Tropicals & Tender Perennials: summer bubbler alternative.... and quick tour by request, 1 by SherryLike

SherryLike wrote:
Hey, thanks, all!!! We are in the middle of a super storm and I hope those fuzzy baby buds are still with us tomorrow - thank goodness I photoed them today. The seedling is: L'Amour x EP Kell sent me the seeds. She is, maybe, 3 1/2 feet tall, and, in this photo, you will be able to see the white styrofoam cup, ringed around her base, at the ground - I sent photos of her and her litter mates, some in styro cups and some in tomato success kits. This girlie, was NOT in a tomato success kit, I put her straight into the ground from the styro cup. I have another Kell seedling, same parents, L'A x EP, from the tomato success kit, that is six+ feet tall and promises to Y soon. I am absolutely thrilled with these seedlings and I feel certain, if they had not both had such difficult starts (chemical burn), that they would be blooming now. Thank you so much for sending me the seeds, Kell, seems like we were sorta star crossed at that time. If I can manage to acquire seed next fall, assuming I don't break my other ankle, or run into other difficulties, I think I might be able to manage an earlier blooming seedling. As it is, I'm really in awe of Blaine and his early bird, she is really a beauty!!! Hahaha, I feel like the runner up in the academy awards, lol!! This photo is of Kell's L'Amour x EP, with her styro cup ring on her base, also planted 2/22/05. My original, unknown girl, 12+ feet is in the background - she has flushed three times and getting close to another, assuming the transformer doesn't go out again and the power company cherry picker doesn't sit down on her (which is what happened last year).