My clerodendron (and my daughter's, and the local nursery's) appear to bloom any old time throughout the year. Certainly they DO bloom at times in the winter! Will research after my trip to St.Louis. On the cukes, the entire veggie bed gets underground watered twice a day for 10 minutes, being in absolute full sun. It remains a puzzle. At the nursery where I happened to buy this one hill of three plants, they said that mine was the 4th complaint about the problem. "It's environmental" said the young man. Balloney -- I feel it's in the stock! We also have another dozen plants from seed, a little behind in development. Will be fascinated to see if they do the same thing! And thank you, Pat, for asking on my behalf~! Penny, NY _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]