It's alive & doing well / as far as I can tell. I found this little bunch of tiny hardy pincushion cactus early last spring. It seemed perfect to grow in a clay tile (planter). I really didn't trust that it would withstand an Iowa winter but it did. It's so FUN!

Also see Pincushion Cacti for more info.

Discovered at a Vintage Yard Sale. Obviously, anyone who thinks to attach such a lovely label to a garage sale; also is creative enough to make planters of bricks. Why don't I ever think of anything like that?

Little Red Wagon & Froggie

2006 - New blue sedum "Dunce Cap"
(family) Crassulaceae (Genus) Orostachys (species) iwarenge

It was 'love at first sight' when I saw this sedum on tour during the 2006 Regional Master Gardener Conference in Cedar Rapids, IA. I had to have it! Now it's my favorite! Hope it survives winter. I'm thinkin' it ain't too hardy in Iowa - maybe.

Golden Carpet Sedum Acre - coffee pot

Mother's Day Basket 2006

Created & given to me by my youngest daughter, Annie (Ruth Ann). She knows what Mom likes. I enjoyed it all summer.

And now I have cuttings from these geraniums potted up wintering under lights in the house. Each year I swear I'm not going to bring any plants in for the winter. I just don't want to mess with them. Maybe, I'm a little burned-out on gardening by late fall. Any way, it doesn't really matter as I end up with all these plants & cuttings cluttering up the house every year. I tell you what! Come spring I'm so glad to get them out of the house.

Corner Group 2006 - Hosta 'Bridegroom' & Hosta 'Red October' / Fern 'Lady in Red'

Ron's Creations - 2006 Learning hypertufa technique

Hosta 'Korean Species'

Cute little just plain green mini-hosta.

"Green, I love you Green".

Looks so much like our familiar mini-hosta 'Venusta'. Appears to be stoloniferous which means the plant develops horizontal branching from the base of the plant (sucker).

A horizontal branch from the base of a plant that produces new plants from buds at its tip or nodes (as with the strawberry / called a runner).

An extension of the body wall that develops buds giving rise to new growth that remain united by the stolon.

Stoloniferous plants usually grow quickly.

So fun in a pot.

A Favorite 2006 Pot Full of Shade Plants