I saw your flickr page this am Barb and thought YOU were in Cuba: jealous!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)

MikeI wonder if the M-puzzle bit it because of the heat??? Who knows, it is a guy down the street who has it, and his garden always looks unkempt. S...

Just saw these. Way cool. Love the monkey puzzle. (One by us was dead brown by October for some odd reason, not frost, jut maltreated I guess. ) ...

Nice color plant, Tim! getting warmer there Igor?? :D

Very cool. I think i may have some of the babies???

Whoa... wait a minute. You over winter CANNA in zone 4 and 5? How the hell is that even possible? I have never heard them surviving beyond zone 6 or...

Not dying off....just cutting back like many other plants we over winter in the north....like the Sedums I have around my house, or the Canna's WHat ...

I can't imagine letting them die off every year...seems like torture to me.

Aaron, your seeds start germinating! You surviving over there Igor??

Here are some pics I took today after work. I hafta say Barb, this post is very timely...I look at these trees every day and admire them....(this rem...

I believe it is this....Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana

The wood/bark on it is very reminiscent of my fig (mission and kadota) trees...Hmmm????

Hmmm...I pass this same/similar tree every day on my way through the city (PHilly) on way to and from work. I'll take a picture today...and post :bl...

what better time than in the middle of winter Perfect time for that eye candy!How beneficial for the public when a community spends money to create th...

great shots Mike. Love that big lily pad plant. Is that hardy?? Was the Fatsia inside or outside? Thanks Tim. I know the fatsia is brought inside...