Hey-I've wondered for many years what that plant was,and had never heard anyone refer to it....Here in my area,I've seen it many many times.It's always a very small plant,but definitly a bamboo!!I'm gonna go dig some of it this weekend!It appears to grow very slowly-and have never observed it growing in large stands.It is always growing in very small stands,rarely over 2,maybe 3 feet tall.Mark

I wonder if there was ever a time, or historically notable period when the garden was given as much emphasis as the dwelling. I mean as a general rule. Perhaps there was a time and a place when the garden was given more emphasis. Also, when we speak of a "Victorian" house or garden we don't actually mean 'every' house and garden, do we. When looking for what is appropriate or "historically correct" there is a lot more to consider than architecture. I think there may be more than "your pleasure" to take into account too although if you, a gardener, move into a house that historically had no garden then you have to make some important decisions.

Mark, last year when it turned out that Baker Creek was offering German Red Strawberry that wasn't, and Reimers was offering Cuor di Bui that wasn't, same for Territorial, it turned out that the problem was in Italy as to seed suppliers and they seem to be sending out seed that looks like the Goldman one as well as many other named ones that I can't remember right now, but there's a number of them discussed in a thread at another place where I post and they ALL turned out to be pyrifor shaped, like the one that Johnny's showed the past two years and just called it pyriform. So no, at this point I'm not surprised at all that there are several named varieties out there that are darn near identical, in shape at least. Carolyn

Their clothes feel like they have some sort of wax on them. The bases are definitely made of wood. Not sure if their bodies are made of wood though. Their skin it coated in what feels like wax too. She has a basket on her back that's filled with newspaper. He has a basket that is filled with little fish. Their hands kind of look like that could have been holding poles. They're very detailed. So central american figurines? Can anyone guess on their age?