UPS delivered 6 Tightwads to my front porch today. He called out "Live Plants!...Like you need some more!" :) They had a wonderful bonus. Their fall color is stunning: purple to bronze to bright red. I ordered them from Sooner Plant Farm. This was my first order from them. They give a twenty percent discount if you order more than 3 of the same kind of something. Their service was excellent. I actually got an E-mail THIS MORNING to expect delivery TODAY. And, it was some of the best packaging I have seen for mail order plants. I will order from them again for sure. Thanks to you all for your help in making the selection. I am looking forward to next summer already. And yes, Ken, I did squeak a bit....:)

Great pics! Makes me envious our wildflower season hasn't really got going up here yet. Though, I doubt we'll have that kind of stuff. Thanks for sharing some real beauties.

Thanks again Shirley! Melvalena, Larkspur is one of my very favorite plants. Anyone who is the least bit interested in a cottage type garden should have it. Once it's planted it comes back reliably every year. Sometimes it comes up in odd places like under this bench, but it looked so neat there that I didn't let Bob cut it when he mowed the grass. Larkspur is the only reliable reseeding annual that I grow, but I just planted a row of bronze colored Cosmos (from ARE) along the drive way to go behind the Blue Plumbago and between three bright yellow Thyralis bushes, and Patty tells me it reseeds very nicely, so I'm excited about that. The butterflies are already all over it. Kathy, am I missing any other good reseeding annuals? Also some of the Larkspurs last until about mid-July and then they are pulled up (which is very easy to do), the seeds shaken around, and the stalks put on the compost pile. What a great plant!

I agree with Cathy, the clemintines would make a really nice marmalade. I made some with Honey Bells once and it was really good, my last batch I made from tangerines that donna (lacksboys3) sent me. That was really good too. I've also made marmalade with key limes (a PIA, but good) and Meyer lemons and a couple of times with grapefruit. I also have Doris' recipe for the peach/orange marmalade with hot peppers, that's good and different. Cathy, that marmalade looks perfect, nice and thick with the peel not floating. I'll bet it WOULD be good on Lou's cheesecake! Annie