Was that a typo or a Freudian slip?

I know. I labeled inside the photo wrong. My mind is past the best years if you know what I mean. I got the spelling right for everything else. To change the misspelling, I would mess up the picture. Just thought nobody would notice it. To my defense, that misspelling passed spell-check.
Can't spell Stush.
PS. Hope my grade school teachers not watching!

LOL, I think it's funny.

Actually, your teachers would be impressed - expatiation is not a very common word!

Hey, Just thought of something. Maybe it's a new hosta called Great Expatiation. After all there are so many yellow centered ones out there. Al shucks that would be wrong. Oh well.
Cant sepll Stush

>grin< Don't worry, there's a lot of us out there!

Very nice Hostas Stuch!!

Susan,
Name is Stush, or I should say, nickname. I see you mistype also. Stuch. Welcome to my world. What I hate is when the spell checker doesn't have a clue what I am trying to spell. Or worse my misspelled word is also a word for something else and is not caught.
BTW, thanks for the compliment. It's all in the soil and the water used. Also a little shade helps.

Sorry Stush, My spell checker is not that great either, I think it misspells things more than me!
susan

sheryl said:LOL, I think it's funny.

Actually, your teachers would be impressed - expatiation is not a very common word!

Sheryl, how hot is it??

Ha! We're actually cooling off now - it only reached 84 today - I wore long sleeves. Seriously.

How are you doing? Hope you weren't too hot yourself this past summer.

As far as I know everyone was hot this past summer. I read on the forums that even up north it was 100° for weeks at a time and no rain at all. I made out pretty good because I did at least get some rain. I am thankful for that because I planted a lot of stuff and did not have time to water much.

Wow, that was lucky. Your plant karma must be very good!

Yeah, it got to 115º+ here a couple of times, but we had a strong monsoon season, thankfully.

Of course, I didn't have any plants until now, and now I have too many... .isn't that always the way?

We had it nice up the North East part of United States. Some around us didn't fair so well. Here in South-West Pennsylvania, we were lucky again this year. Plants did better this year for me than most years. And we are having a extended summer. With Herricane Sandy, we don't know what to expect this week-end. I don't think it will affect us but poor New York and North. Hope it goes to sea instead.

For sure!!!

Stush, I read that it will be as far inland as Ohio. Keep your radio on! How are you?


sheryl, what kind of plants do you grow in az, I mean besides the cactus. 115, yikes!
I did the same thing last spring, over the winter I ordered too much stuff for spring delivery and about a hundred plants showed up at my door during april and may. My husband was scratching his head.

LOL - oh boy, BT,DT!!!! Complete with DH, only he was just shaking his head....

Well, first off ,there's a lot of different cactus, although really, I probably grow more succulents than cacti - you've heard the old saying, all cactus are succulents but not all succulents are cactus? Anyway, my biggest project has been using some some purple fountain grass in some big planters (2) with calabrocha, gazania and herbs and ornamental sweet potatoes as spillers. They came out pretty good, but will need some tweaking - the gazanias are great colors, but too short to really show off against the grass.

The biggest and first goal was to get more trees in. Many desert plants love the dappled light you get under desert trees, almost *no* plants (even cactus) like being out in our full sun, it's just murderously hot. So, 9 trees later, two still to get into the ground, and two more to purchase and plant.

Then there's my agaves - some of my absolute favorite plants, and one of the few that I missed while living in TN. Love their sculptural form; slow growing, but worth the wait. I'm also growing a number of aloes (and have a few more on my list!), some salvias, guara, and gaillardia. Will be putting out seeds for more gaillardia, desert bluebells, penstemon and california poppies. Spring is a great time for wild-flowers, here.

Anything new in your garden this summer?

Well, first of all I bought almost no Hostas and that is a first. I was buying a lot of butterfly plants and perennials, including coneflowers. I got about 15 coneflowers all together but a few died or at least they look dead. When they turn black I worry.
I did plant Hostas out front in the morning sun and most fried so I moved them and replaced them with daylilies which is my new love. I have gone crazy over daylilies. By next year they should be every where.
But I still have my perennial beds, and several hosta beds and an TB Iris bed. I purchased some Hibiscus and blueberry bushes and viburnums, a morning glory tree and a cherry tree, oh also 3 winter berries including a pollinator called Jim Dandy. Also I purchased some Siberian Irish and a couple of Japanese Iris and that will be a first for me. I also got a dwarf Banana Tree. Funny thing is I had one cactus and killed it.

Oh, it sounds like spring will be absolutely gorgeous at your place! I hope to see lots of pictures!

You know I like pictures. You got your camera unpacked?

Thanks for asking. We are fine here in Pittsburgh, Pa. Not so well for the folks in the East Coast. Did you see the fires in Queens, NY. How very sad.
Stush