Planet suggestions for dessert?

I'm looking plant some easy to care for plants in my backyard and I'm looking for advice and suggestions. I have a low brick planter that is the full length of my back wall - and which follows another side of the wall as well. The wall gets sun from morning till late afternoon, and I live in the dessert so its dry (though there are sprinklers) and hot here (around 100 F in the dead of summer). When I moved in the backyard had a variety of plants in the planter (honeysuckle, those big bushes w/ red berries, a mini-rose bush, ETC) but over the years they have passed away. I dont spend alot of time out there, but it looks horrible and I would like to spend some time making it nice. Anyone have any suggestions for plants that are hearty, easy to card for and that would grow well here? I was thinking perhaps some more honeysuckle and maybe a wisteria tree. I would like the wall to be covered in green. Thank you for any advice/suggestions you have!

Planet suggestions for dessert?
lantana,sage,aloe vera,sago palm,cape honeysuckle,rosemary,bougainvillea,roses... type of cacti.there are a lot more you can go to your local nursery and see what else they have in the full sun selection.
Reply:In areas that get direct sun, plant sage, oleander (note: poisonous to some animals), hummingbird mint (attracts hummingbirds, bees and pollinating insects, and smells like mint), ornamental grasses ranging from fescue (very small, fine blades) to pampas (gets as tall as a person, looks like those french fry monsters from McDonald's). Also rock rose does well.





Culinary herbs that do well in this environment: culinary sage, rosemary, basil, thyme.





In areas that get some sun and some shade: I have planted rock rose, Mexican hat, coneflower, and some ornamental grasses.





Water thoroughly for the first few days, then watch them to make sure they're doing OK. After that you can leave them alone, as they don't need excessive watering. The first year you may need to weed a bit, but as the plants begin to thrive, it will be less of an issue.





FWIW, I live in Dallas and we get reasonably hot weather with long dry spells... but it's not the desert.





Hope this helps.

Need help finding shade loving plants for my new garden...?

I live in zone 8b. My small garden is on the northfacing side of my house, and gets almost no sun. I had this vision of blooming flowers with Wisteria climbing a trellis, but I guess that won't happen.





I would still like some flowers, and maybe even a flowering vine if anyone knows of any that will survive in the full shade... If not, any pretty greenery is good enough for me :)





This will be my first garden, so I kind of need some hardy perennials that will forgive my mistakes. Thank you.

Need help finding shade loving plants for my new garden...?
Here is a list of flowers for a shade garden:





http://www.eastendcommunity.com/plants/s...





Annuals will be perennials in your warm climate.
Reply:Hostas, hostas, hostas.





I also grow Huechera ( coral bells ) on the North side of my house. Some varieties have smaller blooms on stalks, but really it's their foliage that is attractive. They come in all shades of colour and can be a nice addition to a shady spot. Especially the lighter coloured foliage - try the lighter rust coloured varieties...
Reply:im a greenhouse manager these are some flowering plants that you can plant:





fuscias ( they are suitable for shade )


hosta


oxalis
Reply:Hostas bloom very decoratively and grow well in shade. Also astilbes ( beautiful colors)


Careful: hostas are quite addictive. There are thousands of varieties.

Desperate Housewives: Welcome to Kanagawa??

What exactly was Katherine's betrayal?





some people say that she killed her daughter and then adopted the new girl, but then remember at the beginning of the season, when julie and dylan were talking, she said that she remembers her past and it was weird, like she would have nightmares of like sexual abuse or w/e. so was it that her mother played a part in the abuse and blamed in on her ex? was that her betrayal, or was it something else?





also, who is Mary Alice? like i know that she is the narrator, but does she live on wisteria lane? is she one of the characters? what is her story?

Desperate Housewives: Welcome to Kanagawa??
we don't know what Katherine's story is yet. We have gotten various clues throughout the season, but we won't find out until the season finale, as is customary for the seasons. (Welcome to Kanagawa was the last episode filmed before the writers strike commenced, it is not the season finale)


Mary Alice was a woman who lived on Wisteria Lane, and killed herself in the pilot episode. She narrarates the story while looking down at her old friends from heaven. The mystery of why she killed herself carried through the first season and was resolved in the season finale of season 1. I won't say what it is here in case that ruins it for someone, but you are welcome to message me and I will tell you what happened. :)
Reply:This is all coming from my wife.





Mary Alice used to live on Wisteria Lane but killed herself in the pilot episode. She's narrating from the great beyond. She was living a lie and couldnt take it any longer.





Katherines betrayal is not quite clear to my wife. Sorry.

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Reply:Yeah. I found it to be no better than the cheap drugstore brands. So I wouldn't recommend it.

Desperate Housewives fans...here's a question I'd love to know an answer to???

