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  1. ...and oh yeah...whatever happened to my buttercups?
  2. Buffalo grass as a lawn replacement? Worth checking into, I think.
  3. ...(indeed, to the point of extinguishment)...plumbago, snow-on-the-mountain, Centaurea montana, artemisia...
  4. Lots of plants on this list with reportedly thuggish tendencies which have conducted themselves way too demurely in my garden...
  5. Whew..another pronunciation mystery solved: CAL-er-hoy (Callirhoe).
  6. ...mixed daffodils in the spring, mixed daylilies in the summer, and silver feather miscanthus in the fall and over winter.
  7. My 100 foot 'living fence' for our backyard was inspired by this speaker's presentation on ornamental grasses a few years back....
  8. Uh- GASS-takee - way different than how I've been saying Agastache lo these many years...
  9. Next up: Nancy Nedveck of The Flower Factory on groundcovers. Always an informative speaker.
  10. Hmmm....this is turning out to be a very Faith Popcorn (remember her?) kind of deal.
  11. Oho! The upcoming generation is relying too much on the Internet and its "often inaccurate information" about gardening.
  12. ...show 'outdoor living' conspicuouc consumptionism...
  13. ...and Gen X and Yers devote their interests to environmentalist (he didn't say, but I'll say) faddism and (my words again) home & garden sh
  14. OK...interesting theory here - that the gardening 'boom' is rapidly on the decline as baby boomers age out...
  15. Fantastic slide of the rock garden, which puts any other rock garden I've seen to shame.
  16. One of the new themes this year - ornamental edibles...very exciting.
  17. The speaker says "we call ourselves a hidden gem". Personal jinx!
  18. Day 2 of Expo - a talk on Allen Centennial Gardens...(Twittered here before). A true gem in the heart of campus.
  19. Kauffmans and Fosters and Greigs as long-lived (long, not short 'i')...
  20. Good explanation of how tulips regenerate (or not, depending on conditions). OK to let them set seed? Awesome!