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3098. Magoseph - 5/26/2005 5:46:47 PM Yes, me too, I see a dragon spitting fire. 3099. thoughtful - 5/27/2005 6:43:36 PM Any suggestions for a non-mayo based salad that I can bring to a picnic on monday? I usually make a cabbage crunch salad...like a cole slaw with oil and vinegar dressing...toasted almonds and broken up ramon noodles for crunch.
But I'm kinda tired of making it...open to suggestions. 3100. judithathome - 5/27/2005 7:44:10 PM Three or six or nine bean salad...mix 'em all up and add Italian dressing or an olive oil/ balsamic vinegar dressing. 3101. PelleNilsson - 5/27/2005 8:24:50 PM Here is a quiz which I suspect is really, really easy.
What plants are these?
 3102. Marc-Albert - 5/27/2005 10:27:52 PM The one on top is one of those gawdy South African bulbs. I don't like those. The one at the bottom I like. It's a hoya. I've had one as a hanging plant for many years but it wouldn't flower because my apartment was not sunny enough.
It was a variegated hoya with splashes of cream on the thick leathery leaves and now and then young leaves in brigh red. 3103. Marc-Albert - 5/27/2005 11:01:56 PM I was looking for a picture of my deceased hoya but couldn't find any. Here's MaBelle on the balcony instead.
3104. judithathome - 5/27/2005 11:26:37 PM Cool..a variegated cat instead! 3105. Marc-Albert - 5/28/2005 12:15:04 AM Hehehe!
I presume the plants are Pelle's. He must have sunny windows to have a flowering hoya like that. 3106. Neato - 5/28/2005 8:19:37 AM Pelle's top plant is a clivia. 3107. Marc-Albert - 5/28/2005 11:16:36 AM  Its easy to find pictures of hoya carnosa, hoya bella, etc, on the web, but they all concentrate on the spectacular flowers. Here's one on a flowerless hoya that looked like mine.
3108. PelleNilsson - 5/28/2005 11:20:33 AM Yes, it is a clivia and a hoya. I had to look up hoya. We call them 'porcelain flowers'. Both plants are quite old, 40 years or so. 3109. Marc-Albert - 5/28/2005 11:26:43 AM I refused to call my hoya fleur de porcelaine as it never displayed a single flowerlet in its 10-year existence.
Another common name is wax plant. That, I could have used. 3111. PelleNilsson - 5/28/2005 3:56:37 PM Ours used to bloom profusely but the last few years it has been declining. It is probably dying, but slowly.
 3112. PelleNilsson - 5/28/2005 3:58:38 PM The missing #3110 is Mago's. She probably hit the wrong button. 3113. thoughtful - 5/28/2005 4:41:19 PM Finally, after far too long, we in the northeast are getting may weather. We've had the 3rd coldest may on record this year. So this a.m. I went out to weed the rock garden and thought I'd share some of the stuff in bloom.
Here's a shot of my rooadside rock garden...the ajuga (lavender spears) doing nicely this year. Hubby staked the scotch broom as it was falling over. Looks happier that way.
 3114. thoughtful - 5/28/2005 4:43:04 PM Closer shot of the scotch broom. It has a strange yet interesting scent...and it kind of reminds me of scrambled eggs for some reason.
 3115. thoughtful - 5/28/2005 4:44:09 PM Lily of the valley is still blooming. Just one example of how late the season is this year in our area.
 3116. thoughtful - 5/28/2005 4:46:16 PM Not sure what this is called...i think some call it 'snow on the mountain' though my dad used to grow a 'snow on the mountain' that was quite different with variegated leaves. This one has silvery fuzzy stems and petals of a similar feel to dusty miller. The yellow in the background is the green & gold euonymous.
 3117. thoughtful - 5/28/2005 4:47:30 PM Irises are just starting to pop now.
 3118. thoughtful - 5/28/2005 4:49:25 PM In front of our house, the azaleas are in full bloom
These protected by a foo dog
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