- Healthy Hosta thanks to Drea.
- Bountiful Snow on the Mountain that previous owner planted or sprung spontaneously from the earth.
- Catalpa Catalpa Catalpa.
- A little blue spruce thanks to gift from 777 Building management on Earth Day.
- Big strong volunteer maple that sprouted in the perfect place (not under power lines or anything).
- Impatiens in pots--they're annuals so they're expected to die at the end of the season.
- Black-eyed Susans--just give 'em enough sunlight and they'll keep coming back.
- Creeping Charlie--it's green and it's not prickly.
- Mulch--makes it look like you care and is already dead.
* Thanks to Keith Knight, comic strip writer and creator of "Life's Little Victories" comic.
