I suppose everyone knows this passage about tea roses from "Elizabeth and her German Garden" (1898) but in case they missed it: "My roses have behaved as well on the whole as was to be expected, and the Viscountess Folkestones and Laurette Messimys have been most beautiful, the latter being quite the loveliest things in the garden, each flower an exquisite loose cluster of coral-pink petals, paling at the base to a yellow -white. I have ordered a hundred standard teas for planting next month, half of which are Viscountess Folke- stones, because the teas have such a way of hang- ing their little heads that one has to kneel down to be able to see them well in the dwarf forms -- not but what I entirely approve of kneeling before such perfect beauty, only it dirties one's clothes." --"Elizabeth" Countess von Arnim (Mary Beauchamp), 1898

Peppers and lilies for the most part. Also attempting to get some hibiscus going. Trying to start various tropical fruit plants -- more for the plant. Starting some shrubs that have been grown by my family for years. (Just started back gardening 2 years ago.) Southeast LA, just outside of Baton Rouge. Dog is Jessie. (How did you know there was a dog?) Two kids -- supposedly grown. Daughter is 21 and son is 19. Both moved back home this summer. Daughter decided to actually attend school rather than party. Son was in a motorcycle accident and needs full-time supervision at the moment. Now, he has decided to return to school. (Excited about them going to school.) No pics. I don't take a lot. The pics in my head are always better than those I take with a camera. (Scare you there?)

Thanks Murahilin, I guess the starfruit is out the window lol.Maybe thats why it wouldnt work for me. I do have alot of guava and pineapple guava seedlings growing great. I also have almost all the passiflora/granadilla varities growing great (some even bloomed) I have dwarf banana trees (in the house for the winter but they are happy) Ive got a babaco papaya seedling(12") thanks to an awesome trader in the plant exchange and a few citrus. Kiwano melon,pepino, Ive got two kinds of mangosteen varieties (not original) growing,even a kiwi,several kinds of tomatoes and peppers,caribbean herbs,italian artichoke, a dwarf fig tree, two dwarf apricot and plum trees and several kinds of plants,flowers and unlabeled seedlings. To answer your question on the annona seeds, the company that they came from say that they were fresh but not 1 seed made it, Im just going to go ahead and get the plant/tree itself and end the torture of waiting :)

whoa.. none of us are experts here. lol Just a bunch of experimentors learning from each other. I can't wait to see what you make with your new finds! We LOVE pictures!!!!