Funny how things work out. I was invited to this forum by someone from another forum (health related) and the timing couldn't have been better. I find gardening therapeutic although today it was a bit too hot to stay outside too long. We have a fair bit of heavy work this year with bed improvements and moving things around ... we'd hoped to get most of it done before the warm weather arrived but it beat us (again : ) We have a lot of different perennials, and in fact this year we bought no annuals at all. Didn't need to : ) Anyway, we retreat inside in the hottest most humid parts of the day ... more time to wander around this lovely community of gardeners and be captivated