----- Original Message ----- From: "penny x stamm" <pennyx1@Juno.com> To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [gardeners] rudbeckia > Anne, last night's heavy rain made a spectacle out of the big plant -- > the stems all collapsed in a circle around the stem, with those huge > dark yellow flowers looking up at me like an innocent child... > Remember, it sits alone at the empty end of the veggie garden, so > there was nothing which could have helped support it. I guess I'll > have to take a photo, for it does look as if a light footed elephant > had stepped on it! The smaller plant remains erect and in bud. > Still don't know where they came from... Penny, I would love to see the photos when/if you get them. Elephant stomping, even from light elephants sounds like fun. You and Jimmie need to be careful out in the garden. Though I do love your stories. I have been known to pass them on to relatives, especially that one when you were caught in the bush. Anne in FL zone 9b, sunset 26 I'd rather be gardening