Hi Connie, I am not familiar with Buttons n Bows. A new to me Camellia that I highly recommend to my rose loving friend is Winter's Rose. It is a dwarf camellia with lovely light pink flowers. It has been covered with flowers for the last few weeks. Winter Snowman is one that grows very upright for me. It blooms for about six weeks in November and December. I visited Camellia Forest in NC for their annual open house last year and picked up several that are doing well. They have a large selection of cold hardy plants. One that they highly recommended for cold hardiness is Gov. Mouton. I will have to check out Little Five Azalea Farm. There is also a couple who sell camellias at the Gordon Road Farmer's Market on Rt 3. Kathy Here is a link that might be useful: Winter's rose

Depends on your conditions really. There is no best mix to repot them. As long as it drains freely and stays on the moist side anything is ok. I've grown Miranda in a variety of mixes over the years, it isn't particular. Most of my Nepenthes are in some combination of cocohusk chunks, orchid bark, charcoal, perlite, long fibered spaghnum moss. If you grow it inside you may need more sphagnum in your mix or need to water it more often if your mix is less moisture retaining. If you plan to grow it outside and it's humid where you are you can get away with less sphag to none. Miranda is a good plant to experiment on and learn what mix is best for your particular conditions and growing style. Just know that it will probably sulk, stop pitchering and growing temporarily after a repot. That's normal, they don't like to be messed with, so don't assume it didn't like what you repotted it in right away. Give it a few months before you decide you've made a mistake and want to re-repot it if it still isn't happy.

Lellie, being in zone 9 in Florida means that you can take your pick of most passis. The heat you have during the summer rules out most of the Tasconias (high mountain species), but I can't think of many others. Natives are always a good place to start--p. incarta, p. lutea, p. foetida and p. pallens are all native to Florida (or at least certain varieties of them are). Other passiflora species, such as p. caerulea, p. edulis, p. quadrangularis, p. actinia and p. alata will grow very happily for you. The hybrids Incense, Lady Margaret and Amethyst will do very well for you. You have a lot of options. I've heard on occasion that some passis don't have a high salt tolerance, but this doesn't seem to be a major issue and I'm not certain which species those may be at any rate. Probably the best thing for you to do is head over to the library or bookstore (whichever you prefer) and get copies of John Vanderplank's "Passion Flowers" and Torsten Ulmenr & John MacDougal's "Passiflora: Passion Flowers of the World." Those books are invaluable references and contain a great amount of useful information. I believe the latter is currently available via Amazon for $15 or so in hardback. I've got a bunch of incarnata seed on hand currently. If you're interested, I'll send you some for a SASE. Let me know.

Hi Lisa161-- These deeper blue finishes are really starting to appeal to me! What style is your pool and in what part of the country do you live? So glad you revived a specific request for more photos of this color. Hi Lennardsmalls-- Thanks for the fantastic links. I had been randomly trying different plaster companie' websites and doing searches for hours on end to see more pictures of the these colors. PS--I have enjoyed following your build. Thanks again.