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07-07-2005, 09:40 PM
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New Homeowner Needs Urgent Garden HELP!!
We moved in to a house about a month ago and after finally unpacking
our boxes, I have gotten around to tending the yard. The previous owner did significant landscaping but did not leave me with any instructions as to what was planted or how to care for it. I attempted to use various sites to help me identify stuff, but it is a slow process and some of the plants need urgent attention. So, I turn to you, the members of rec.gardens to help me figure out what I have in my beds. Some of the stuff looks like it isn't doing to well and I really need help figuring out what it is and what I should do to save it. I have uploaded the images (linked below). Each is about 1 MB in size (if you can help but the size is too big, let me know). I live in Northeast OH. I will be checking this thread frequently if more pictures or information is needed. If you can help identify or advise about any or all flowers it will be appreciated. Thank you so much!!! 1. http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8866/77050073vi.jpg Budding plant with interesting leaves 2. http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=77050086yr.jpg Intersting leafy plant - no sign of flowers yet 3. http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=77050091ym.jpg Almost looks like a cactus 4. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/453/77050103qm.jpg Tall purple flower 5. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4295/77050110iy.jpg Leafy plant - no sign of flowers yet 6. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1503/77050123fg.jpg Grasslike clump (cousin It). Needs some sort of scalp treatment as the top most leaves are dried out. 7. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1108/77050138xo.jpg Tiny flowers in a pot 8. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7325/77050148sj.jpg Dying? bush - only has a few branches with leaves. In full shade 9. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/6761/77050155wl.jpg Wilting flowers (not the stuff behind them). In full shade 10. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3779/77050163af.jpg Wilting flower growing out of a Hosta? In full shade 11. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/454/77050176qw.jpg Were these planted or are they tree sprouts? In full shade 12. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/8604/77050180tt.jpg Dying? bush - about half the branches have leaves (some with white flowers - on the left) but the other half is just bare branches sticking upright. In full shade 13. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/65/77050198cl.jpg Dying? bush surrounded by weeds? 14. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2148/77050207eo.jpg Flowering plant with white edged leaves 15. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/1177/77050212ye.jpg Some sort of ivy/myrtle in front of a bright green bush 16. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/4467/77050220um.jpg Are these giant (2-3' tall) weeds? 17. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/9919/77050230iw.jpg Green small leaves poking through a patch of reeds; do I remove the reeds? 18. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/5952/77050245nr.jpg BONUS - Fast growing non flowering plant in the water garden. 19. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7961/77050253bk.jpg Yellow flowers 20. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2439/77050260va.jpg Tall white flowers (on the right) in a patch of something else which has yet to flower. 21. http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/7707/77050271zk.jpg Some type of honeysuckle - it is only flowering in a few places - the rest appears a dry twisted mess - how do I prune it? 22. http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9626/77050285tp.jpg White flowering plant 23. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6881/77050295hj.jpg This is a plant with interesting leaves and light green flowers that has a vine growing through it. The vine has white flowers http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2240/77050304la.jpg Here is a closeup of the vine Does the vine belong here? 24. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9407/77050318vc.jpg A grassy plant with very large roundish buds 25. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6564/77050329lx.jpg Cactus leafed plant with yellow flowers http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5779/77050351ui.jpg In a few places the plant has flattened around the middle; is that normal? 26. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/28/77050339xg.jpg A type of Hosta? with white flowers 27. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3278/77050344en.jpg Unidentified single flower 28. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3782/77050377yo.jpg This bush (on the right) has a lot of branches exposed (but they all have a tuft of leaves on the end) 29. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5979/77050382bx.jpg Leafy plant with white flower shoot (on the right) 30. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/650/77050393xr.jpg Craggly edged leaves with long soft-looking flowers 31. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3200/77050403ik.jpg Is this a weed? 32. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/209/77050414fy.jpg A vine that is growing up the wall 33. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3185/77050426mk.jpg An almost dead? bush 34. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6438/77050439om.jpg A dead? tree 35. http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5331/77050443ns.jpg White flowering plant |
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07-07-2005, 09:43 PM
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wrote: 35. http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5331/77050443ns.jpg White flowering plant Yup, those look right to me now  Thanks for fixing.-- Jennifer |
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07-07-2005, 10:52 PM
