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Probably illegal alien tomato blight!

I can't wait to try this one, it sounds wonderful!!!!!!

the bloom looks very similar to the common milkweed which is blooming or finishing its bloom right now. I know that it's not the same plant, just that the bloom struck a chord with me.

Thought you were enjoying a well-deserved vacation! Leave the poor flowers alone, LOL time to get back on your porch swing and pour yourself a cold one.

I think that it's Lamium. (Spotted Dead Nettle) http://www.daytonnursery.com/Encyclopedia/Perennials/Lamium.htm

when I was in high school we used the word 'cut' to describe a negative comment. Cool stuff was 'bad'

Growing up with German grandparents, my Grandma made a soup that we called, of all things, 'Rotten Potatoes' I have no idea where that name came from other than maybe the German word that went along with kartoffel/potato sounded like 'rotten'. I remember that Grandma made meatballs, nothing unique there, just ground beef, S&P, onion, celery,,,, and then dropped them into a pot of boiling salted (I guess) water - lots of water, along with cubed potatoes. Whole cloves were added to the water and the soup was whitened, not thickened, with sour cream after the meatballs had cooked and soup was on a low simmer, just warming so as to not break the sour cream. I remember that we all just loved that soup. I may have to try and recreate a batch. Anyone else ever hear of this soup??

Had a beautiful tiger canna a number of years back as a gift (in a pot from a florist). I dug up the tubers and removed as much soil as I could and stored them in my basement over winter - dry, cool storage. I planted them the following year but they never prospered, wasn't worth the trouble (for me). Probably planted them in a poor sun location.

I'd love to see a picture of this plant. I went to the two websites referenced above and couldn't find a photo????