I've managed to save a two cane wonder after it was split down the middle to the crown. I used twist ties and bamboo canes. Bamboo in the middle each cane tied up to the bamboo, with the injured tissues pressed against each other. Kind of hard to explain, but it worked. I noticed my DH knocked a new shoot almost off of a main cane awhile back. It was hanging on by a sliver. It took me about 4 days to get around to cutting it off. In that time the cane remained green and it also bloomed.

Great idea, we made a serial spoken bed time story for a while - my son and I. Good idea to write it down as he is now in 4th grade and they are really requiring lots of writing practice.

Oh heck yeah. I guess I look at friendship differently than a lot of people. Just because I've known someone a long time does not make them a friend. If someone craps on me, they're not my friend. Of course they get chances, but probably my closest friend and I have not spoken for some time. He got into a variation of a cult and I can't, rather won't deal with it. I've given him chance after chance and warning after warning but more of the drivel about politics and probably direct quotes from Fox "News". For a while, I'd prove him wrong and laugh in his face. I asked if he had the opportunity to choose the flavor of the Flavor Aid he's going to drink. I'd reply with videos of his diety du jour and prove him wrong but he'd continue to spout the rhetoric. I suspect much was an enticement to an argument. He loves a good debate. I like an intelligent discussion and don't mind if there's disagreement, that can make for a good debate. But there's limits. I finally had to go no holds barred and then he got all upset, asking why I was attacking him and insulting him. Well, I'm getting off track here, but people change. Interests change. And just because you don't see someone doesn't mean they're not a friend. Life is full of acquaintances, some closer than others and all subject to change. I think too many people are hung up on having "friends" and/or worry about losing them, rather than having quality, or at least non-toxic relationships with people. Life doesn't have to be a bowl of cherries, you can disagree with a friend and still be friends. But "friend" is more than a word to me.

In the case of these double-flowering plants, red coloration is simply what happens after the blooms have gone through all previous phases and are spent and dried (and have not become sun-scorched, in which case they'd be brown). Typically you'll see most dark reds come Fall. This happens on MANY H Macs. Now, Photo 3 shows a F&E Together that has blooms affected by acid soil, alkaline soil, a half-spent bloom (pink with red speckles) and two fully spent blooms (dark red). Aluminum sulfate or coffee grounds are more likely to give you purples if you have naturally alkaline soil. Soil pH would have little to zero effect on spent bloom color as they're dead and no longer pigmented. As far as reliability goes, Together can bloom on new wood. I've had Perfection for 3 years and it's never bloomed once. Miss Saori is relatively new and hasn't made the rounds yet. As MS is bicolored, I would suspect the inner flowers would remain light in color while the edges would be varying shades of pink or red.