Amazing, not a single mention of the plant swap. LOL

Even I, whose yard is such that plants others deem invasive do not get a foot hold, do not allow 'Incense' passiflora to grow in the ground. I had experience with it trying to take over the world when a neighbor at another house planted it on our shared fence. I'm now trying to get it to grow in a pot (on a paving stone to keep the roots from escaping out the bottom) for the butterflies. Passiflora caerulea is pretty and did not spread from the roots in my yard, plus the butterflies never laid eggs on it. It didn't come back after last winter and I'm looking for another one. Passi foetida, "Love in a Mist" is also beautiful and is not an agressive spreader, but the Gulf Frit caterpillars have kept it eaten back this year so I never saw any flowers. Not that I mind. I wanted to have some food for them. Maybe some passi experts on here can suggest cultivars that are not agressive spreaders.

Actually, the workplace issues with Amazon have to do with both the white-collar and the warehouse workers. On the white-collar side, that the "culture" of the company sometimes demands working massive numbers of hours per week is pretty typical of hi-tech (so, "stop whining" could be a reasonable response there). However, Amazon in addition has a rather nasty, Machiavellian political structure (anonymous system that encourages widespread "reporting" on colleagues, stacked-rank reviewing that mandates firing a fixed percentage each year) that, along with the long hours and fast pace and lack of amenities (Amazon does not "do" the many amenities offered by other hi-tech firms, especially the family-friendly ones), burns people out really, really fast. Retention rate is 15% after 5 years, which is the worst rate in hi-tech. There are also on record a number of cases where people were fired as a direct result of having cancer or other health problems or were forced to return to work within hours of a miscarriage or other major medical problem, and so forth. On the warehouse side, in 2011 it was reported that rather than install air conditioning in its warehouse (Lehigh Valley, PA) or slow the frenzied pace of work it demands, Amazon hired ambulances during heat waves to wait outside and haul off workers who collapsed on the line due to heat stroke, dehydration, etc. The fallen were soon replaced by new applicants in that jobs-starved area. Public outcry led to that warehouse finally being air-conditioned, but Amazon warehouse work in general is reputed to be some of the most brutal in the business. A recent Supreme Court decision addressed Amazon's practice of holding warehouse employees for up to 1/2 hour after their shifts, without pay, in order to undergo security screening. The Supreme Court upheld the practice, meaning that warehouse employees now required to "donate" up to 1/2 an hour to Amazon each day. Considering how fast Amazon burns through high-tech talent, of which there is not an infinite supply, while never yet turning an annual profit (!!!), I don't think their business model is going to be one that is sustainable long-term. "Enjoy" them while you can, folks. The story about Amazon with so many comments (5,730 so far, and still open), and to which CEO Jeff Bezos made a response, was in last Sunday's New York Times business section, not the WSJ (see http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace.html?ref=business.)

These just self-seeded in this location. Most likely spawn of my Elegans To me they are a nice mix with all the variegated hosta and if you have room, why not? Some transplanted into a tough spot Plenty of them around. Empress Wu seems to be the most prolific though. I doubt this is from the Empress, Frances Williams at least partially is my guess. I need to find a home (two this size) for these. It's getting crowded. Jim, I'm aware of the origins. I call them wild because they are self-pollinated and are 'wild' to me. - Jon