I've got a couple that are just fine... but they are tokudamas and they are very slow. My largest one gets the most light. I can always pick it out - maybe because of the multicolored Indonesian woodcarving of a head-and-shoulders King Tut sitting next to it... I started them from tc, believe it or not... I'm guessing in 1999 or 2000. My disappointment is not the color but that they don't get that fantastic texture that is the hallmark of the tokudamas. I still get people asking for it, though... so I sell a couple every couple year.

Those are good choices. I do have a few comments. I don't have Golden Gate but my sister does. To my eye it looks more similar to Sunny Delight or Sun Power. It is upright and wavy. It is a very beautiful plant. King Tut was a standout for me this year. I've had it since 2009 but aparently it's been in the wrong spot. I now know it needs sun to color. It was in a place with morning sun and always stayed kind of blaa and greenish. I moved it to a west facing hot spot. It was the plant that knocked me out. It seemed to glow from within. It is domed shaped vs Golden Gate's upright look. Unfortunately I will have to move it again next year. It loved the sun but later in the summer bleached to almost white so location is probably the key to this one's best location. You asked about placement. That is an individual choice. I think what looks good to you will work. There are places I have reverses of the same plant to show off similarity and contrast. Abiqua Recluse with Paradigm and Academy Blushing Recluse for instance. I also have Satisfaction next to Summer Serenade. When I moved King Tut this year I put a duplicate of Grand Prize in its place in the shadier garden. Grand Prize grows so well and in the shade keeps the yellow border. I realized what a difference the smaller plant made in that garden. King Tut was the same basic size as most of the hostas around it. The smaller Grand Prize showed everybody up much better. I'm now conscious of keeping from having a 'sea' of similar sized hostas where they all blend together. Again, it's just a matter of personal preference. Go with what pleases you.

Hi Hazel, I'm one of those people who use a tabbed browser, but I only keep the ones I am working on open in tabs. The rest I just have bookmarked under titles like "pending" , "PSP stuff", and just plain "tutorials". I am one of those people Charlene is talking about who has never printed out a tut in her life. As I do them, I do save my work, so I know just which ones I've done - I have 2 files on my hard drive, tuts from A to M, and tuts from N to Z, which I try to back up regularly! BTW, most of them are ones that Charlene has recommended. I do come to this forum a lot for ideas - some of them are beyond me, but people here are always so willing to answer "stupid" questions!! (another one I got from Charlene!) Here is a link that might be useful: Arrianne

Thank you Urlee, Amy & Julie. That red x happens alot to my pictures. Do you think it has anything to do with where I store them? I have them on Netscape. Carol