that were just amazing at parks & in special places he knew including their zoo. Turns out the San Diego Zoo w/ its famous collection of animals (made famous on Johnny Carson Show w/ the Zookeeper Joan Embry) has a botanical collection even more valuable than its animal collection; who knew. Go there in Feb. & one can see fields of Aloes blooming around certain animal areas, pretty cool.

Unfortunately, I could also email you a list of more than 50 other names that it could be. Don't be too quick to tag something with a name. This pattern/color (violet plicata) is very common and there are a lot of named varieties. I certainly understand the desire to have a positive ID on an iris but sometimes it's just not possible. People bring me iris all the time, plain blue, plain yellow, violet plicata, etc. and want me to tell them the name. About as easy as breeding pigs that fly. :-) I ask them, "Do you love it?" If they reply Yes I tell them to just grow it and enjoy it and not worry about a name. Attaching an incorrect name to a variety only perpetuates misnamed irises being distributed far and wide.

We have a very similar store brand faucet that we bought at Ferguson's. I liked the idea of buying a store brand from a retailer that sells high end products. One of the reasons that the price would be lower on a store brand is that there is no advertising budget, just like buying a store brand at Whole Foods or Saks Fifth Avenue. Anyway, I would go for it if you like it. I love my faucet. Here is a link that might be useful: store brand faucet