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wrote in message ups.com... We moved in to a house about a month ago and after finally unpacking our boxes, I have gotten around to tending the yard. The previous owner did significant landscaping but did not leave me with any instructions as to what was planted or how to care for it. I attempted to use various sites to help me identify stuff, but it is a slow process and some of the plants need urgent attention. So, I turn to you, the members of rec.gardens to help me figure out what I have in my beds. Some of the stuff looks like it isn't doing to well and I really need help figuring out what it is and what I should do to save it. I have uploaded the images (linked below). Each is about 1 MB in size (if you can help but the size is too big, let me know). I live in Northeast OH. I will be checking this thread frequently if more pictures or information is needed. If you can help identify or advise about any or all flowers it will be appreciated. Thank you so much!!! 1. http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8866/77050073vi.jpg Budding plant with interesting leaves Columbine 2. http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=77050086yr.jpg Intersting leafy plant - no sign of flowers yet Looks like a, perhaps a "buttercup" which is more like a weed. It probably already bloomed. 3. http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=77050091ym.jpg Almost looks like a cactus Sedum - probaby "autum joy" (yes, I know it has been reclassified, but that's how it is still being sold) 4. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/453/77050103qm.jpg Tall purple flower Liatris 5. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4295/77050110iy.jpg Leafy plant - no sign of flowers yet Look liks a memeber of the mint family, maybe monarda. 6. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1503/77050123fg.jpg Grasslike clump (cousin It). Needs some sort of scalp treatment as the top most leaves are dried out. an ornamental grass - maybe a fescue 7. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1108/77050138xo.jpg Tiny flowers in a pot Don't know 8. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7325/77050148sj.jpg Dying? bush - only has a few branches with leaves. In full shade Azalea 9. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/6761/77050155wl.jpg Wilting flowers (not the stuff behind them). In full shade Don't know 10. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3779/77050163af.jpg Wilting flower growing out of a Hosta? In full shade Pulmonaria 11. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/454/77050176qw.jpg Were these planted or are they tree sprouts? In full shade Maybe rose of Sharon seedlings 12. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/8604/77050180tt.jpg Dying? bush - about half the branches have leaves (some with white flowers - on the left) but the other half is just bare branches sticking upright. In full shade Rhodedendron. Not dying, but not thriving. Check the soil pH 13. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/65/77050198cl.jpg Dying? bush surrounded by weeds? Can't tell. It isn't of much ornimental value. 14. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2148/77050207eo.jpg Flowering plant with white edged leaves Not sure. Maybe a hydrangea, but probably not. 15. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/1177/77050212ye.jpg Some sort of ivy/myrtle in front of a bright green bush Perenial geranium. Probably already bloomed. May have sporatic blooms over the summer. 16. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/4467/77050220um.jpg Are these giant (2-3' tall) weeds? Probably an echonops. 17. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/9919/77050230iw.jpg Green small leaves poking through a patch of reeds; do I remove the reeds? Looks like an azalea in the foreground, ornamental grass in the middle, and a spruce in the background. It just needs a little rearranging. The azalea probably isn't worth keeping. 18. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/5952/77050245nr.jpg BONUS - Fast growing non flowering plant in the water garden. Don't know. 19. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7961/77050253bk.jpg Yellow flowers Coreopsis. probably "moonbeam' 20. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2439/77050260va.jpg Tall white flowers (on the right) in a patch of something else which has yet to flower. It looks like a clump of cat mint (nepeta) 21. http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/7707/77050271zk.jpg Some type of honeysuckle - it is only flowering in a few places - the rest appears a dry twisted mess - how do I prune it? You can always prune away dead or diseased plant material any time. There is no special consideration. 22. http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9626/77050285tp.jpg White flowering plant Can't tell from the picture. Is the foliage fragrent? Are the stems square? 23. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6881/77050295hj.jpg This is a plant with interesting leaves and light green flowers that has a vine growing through it. Alchemilla mollis. It will seed itself freely if left alone. I cut my back this week to clean it up. I don't need more. The vine has white flowers http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2240/77050304la.jpg Here is a closeup of the vine Does the vine belong here? The vine is a morning glory. Unfortunatley, it is most likley the nasty weed known as bind weed. It tangles itself in everything and is very difficult to get rid of as the smallest piece of root will generate a new plant. 24. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9407/77050318vc.jpg A grassy plant with very large roundish buds The plant is a daylily and what you see are seed pods, not buds. The plant has already bloomed and unless it is a reblooming variety, it is done for the year. Remove the pods. 25. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6564/77050329lx.jpg Cactus leafed plant with yellow flowers http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5779/77050351ui.jpg In a few places the plant has flattened around the middle; is that normal? Sedum. What you see is normal 26. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/28/77050339xg.jpg A type of Hosta? with white flowers Hosta. Can't tell which one. 27. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3278/77050344en.jpg Unidentified single flower Don't know 28. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3782/77050377yo.jpg This bush (on the right) has a lot of branches exposed (but they all have a tuft of leaves on the end) Rhododendron. 29. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5979/77050382bx.jpg Leafy plant with white flower shoot (on the right) Don't know, but I think this was in an earlier picuture also. 30. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/650/77050393xr.jpg Craggly edged leaves with long soft-looking flowers Looks like a member of the dock family. Possibly a weed. 31. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3200/77050403ik.jpg Is this a weed? Yes 32. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/209/77050414fy.jpg A vine that is growing up the wall Looks like a weed 33. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3185/77050426mk.jpg An almost dead? bush Looks like another rhodedendron on the decline. I would take it out. 34. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6438/77050439om.jpg A dead? tree Yes 35. http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5331/77050443ns.jpg White flowering plant Can't tell from the picture. |
