For Lindyb SDLM is not bad to ball for me. I occasionally 'ease' open an early or very late bloom-chilly weather seems more of a balling indicator here-but in the main it opens with no problems-Surprised me as well especially as my plant is not in a very good spot. I also have Souv. de St Anne's a and you are right, it is a lovely thing. Catsrose..my the point was that apparently many Cut rose breeders believed that scent shortened vase life(the rotting gene?) so bred it out of their roses. That they thought so does not make it true. I gather the primary purpose of their breeding was to produce a flower that would stay in 'the bud' as long as possible with as long a stem as possible. I do wish I could remember where I read this-I have a number of books on greenhouse propagation and so on. Oh well. patricia

Wow! Thank you so much mxbarbie. This is completely unexpected and very much appreciated. Let me know if there is anything I can send your way :)

Hello ladies! After a long day at my craft show, I came home to a wonderful box from Anita! Wow, girl! I had no idea you could stuff so many fantastic things into one of these boxes!! Anita sent: Lots of lollipops - my kiddos love them! A bunch of daylily seeds 2 voodoo lily bulbs A Milk + Honey brug A Frosty Pink brug (OMG - I can't WAIT to grow these!!!) An agave - so cool - my first! A Commander In Cheif Asiatic Lily bulb An Easter Bonnet Lily bulb A Rhodos Asiatic Lily bulb A Kiss Me Kate Lily bulb (wow - I love all these lillies!!!) Rose Mallow seeds Crackerjack Marigold seeds Evening Primrose seeds Maltese Cross seeds 2 boxes of corn muffin mix and a recipe for Broccoli Cornbread (sounds yummy!) A garden trowel (I needed this - all my cheap ones have bent like crazy!) Pumpkin baking cups (always can use these!!) Lots of napkins A leaf sticker sheet A LOVELY flower plaque A Garden All - it looks fantastic! I'll bet this works great! A beautiful handcrafted dream catcher - wow, this is lovely! I will hang this in somewhere special! A beautiful rose flat - I'll need to put the flagpole back up on the porch! A dolphin windsock A Lucky Clover grow kit - awesome! A Sunflower Grow kit - very cool too! A wooden spoon (thanks - my Lily keeps taking off with mine!), wrapped in a beautiful fall colors towel! 2 Cappuccino lip balms - yummy!!! Wow - I hope I got it all! You packed an INCREDIBLE box, Anita! Thank you so very much! I feel like my box was so inferior now! Going now to hang up my beautiful dream catcher! Becki

Thanks all for your feedback. There were only 2 flowers on that inflo last season (I got it as a cutting that year). One was a 6 petal and the other was a 5 petal. So it sounds like I just happen to find a 4-leaf clover. Looking forward to what this season will bring. freak4plumeria - thanks for the suggestion on the South Cost Plumeria Society. I looked them up and I think they meet in Anaheim now. Little bit further away than Huntington Beach but still only a hop and a skip away. I'll try to attend some of the meetings.