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Comment Pawpaw, Paw Paw, Papaw, Poor Man's Banana, Michigan Banana 'Sue' Asimina triloba JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Hoosier Pride' Iris pecandeb Comment Arum Lily, Calla Lily Zantedeschia aethiopica JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Symphony of Light' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Diana Shore' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Grandma's Pajamas' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Old Santa Fe' Iris quilt Comment Lady Banks Yellow Rose, Yellow Banksia 'Lutea' Rosa banksiae billyporter Comment Mexican Sunflower 'Torch' Tithonia rotundifolia nijiaturtles Comment Kalanchoe eriophylla JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Ripple Effect' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Florence Nightingale' Iris angele Comment Purple Hyssop, Bill Williams Mountian Giant Hyssop Agastache pallidiflora JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Frosted Pumpkin' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'In A Heartbeat' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded 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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... March 27, 2006