Why'd Katherine move back here to the exact same house Dylan was killed in, knowing crazy Wayne would find them(Duh, since he's a cop) if he miraculously never found them elsewhere? And I know they had to leave CHICAGO cuz that woman was stalking Adam @ his Dr. office, but why back to WISTERIA LN. with what previously happened???

Desperate Housewives fans...here's a question I'd love to know an answer to???
well supposidly the aunt was in a nursing home and dying so Katherine took her back in and moved in to the same house apparently the aunt still owned the house . she was not too sure that wayne would find them . well if you remember she kept that room closed off for a long time even after the aunt died . then she and adam opened it up and found that gap in the wood floor .
Reply:Maybe the trouble her husband got in at the hospital made them broke and that place was hers from her aunt plus didn't she come back to to take care of her aunt.too........
Reply:I do believe that Katharine and Dylan came back to take care of her Aunt, it was her house in the first place...so that would explain part of the why...





As for Wayne and *(Duh, since he's a cop)* true....but....Katharine believed that it was safe to move back to Wisteria Lane....enough time had passed and I'm sure she was hoping that the whole thing with Wayne was over. Thats what happens....the abusee wants so desperately for things to be over, the abuse to stop, that they convince themselves that it is over....its safe....enough time has passed.....he (or she) has changed....safe...I'm safe...we're safe...That is the perspective Mark Cherry wrote it from, at least the way I took it....Katharine came back a b*tch on wheels, not taking any crap from anyone, based on what she had gone through with Wayne in the past.....and losing the real Dylan.....those kind of things change a person and she felt she was strong enough to handle things now.....I think you're being too hard on Mr. Cherry as I think DH is one of the best dramas on TV anymore....sure there are twists and turns and things that might leave some feeling a little dismayed about things...but thats, in essence...what drama really means...
Reply:I take it you watch this show other wise you would not be asking this question..


so why do you watch it ??if you think Mr Cherry is getting lame with the story lines..





I personally watch this show to get away from today's world for an hour it has the laughs %26amp; fun I don;t play detective throught out the show I couldn;t care less why katherine moved back but him being a cop he never found her any where else so he is not that good with all his connections....


I am guessing she wanted to make a clean slate %26amp; moved back hoping it would happen %26amp; guess what it did she killed her abusive husband.. she went through hell %26amp; back..


I will continue to watch this show through bad %26amp; good %26amp; I will admit there have been some bad shows...but hey its still fun right......

What yu think?

By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer


25 minutes ago











NEW YORK - The writers strike and all those extra reruns have freed up time for me to do things other than watch TV.





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Like think about TV.





For instance, as a memory exercise, I've spent time mentally sorting out the rival "Sex and the City" offshoots premiering in the next few weeks: "Cashmere Mafia" starring Lucy Liu on ABC, and "Lipstick Jungle" starring Brooke Shields on NBC. Lipstick. Cashmere. Jungle. Mafia. Maybe actually seeing both shows will help me keep everything straight. Maybe not.





But more than thinking ahead, I've been looking back at this fall season, putting some thought to compiling a list of all the new shows I'm crazy about.





I couldn't think of any.





So I narrowed it down to a new show that has gotten viewers talking; a here's-the-show-all-the-networks-will-be... kind of hit.





I drew another blank.





Has there ever been a season with less impact? There weren't even any truly horrible new shows. Not even CBS' "Viva Laughlin," the musical-and-mystery melange that wasn't so bad, just fatally offbeat. It was canceled after two airings.





"Viva" holds the distinction of being not just the first, but so far the only new scripted series to officially get the ax. By now in any typical season, there would be some serious attrition going on.





But there's nothing typical about this season, which started slow and then, with the arrival of the November sweep — the networks' first big faceoff of the season — was upstaged by the writers strike. Late-night talk shows immediately began airing repeats, and viewers were counting off the few remaining new episodes of prime-time series just when they should have been kicking into high gear.





Now, in its sixth week, the strike seems more entrenched than ever. Meanwhile, networks have announced their retooled midseason schedules, a slurry of scripted series that were already in the can, plus lots of unscripted reality fare.





But I'm not ready to focus on the future (even "Cashmere" this and "Lipstick" that, which for all I know could both be wonderful shows). I'm still mourning the premature passing of a season that never was.





The Fall 2007 season will be remembered not for NBC's expected hit "Bionic Woman," which turned out to be a shrinking violet in the ratings. Despite those eye-popping visuals on ABC's "Pushing Daisies," the season's emblematic images have come from somewhere else: the picket lines, where writers, for once, are getting the spotlight.





Further shaking things up, the strike has triggered speculation about its long-term effect on the TV medium. Increased repeats, fewer episodes shot for certain series, network lineups in apparent chaos — will all these potential annoyances this season chase viewers from network TV, or from TV altogether, never to return? Maybe so, some experts predict. Of course not, say others.





