Well, we were honored and excited to be on Martha Stewart Radio featured on "Morning Living with Lauren Pressley" last Friday morning on SIRIUS Satellite Radio Channel 112. We are again honored to be invited back to Martha Stewart Radio on "Homegrown with Margaret and Andrew." Be sure to look for it on SIRIUS Satellite Radio Channel 112, September 12th, at 9:15AM central time.

Now on a horticulture note, it is sad to say but are summer is coming to an end. Yes, I know it is 100 plus degrees outside, BUT Aunt Sunny says she has seen the sulphur butterflies which means an early fall and particularly hairy butterflies, which means a cold winter. I might tend to agree with her on fall, as our Oxblood Lilies (Rhodophiala bifida) are already trying to push up buds! Customers better head to the Calloway's stores and select Austin nurseries to get them and put them in the ground. Actually, many will hold off for a little longer, but they ARE in the stores now.

With the summer closing, we know that we will say goodbye to the rain lilies that have so faithfully kept us going through these horrible dry days. I wanted to take a moment and post a picture of Zephyranthes grandiflora (on the left) next to a Habranthus robustus (on the right) to show people the difference in color and form. I realize that neither of these products will be available until next spring, but it is just good to know the difference.

I am still in San Antonio.