wretched mess is a beauty Anna and that a is a really pretty bloom Gordon love the way the peach is blushed with the white....

From what I understand from a grower I've talked to Wretched mess is typically at double which on occasion will sport triples and one time even a quadruple was trying to form. The one I have keeps its name to a tee. The blooms are always tattered and a typical mess.

Love that bloom coloring also Gordon.

I have triples, but never a quad. I gave you that start, didn't I, Cece? Did it ever live/grow/bloom????

You gave me a nice size plant. It grows it buds then throws its buds all over the place. Will get 20, 25 buds on it, it throws all but one and it opens shredded, I cut it way down when I brought it in. Hoping it will do something for me this coming season. Started a couple of the cuttings for back ups.

Yeah, mine drops the buds all summer, but not when in the g'house. Well, no buds for it to drop now. LOL It sufferes from "hard prune-itis" at present.

Do you know about how cold the temps get in your greenhouse? We haven't heat in the sun room yet, its been so mild, but Ed said he's heard single digits tonight, It was about 53 out there when I got up an hour ago.

Heater is set at 58, the auxiliary heater set at 50.

Heater has to come up and out there tonight., If you hear a real loud ARGHHHHHHHH and LOTS of blue words around sun down tonight you'll know I hit Ed up for the heater out there.

We are pretty cold here it was 21 all day, with some snow and strong wind, not pleasant at all

Yeah, too cold for me. LOL

Just when I think I know Eds reaction to things he plays with my head, Had told him yesterday morning the heater has to come in as soon as the temps drop below 50. Went out about 6 it was 52 went back an hour later it was 54. Didn't say any more about it when I got up at 2:30 and it was 58. Got up a bit ago to take him to work and it was 57 out there., Got him to work and he said Uh Cherie, when the sun comes up you might want to turn the heater out in the sun room off. What? What? He put it in there before we went to Sporties for the Badger game . Where was I? Getting Ariana ready for dance class. Sure enough got home and it is in there. He put the long space heater in there and kinda weaved it through the plant pots,, I never even noticed it............

Just when you think you know them they change on you.

Is "HIS" alo out there or is it still in the house proper?

oh one is in the living room and the other (his favorite) is in the exercise room. Believe me his Alo's aren't going to suffer.

Make sure they don't get mealybugs.

If one of you ladies find yourself with an extra cutting of wretched mess I'd love to have a cutting...The temps were colder here today also..Brrr I hate cold weather...

Huneybunch.............arghhhhhhhhh.................tossed all I cut off outside......they're dead now.

This spring I can send you a couple if you remind me. Right now its a tad hard to get to. I can reach the pot to water some but to get to touch the actual plant ain't happening for a couple months.

OH..Patricia.. we'll get your cuttings off in the next day or so. the double pink perfection has been in water already.... YES....it's getting cold here.. which means I've been in great demand... and tomorrow is my first day back.. and already I finished the barge for their heat.. and I received your gift today... the Lovely angle trumpet Purple Martin home.. / gourd ... it's sweet and lovely... I haven't seen many Purple Martins here in the city... at mothers how ever.. she's got slews of gourds and super gourds and dwellings for them... she can sit out in the evening in the summer and not get eaten alive .. families in each gourd and a pile of young
OH.. before I left I guess my picture was in the NY Times they tell me... yes.. here I am right on Courtney Loves right shoulder... OK.. it's a bit in the distance. she's with Lola.. a friend I build planters/trellises for and she does her paintings on my designed for painting rolling saw horses
http://www.nytimes.com/slidesh...
my computer has died and is in CA being fixed so I don't have the pictures of the show and the shot of her shoes also trimmed in mink like the outfit

Gordon Im glad it arrived safely..Other birds will use it if you have no martins.. I have wrens use mine all the time and they are lovely song birds.. Its best hang it somewhere protected to make it last longer or to occasionally apply a urethane coating to it..I added some yarn strips inside mine the birds used it to make their nest with..No rush on the cuttings Gordon....Cherie I would love to have a cutting this spring, thanks for the offer..Anna, tossed them outside, how dare you lol...I dont know what I'll do with them but I have a bucket full of cuttings from Isabella and the noid yellow. I gave some away this fall guess I'll find someone who wants more this spring..

My bad......................LOL