Have the networks already lost their mojo? Why were their new fall shows greeted with such viewer indifference? Why are their most-watched shows mostly older series like "CSI" (in its 8th season), "NCIS" (5th), "Two and a Half Men" (5th), "House" (4th) and "Desperate Housewives" (4th)?





Nearly 21 million viewers watched the recent "Desperate Housewives" when a tornado slammed Wisteria Lane. It captured the spirit of the real upheaval in the TV industry.





Writers are demanding a fair share of revenue from scripts they write that end up on the Web and other new media. Studios and networks are countering these new digital platforms aren't demonstrated earners yet, so there's no money to share.





Forgive me, a mere viewer, if I'm getting impatient. But with time on my hands, I find myself playing variations of "what if."





I wonder what zany situations and sly banter would have been written for "30 Rock" if not for this strike dragging on? What lacerating satire would otherwise have nourished the presidential race, courtesy of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report"? What breathless, world-saving mission would have been afflicting Jack Bauer on "24" (postponed all the way until next season)?





If the strike continues for another couple of months, I wonder what pilot scripts won't get written, or produced, or picked up for series next fall?





I'll bet the writers are thinking about all that, too. They're thinking about the programs scheduled instead in the weeks to come — "reality" shows purportedly without writers (at least, not from the rolls of the Writers Guild of America). And they're thinking, what if those series win the viewers' loyalty, at the expense of scripted shows that will never see the light of day?





I don't mean to be an alarmist. But I'm not so happy about the season just ahead. In fact, I'm even less happy with the fall season that was over before it started.





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What yu think?
I think I'm too impatient to read all of that. Ha

Which varieties can of Gourami fish can be put together?

I have a 55 gal tank with Wisteria, Sword, Dwarf Acous, and Water sprite plants in my tank and they are established. I want as many Gouramis and varieties as possible. How many can I have and not have a problem(how many of each variety). Except for the Sword plants all planted area are faily thick and stretch the length of the tank. Any help would be appreciated. Also if anyones knows of a good place to get female gouramis that information would be a bonus. Can someone also tell me how to sex determine gouramis, that information would also be useful?

Which varieties can of Gourami fish can be put together?
Sexing gouramis is fairly easy when you see them by the tanks full. At least the fish commonly sold as gourami, which is all I will get into here as other anabantoids can get trickier to keep not to mention harder to find. The males have longer and more pointed dorsal fins while the females are plumper . As for what kinds go together, all the blues, golds and the like are one species, so obviously they all go together well. Dwarf, powder blues, sunsets and the like are similar in size to each other and can cohabitate rather well. Thick-lipped and giant or banded fit well with this group too. The snakeskin gourami and kissing gourami get a bit large for this group in my opinion as does of course the true gourami, which is far too large for a 55 gallon anyway. Pearl gouramis fit right in with all of the above as would moonlights although they can get a bit large for a 55 and have room for anything else. Croaking gouramis and sparkling gouramis are too small and docile to fit in with the others. Chocolate gourami are far to sensitive to even thing about in this type of tank.





I would stick with adding pairs to the tank and as to how many, that depends on if you want mostly the larger types or the smaller types. But as they are anabantoids you can easily stretch that tank space a bit. I would say a pair of each Dwarf, powder blues, sunsets, blues, golds and pearls would make a nice display and not over tax the tank.





It could be done with either Colisa sp. or Tricogaster sp. and that would be the best mix in my opinion. In either group stick with a pair of each. With this grouping you could add in either moonlights or snakeskins without a problem, but probably not both.





Obviously I have left out many anabantoids, but those are not commonly referred to as gourami.
Reply:DId you even check out the website I attached? I have 6 different kinds of gouramis in my tank. If you have questions feel free to email. Report It

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Reply:Just watch out for bettas(closely related) they will likely be attacked by other gouramis...
Reply:First there are lots of different types of gouramis, and most of them are very territorial. If you want a bunch i recommend, pearl, blue, gold, moonlight, possibly dwarf, paradise fish, etc. Stay away from african gouramis if you can, they tend to be much nastier and Ctenopoma are by far the worst as they need really specific water conditions in some cases and are downright nasty


the round fin trick does not work for most gouramis species, so if you get anything rare you will have to vent them or wait until they get into spawning colors. i would check out the Aqualog book on labrynth fish you wont be dissapointed!.
Reply:u can put it in with any semi-aggressive type of fish because they are a semi-aggressive type so u can put them in with sharks, angel fish, any other gourami fish just about any type of fish
Reply:You can put any kind of gouramis together.. Females have a round fin whereas males have a pointed fin. I dont recommend buying fish at walmart, petco, petsmart or petland. Go to a local pet store that is privately owned.. They will order femlaes for you if they don't have any but they should have a large varitey of gouramis.

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