Glad you decided to come in from the bushes. LOL I'm just getting started with container gardening and wondering how come i have'nt done it sooner. my flower beds are a mess too but blooming too. and i'm frantically trying to get everything into pots. Josh, i'll probably have trouble with oak seedlings too as i've oak trees all over. How do you handle 200 plus containers? When i think about it though,it can't be worse than all the flower beds i have and when i think of all the rocks i've had to dig up,it would have been easier to have started with containers. vickie

Hi Leng Leng, I'll write you tomorrow [ok, today] with your other questions. This is what "I" have grown: >Rose Silk with Picotee Edge Variegated Leaves >Rose Silk with Picotee Edge Leaves NOT Variegated >Rose Silk with Darker Rose Star in Center with Picotee Edge Leaves NOT Variegated >Chocolate Silk with Picotee Edge Variegated Leaves >SOLID Chocolate NO PICOTEE Leaves NOT Variegated >Rose Silk with Slight Picotee Edge Leaves NOT Variegated >Rose Silk TIE DIE [Cross] NO PICOTEE Variegated Leaves Today I got another 'New' Cross that is a >VERY PALE Dusty Rose Silk NO PICOTEE Variegated Leaves [I 'think' - need to check out the leaves again] All of the above are 3" - 4" Blooms. The Rose Silks are more of a 'Dusty Rose'. Some are VERY 'Silky' - so I can see how they earned the name 'Rose Silk'. The Chocolates are a darker Color and do fit Cat's description. I had my first bloom this week of the >'SunSmile Brown', however, I didn't watch the bloom throughout the day. The bloom was under 2" - But, this was the first bloom, so that is all I have to go by. Variegated Leaves and looked just like a miniature Chocolate Silk. I have also gotten CROSSES from my Rose Silks that had 5" -6" Blooms. >Rose Silk with Picotee Edge Variegated Leaves >Rose Silk with Darker Rose Star in Center with Picotee Edge Leaves NOT Variegated >Rose Silk TIE DIE NO PICOTEE Variegated Leaves All CROSSES, and ALL EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL I'm sure I've left some out that I've grown, but this is what I can think of at the moment. Hope this helps, Emma

mudlady thats exactly what I thought too. OTOH...its got the three major food groups: salt, sugar, fat, LOL Looks like a perfect poster-food for this book - I've on the 'hold' list for it through my library. Reviews say the chapter on Snickers bars is worth it alone. The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

My preference is DARK. DH's is Butterfingers! I know that because when we were in Belgium I was excited about these small chocolate outlets are a popular draw for tourists. In Belgium much like wineries, tours of Belgian chocolate shops include tastings and exclusive souvenirs. Anyway, I was overwhelmed trying to make decisions and assumed by the puzzled look on his face that DH was too. I finally made some selections, he didn't. He finally said "they don't have Butterfingers". I was emnbarrased and told him to keep his voice down--crazy American!