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07-07-2005, 11:31 PM
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Vox Humana wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... We moved in to a house about a month ago and after finally unpacking our boxes, I have gotten around to tending the yard. The previous owner did significant landscaping but did not leave me with any instructions as to what was planted or how to care for it. I attempted to use various sites to help me identify stuff, but it is a slow process and some of the plants need urgent attention. So, I turn to you, the members of rec.gardens to help me figure out what I have in my beds. Some of the stuff looks like it isn't doing to well and I really need help figuring out what it is and what I should do to save it. I have uploaded the images (linked below). Each is about 1 MB in size (if you can help but the size is too big, let me know). I live in Northeast OH. I will be checking this thread frequently if more pictures or information is needed. If you can help identify or advise about any or all flowers it will be appreciated. Thank you so much!!! 32. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/209/77050414fy.jpg A vine that is growing up the wall Looks like a weed Looks like Wisteria to me. 35. http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5331/77050443ns.jpg White flowering plant Can't tell from the picture. Clover a weed. -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 5 |
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08-07-2005, 12:28 AM
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Thanks so much for your help!! Here's a new list of what still needs
ID/Questions answered: 2. http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=77050086yr.jpg Intersting leafy plant - no sign of flowers yet - maybe a buttercup 5. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4295/77050110iy.jpg Leafy plant - no sign of flowers yet - maybe monarda 6. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1503/77050123fg.jpg Grasslike clump (cousin It). Appears to need some sort of scalp treatment as the top most leaves are dried out. 7. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1108/77050138xo.jpg Tiny flowers in a pot 8. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7325/77050148sj.jpg Is this Azalea dying? - only has a few branches with leaves. In full shade 9. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/6761/77050155wl.jpg Wilting flowers (not the stuff behind them). In full shade 11. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/454/77050176qw.jpg Were these planted or are they tree sprouts? In full shade - Rose of Sharon? 13. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/65/77050198cl.jpg Dying? bush surrounded by weeds? 14. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2148/77050207eo.jpg Flowering plant with white edged leaves 15. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/1177/77050212ye.jpg Perrenial Gyranium in front of an unknown bright green bush 16. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/4467/77050220um.jpg Are these giant (2-3' tall) weeds? Echonops? 18. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/5952/77050245nr.jpg BONUS - Fast growing non flowering plant in the water garden. 22. http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9626/77050285tp.jpg White flowering plant 26. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/28/77050339xg.jpg A type of Hosta? with white flowers 27. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3278/77050344en.jpg Unidentified single flower 29. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5979/77050382bx.jpg Leafy plant with white flower shoot (on the right) 30. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/650/77050393xr.jpg Craggly edged leaves with long soft-looking flowers |
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08-07-2005, 05:38 AM
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#32 is definitely wisteria.
-- Dana www3.sympatico.ca/lostmermaid "Travis" wrote in message news:L2ize.10831$kh3.9199@trnddc03... Vox Humana wrote: wrote in message ups.com... We moved in to a house about a month ago and after finally unpacking our boxes, I have gotten around to tending the yard. The previous owner did significant landscaping but did not leave me with any instructions as to what was planted or how to care for it. I attempted to use various sites to help me identify stuff, but it is a slow process and some of the plants need urgent attention. So, I turn to you, the members of rec.gardens to help me figure out what I have in my beds. Some of the stuff looks like it isn't doing to well and I really need help figuring out what it is and what I should do to save it. I have uploaded the images (linked below). Each is about 1 MB in size (if you can help but the size is too big, let me know). I live in Northeast OH. I will be checking this thread frequently if more pictures or information is needed. If you can help identify or advise about any or all flowers it will be appreciated. Thank you so much!!! 32. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/209/77050414fy.jpg A vine that is growing up the wall Looks like a weed Looks like Wisteria to me. 35. http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5331/77050443ns.jpg White flowering plant Can't tell from the picture. Clover a weed. -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 5 |
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08-07-2005, 05:57 AM
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My opinions would be:
