I'm interested in trading, but you don't have your email set up. I'm interested in your streps. I don't have any of the AVs you're looking for, but I do have other gessies if you're interested. I have a NOID Columnea, a Drymonia First Peach, and a Aeschynanthus radians Rasta. The Columnea is a blooming plant. The other two are well-rooted cuttings. Send me an ema if interested.

My Hoya obscura has been blooking nearly nonstop since last March. It has an incredibly intense and delicious evening fragrance like gardenia and spiced fruit, very different from other hoya fragrances. Sansevieria parva (a smaller relative of the common mother-in-law's tongue) flowers reliably for me each winter in response to the shortening daylengths of autumn. The night fragrance of hyacinth from just a few open flowers is enough to nearly knock me over. Neomarica gracilis also flowers reliably for me indoors from late January through April every year. The exquisitely beautiful iris-like flowers only last one day each, but many flowers are produced from each bloom stalk. To my nose, they are scented exactly like garden peonies which is one of my all-time favorite floral odors. All three of these plants are the best houseplants I have ever grown in terms of looks, ease of growth, ease of flowering and robustness. Some of my other fragrant favorites that may or may not bloom in winter (depending on the year in question and other environmental factors) are Aglaia odorata and Codonanthe carnosa. If you are lucky, you may be able to find a scented cyclamen at your local supermarket or chain home improvement store. These can have a lovely odor and will bloom all winter if kept relatively cool.

Wirosarian, unfortunately we live in a small city so can't shoot. However, thank you for giving me optimism and I will make sure I get some nitrogen rich fertilizer for the first feeding. Sorry for your damage Seil. It took me a few minutes to realize I wasn't seeing things as the rose bushes still had leaves and were quite taller when I visited them yesterday. Thankfully they had only gone through one rose bed before I got repellant today and put some cages up. Nandoll, thankfully I don't see a lot of deer around here as we are quite urban. 98% of mine were definitely rabbits as the cuts were clean at a 45 degree angle and there were rabbit droppings all over the place. The broken branches I believe were from my dogs when I let them out late last night and wasn't keeping an eye out. I can't imagine they could stay out of the beds if the saw rabbits. They ran right back there first thing this morning which was what made me investigate. Catsrose, we have two dogs but we travel Monday through Friday for work and the dogs come with us. I would very much love a cat but would feel terrible leaving it alone for days at a time, even if it could come in and out as it pleased. Thank you tons for all of the advice! I am keeping my fingers crossed for Spring!

Here's my little snow bunny! I had to pull on boots over my bare feet and a coat over my PJs and go rescue her this morning. Later I shoveled a path for her and my other dog. Didn't lose power - yet. Some evergreen shrubs are split or laying on the ground covered with snow tho. :( Thank goodness I don't have to be anywhere and try to drive; but can never resist getting bundled up and taking a walk and look around after a big snow. Plus, it's still snowing! Tami, I don't remember the names of the grocery stores but they were right on the main drag through Lorain, mostly small family run stores. Had the greatest deli cases too with delicious Cuban, Puerto Rican or Mexican dishes all cooked and ready. We usually stopped at two or three before heading home.