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Don't use the energy efficient ones, they don't have enough heat! You can wrap them around the branches just like decorating the tree. Never had them burn any leaves on the plants before. All the usual precautions with electricity. Tally HO!

Congratulations on your new baby! In that case I guess you can be forgiven for not covering your plants ... (smiling) ...(not that they needed it :-) As to cutting them back on these two I don't think it makes much difference. Just do it whenever you get a round to it. On some things leaving the foliage protects the roots. I'm leaving the dead stuff on the blue plumbago, bat faced cuphea, shrimp plants, ornamental peppers, pentas and...

The land is chock full if you know how to look. There were many wise and knowledgeable plant experts that were willing to share their knowlege and great at showing me the different plants . I am not that good at telling what baby trees are the Escarpment cherry. I had a great day. A carful of Chinese pulled up who were from Mainland China and I was kidding them that this was a interesting reversal because I could only dream of collecting In...

Well, it is beautiful w/ or w/o a name, lol We used to have a flamingo feather years ago but it must have been mismarked. It had long lance shaped leaves.

10 inch pot is good and you can plant SMALL annual with the iris the first year (i.e Alyssum (really good petite annual for winter, spring and fall color, maybe 2-4 in an iris pot), dwarf marigold...), but generally, iris needs lots of room the subsequent years, assuming you're growing the standard bearded iris.

Thanks Tally HO, This seems like such a great idea, I'm surpised I hadn't heard about it before. I miss the plants we were able to grow when we were in Texas City and Corpus Christi in the 60's and 70's. My dtr and I come to Galveston every year for a mother/dtr week. Love to see the plants and beach.

What a thoughtful gift, James! Too sweet of you to do this for your girlfriend's mother. I just wanted to let you know that there are atleast two trees in the Zanthoxylum genus that will make your mouth numb, so if I were you, I'd get one as close to where she lives as possible to up the chances you get the right one. You could always learn the differences between them and pump her for more info, but somehow I think that might spoil...

Tally last year, when it was MUCH smaller, it bloomed from Jan.thru Mar. Jim

That's a very thoughtful thing to do. That plant is also a host plant for Giant Swallowtail caterpillars. I found a mail order source, but chances of getting one before Christmas are very slim. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Mail Order Natives

I once found a young turkey buzzard that had been hit by a car; I was going to pick him up but had a vision of that beak darting toward my eye... so I called animal control & they got him corraled in a box & I took him to, if I remember right, A & B Vet Clinic on Garland Road. They do all kinds of wild bird re-hab, & they told me he looked like a "healthy juvenile" & thanked me for bringing him in. Nowadays, if...