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I just posted this pic a few days ago on my FB page. My vine has only been planted for 3 months now and has just outgrown its second trellis. It's one of my favorite flowering plants.

Here's one of mine.

Mine have one stalk that opens up with 5 - 10 flowers.

My backyard is filled with those and they will grow those very long fronds without any stalk. When you least expect it, the stalk will shoot up and start to bud. It seems like the stalk shoots up overnight. They are beautiful and fragrant when they bloom!

I have some growing in a pot and it sure does spread! Last year it got intermingled with my oregano and overtook the pot next to it! I like to shred some leaves and add it to baked goods.

I don't think Lantana is what you are looking for, but my Lantana is always covered with butterflies! This isn't a picture of my plant, though, mine is more yellow and orange.

The one thing I do know about African violets is to water from the bottom of the planter....do not water the top soil as it could rot the leaves.

It's definitely not Rose of Sharon...mine aren't even blooming. Is it a pink camellia?

In speaking to someone at work about this, they mentioned I might be thinking this is a bumblebee when it is actually a carpenter bee. They mentioned that carpenter bees hover around wooden structures, much like I find on my front porch and back deck, especially the screened in deck with all the lattice.

Monroefiles -- I have the exact same situation with the bumblebees at my house! We can't even sit on the front porch or the back deck without getting buzzed! The big bees just hover, scurry away and come back for more hovering. We also have a screened in porch with lattice across the bottom...the bumble bees get inside the porch and get trapped in the lattice and die. So far this Spring, my boyfriend has already picked out 13 bumble bees from inside the lattice. WOW! He seems to think that the hovering is a form of protecting a source of nectar and possibly a mating ritual. If you pay close attention, you'll see another bumble bee hover over and they will get into a tussle and buzz around until the other one is run off. It is true that they won't bother you...I don't even think bumble bees have stingers, but it is still scary to see these fat bees buzzing and hovering around the house! I'm glad you posted this thread as I'm interested in other replies.

I attached the file that I use for my weekly meal planning. I like it because I can plan my menu and grocery list. When I'm ready to go to the store, I cut off the grocery part and hang the menu on the fridge. Tonight we are having pierogies, peas, salad and homemade multi-grain bread. weeklymenuplanner_9593.pdf

My tulips and daffodils have bulging buds that are about to open up!! I can see my neighbor has a few tulips that just bloomed.

I have never been successful in translating my cannas. Mine very rarely bloom. I'm not 100% sure if cannas are suitable for indoor planting, unless you have a steamy and sunny sunroom.

Snellma is right...my grapes are muscadines. I do not know what to do with them. Last year was my first summer in my home and I thought this "vine" as just that - a vine - until grapes popped up.

Here are a few pics of what I have blooming right now. Close up:

I would wait until the fall to move them. But then, my fall season is different than your fall season. That would also be a good time to divide them so next year you have more lilies.

I hope it isn't kudzu!! A variation of honeysuckle like the Japanese variety? Creeper vine? Hyacinth bean vines?

Petee - I'm talking about Brugmansia. I have found a combination of flea beetles that lavender mentioned as well as finding slugs hanging out on the plants at night. The Sevin Dust seems to be helping with the flea beetles and a tasty bowl of dark beer got rid of the slugs. I also put a fine cooper wire around the base of the two plants as I've been told that "electrocutes" the slugs.

I have used the oil, water and soap mixture for years to shine leaves and as a natural insecticide without issue. I sprayed my trumpets last night, but found little black bugs chomping away this morning. These trumpets must be extra tasty! I cracked out the Sevin Dust-5 and gave the trumpets a good dusting.

I'll let y'all know if my mixture of dish liquid, olive oil and water help. If not, I may try some lime dust. I'd love to catch the buggers in action so I know what I'm working with. From the look of the leaves, I think it is a caterpillar of some kind. AARGGH. Would Seven Dust work for a situation like this?

I have two separately potted angel trumpet plants on my front porch. They are still young and I have moved them outside for the summer. Within 4 days, something has been feasting on the leaves. I have 7 other plants on the porch and only the angel trumpets are being eaten up. I just sprayed a mixture of dish liquid, oil olive and water on them and will see if that helps. Anyone have any other home remedies for insecticide or experience with angel trumpets. (This is the first year I have planted trumpets.)

Snellma...I use the Clemson Extension information, even though I am a Gamecock fan! http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/index.html I'm not familiar with any Extension services in your area.

Very nice lilies, curwensville. Here's a picture of my Starfighter lily that bloomed last year. I expect it should bloom later in June this year.

What??? I have never heard of male vs. female sago palms. It seems reasonable, though. My neighbor has a big sago like your 11-year old one and he built a simple wooden frame to put over it in the winter. He did it so it was easy to put the blankets over it without crushing the plant.

Snellma - your sago palms are BEAUTIFUL! The 11-year old palm looks very healthy. I have one planted, but it is not thriving; I suspect our occasional freezes are too much for it. I keep it covered but I think the ground gets too cold. :-/