5. the leaves are not elongated enough to be monarda 7. forget-me-nots I would think. What color are the flowers? Pink or purple. 11. yes 26. Hosta is St Francis or Francis something. 29. flox? 30. weed -- Dana www3.sympatico.ca/lostmermaid wrote in message oups.com... Thanks so much for your help!! Here's a new list of what still needs ID/Questions answered: 2. http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=77050086yr.jpg Intersting leafy plant - no sign of flowers yet - maybe a buttercup 5. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4295/77050110iy.jpg Leafy plant - no sign of flowers yet - maybe monarda 6. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1503/77050123fg.jpg Grasslike clump (cousin It). Appears to need some sort of scalp treatment as the top most leaves are dried out. 7. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1108/77050138xo.jpg Tiny flowers in a pot 8. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7325/77050148sj.jpg Is this Azalea dying? - only has a few branches with leaves. In full shade 9. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/6761/77050155wl.jpg Wilting flowers (not the stuff behind them). In full shade 11. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/454/77050176qw.jpg Were these planted or are they tree sprouts? In full shade - Rose of Sharon? 13. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/65/77050198cl.jpg Dying? bush surrounded by weeds? 14. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2148/77050207eo.jpg Flowering plant with white edged leaves 15. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/1177/77050212ye.jpg Perrenial Gyranium in front of an unknown bright green bush 16. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/4467/77050220um.jpg Are these giant (2-3' tall) weeds? Echonops? 18. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/5952/77050245nr.jpg BONUS - Fast growing non flowering plant in the water garden. 22. http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9626/77050285tp.jpg White flowering plant 26. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/28/77050339xg.jpg A type of Hosta? with white flowers 27. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3278/77050344en.jpg Unidentified single flower 29. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5979/77050382bx.jpg Leafy plant with white flower shoot (on the right) 30. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/650/77050393xr.jpg Craggly edged leaves with long soft-looking flowers |
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08-07-2005, 12:57 PM
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Hi Pat - thanks for the help!!! A few follow up questions:
2. http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=77050086yr.jpg Intersting leafy plant - no sign of flowers yet. The brusied foliage does have a small to it. 6. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1503/77050123fg.jpg Grasslike clump (cousin It). Appears to need some sort of scalp treatment as the top most leaves are dried out. how would I prune it back as you suggested? The grass is very stiff and seems to be coming from a very thick stump. Also, do you know what type of fescue this is? 11. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/454/77050176qw.jpg Do you think these were planted/belong here or should I take them out? thanks for your time!! Pat Kiewicz wrote: said: Thanks so much for your help!! Here's a new list of what still needs ID/Questions answered: Comments on a few 2. http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=77050086yr.jpg Intersting leafy plant - no sign of flowers yet - maybe a buttercup I think that is possibly some sort of "Chrysanthemum" (there's been a lot of renaming going on). Does the bruised foliage have a strong smell? 6. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1503/77050123fg.jpg Grasslike clump (cousin It). Appears to need some sort of scalp treatment as the top most leaves are dried out. Yes, this should have been sheared back in the early spring 7. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1108/77050138xo.jpg Tiny flowers in a pot I think these are weeds... 9. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/6761/77050155wl.jpg Wilting flowers (not the stuff behind them). In full shade A species of false Solomon's seal -- native wildflower. Should ripen berries, the color of which would help determine the actual species. 11. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/454/77050176qw.jpg Were these planted or are they tree sprouts? In full shade - Rose of Sharon? Viburnum trilobum, maybe? (Much more likely to have been planted in a shady area than rose of Sharon.) 26. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/28/77050339xg.jpg A type of Hosta? with white flowers Yes, a Hosta. Looks like Halcyon to me (common smaller blue-leaved variety). -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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09-07-2005, 04:08 AM
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#11 Looks like Rose of Sharon seedlings to me. I just transplanted a large
number of them from my grandmother's house to mine, so I'm pretty familiar with them. If they're not in a spot you like, you can move some of them. They get such beautiful flowers! Jacqui |
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#11
09-07-2005, 12:47 PM
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said:
Hi Pat - thanks for the help!!! A few follow up questions: 2. http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=77050086yr.jpg Intersting leafy plant - no sign of flowers yet. The brusied foliage does have a small to it. Did you mean smell? Then I think it even more likely that it is some type of 'Chrysanthemum.' 6. http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1503/77050123fg.jpg Grasslike clump (cousin It). Appears to need some sort of scalp treatment as the top most leaves are dried out. how would I prune it back as you suggested? The grass is very stiff and seems to be coming from a very thick stump. Also, do you know what type of fescue this is? It's not particularly ornamental (no strong bluish cast). At this point, if you want to keep it I would suggest dividing it up and replanting the vigorous parts from the edges to make new clumps. But it might be a 'volunteer' seedlling that would be better off being removed. 11. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/454/77050176qw.jpg Do you think these were planted/belong here or should I take them out? The likely Viburnums: I think they were planted there. Expect burgundy colored foliage in the fall. I don't think they are rose of sharon seedlings. They are not seedlings (at least one good-sized stem can be seen). compa http://horticulture.missouri.edu/sta...urn_trilob.htm http://home.att.net/~btlotz/house/sharon.jpg (It's hard to find a photo of a rose of sharon that show much foliage!) -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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