Thank you
@plantmanager,
@Marilyn,
@Fleur569,
@Whitebeard,
@tx_flower_child,
@crawgarden,
@pirl,
@ge1836,
@GaNinFl,
@TBGDN,
@wildflowers,
@Lestv for your thoughtful comments!!
Thank you
@Marilyn,
@Fleur569,
@tx_flower_child for the acorns!!
And thank you to everyone for the thumbs!!!
Sean and tx_flower_child - Last year was the first year I planted this type of verbena. So far it's survived our winter which really surprised me too, though my verbena bonariensis overwinters here.
Arlene, Leon and Christine - After reading your comments I have a craving for lemonade with mint!
Leslie and Karen - Creating banners has been a fun project! It has given me a chance to go though my garden photos, revisiting the transformations it has gone through over the years. I've had a lot of those "Why don't I grow those any more?" The likely answer is, "Oh yeah. Irises."
with all of the above, indeed a very nice banner, Casey! 
