Greetings from New Brunswick, Canada

[maggiepie]

Hello,

I'm an Aussie who moved to Canada almost 9 years ago, last year I became a Canadian citizen so I guess that makes me a Cozzie.
Gardening in zone 4b is a lot different to gardening in zone10 but it is amazing how many plants you can grow in both lots of zones.
I love having 4 distinct seasons although I would prefer a shorter winter.
My favourite plants are hardy geraniums, clematis, campanulas but I am finding more and more plants of interest since I joined ORGS, SRGC, AGS and now NARGS.
I have been a keen gardener most of my life but have only discovered alpines and rock garden plants since joining these clubs and having access to the fabulous seed lists.
I love playing with seeds during the winter months, it helps keep away the winter blues.

[RickR]

Welcome Helen,
A Cozzie contingent can really round out our membership. LOL
It is rather amazing how useful knowledge of tropical/sub tropical plants can be even for rock gardeners, as you've found out.

What is the identity of your avatar?  It's a most worthy flower, and a wonderful color.

[maggiepie]

Hi Rick,

Thanks for the welcome, the avatar pic is a seedling of clematis 'Pamiat Serdsta'.
It is one of my favourite seedlings, it changes a lot by the time it is fully open.

[RickR]

I had guessed it might be Clematis, with the four petals.  Forgot to mention, the form is just exquisite!  Definitely a keeper!  Thanks for the extra pics.

Rick

[McDonough]

Hello,

I'm an Aussie who moved to Canada almost 9 years ago, last year I became a Canadian citizen so I guess that makes me a Cozzie.
Gardening in zone 4b is a lot different to gardening in zone10 but it is amazing how many plants you can grow in both lots of zones.
I love having 4 distinct seasons although I would prefer a shorter winter.
My favourite plants are hardy geraniums, clematis, campanulas but I am finding more and more plants of interest since I joined ORGS, SRGC, AGS and now NARGS.

Hi Maggie-Helen,  good to see you on "this side of the pond".   Not too active here yet, we'll have to do something about that!  Although, the color scheme is a bit of a challenge, isn't it.  And only 3 photo uploads per message, I'm already suffering withdrawals.  Thanks to NARGS Web Master (Hugh MacMillan) wizardry, the few color scheme & text visibility issues have been resolved.  And image uploads have been increased to 10... AWESOME!

[maggiepie]

Helloo Mark!!
I bet you stir things up a bit.
I really like the colour scheme, except for the red text on black which I find very hard to read without hilighting first.
Hmmm I need to see where to turn the spellchecker off, it doesn't like my aussie spelling.

[McDonough]

Helloo Mark!!
I bet you stir things up a bit.
I really like the colour scheme, except for the red text on black which I find very hard to read without hilighting first.
Hmmm I need to see where to turn the spellchecker off, it doesn't like my aussie spelling.

Hello Helen,  I like the color scheme too, very distinctive, and now with a few of the black-text-on-dark-gray-background issues resolved, it's looking real good.  For over 26 years I worked with the industry standard CAD program; AutoCAD, for drawing construction documents in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interiors, Urban Planning, Civil Design, etc, and the software's drawing environment is a black background, with the bright colors used for everything that gets drawn.  So here at NARGS, the scheme seems truly familiar.  

Can you tell me where you're seeing red text, I see that the web master has changed the red text to a purplish color after he and I discussed it earlier.  There shouldn't be a need to highlight any text to make it readable anymore.

[maggiepie]

Mark, the only red I see now is on the home page, which btw still has some grey text on grey background (Main Menu,Meetings and Media and Sales).
I am finding the new purpley colour hard to read where the font size is smaller, in fact it is harder to read than the red.
I have a very bright monitor but my resolution is 1680X1050 so the smaller text is very  small.

[Todd Boland]

Hi Helen,  sorry for the delayed welcome but I was in Ottawa all week.  Guess you are my closest neighbor on the forum so far!  I'm sure we have similar growing conditions.