Here's a place to exchange ideas and information about Gardening and Landscaping. Please be sure to visit the I-Home improvement(IHIP) board for home improvement questions and ideas: http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=911 Also please visit the Mr. FiXiT(TOOLS) board for help on fixing stuff yourself: http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=8160 The following pics are courtesy of smokintek, who is a professional landscape designer/gardener: http://www.investorshub.com/boards/profile.asp?user=77499 Unilock- Olde Quarry(Sierra) w/Limestone Caps w/ 'Stonehenge'-Flatwork, color: 'Coffee Creek' UNILOCK PRODUCTS: (URL listed below) Pictures provided by 99 Dan http://www.investorshub.com/boards/profile.asp?User=3772 Picture provided by BullNBear52 http://www.investorshub.com/boards/profile.asp?user=16217 7-20-07: three months for the plants, 2 months for the annuals: Old Quarry stone pillars color: Coffee Creek with seat bench ,and Roman Stack firepit, color- Nevada , w/OGC flatwork color- Nevada: Olde Quarry stone, Color-Prarie, w/ Arctic Tumbled Outcropping Stone Step Units, w/ OGC Pavers -Color-Prarie, w/ Globe Blue Spruce planting. Olde Quarry Stone Patio/Grill Encloser, Courtyard: PHASE 2- 07' <a href=http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/tbone9797/?action=view&current=3adba5d6.pbwSlideshow</a PHASE 3 Olde Quarry Stone Patio/ with Brussel's block flatwork and IL CAMPO soldier: http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/tbone9797/?action=view&current=ffd6da1e.pbwSlideshow</a Photos by Janice Shell: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?User=5708 Peppers: Herbs: Photos coutesy of IxCimi: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?User=160 The basil leaves are big as Nokia cellphones. This basil is waist high! These flowers smell incredible! Release at dusk. My first Thunbergia battiscombii flower! We love our ImperialTaro. Pepper Hot Shots by Janice Shell: picture by 'garden massah' phyllostachys: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?user=52213 If anyone else has some nice landscaping/gardening pics you want to share, let me or one of the other mods know. Thanks, Phil Tips for Growing Grass in Shady Areas http://www.shadegrass.com/ Organic Gardening http://www.organicgardening.com/ USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html? Water Garden Information http://www.watergarden.com/ Tropical Plants Library Online (courtesy of Susie924) http://www.mgonline.com/ Plant Providers and soil information http://www.monrovia.com/ Hardscaping Specialists and Design Ideas: http://www.unilock.com/ Groundcover and perennial Distributors: http://www.midwestgroundcovers.com/ Large Trees, shrubs, and perennial Distributors: http://www.willowaynurseries.com/