Morning Glories: seeing some new faces stop by say hi, 0 by ButterflyChaser

ButterflyChaser wrote:
Hi y'all! Some of you know me. I'm NancyAnn. I've been around DG for years and GW before that. The daylily addiction hit me badly a few years ago. I managed to collect about 500 named daylilies and many unnamed ones. Last year, it dawned on me that most of my garden was daylilies and when they're done blooming, it looks pretty bare around here after that.

So I found some new addictions. Hardy Hibiscus are big winners. I look for the newer hybrids with huge blooms. Ornamental grasses also inspire me. One of my favorites is zebra grass, which all visitors comment on. And I grow Arundo Donax Variegata, in the can family, looks like Bamboo. It starts out white with thin green stripes in the spring and changes to yellow. By the time it gets hot, it becomes a dull green color like bamboo. It has bamboo-like canes that I use to stake my tomatoes. Gosh, it gets 12 ft tall or so in my gardens.

My dear friend Gourd has been trying to addict me to MGs for years. I've grown a few. Rose Silk and Hatsu Arashi are two of my favorites. I didn't have much room for vines until the past year or two. I built a fence and several arbors to grow vines on, so Gourd may finally be successful in creating another MG addict.

My biggest challenge this season will be keeping my new puppy from digging up all my plants. He's already brought me some bearded irises he decided needs to be transplanted elsewhere. He's always digging holes; I'm afraid he's gone dig to China...or maybe to Japan. Jon, if he shows up over there, call me and I'll come get him. LOL Here he is fishing in my pond.