Tuesday, January 24, 2012

What kind of palm trees can I plant for privacy in Zone 9 California Desert?

I live in zone 9, very dry. We had a crazy winter 2 years ago causing my new neighbor to cut down their oleanders to our 5 ft fence height and now we can see everything each other does. So I decided it is time to put in my own shrubs. Anyway where can I get some affordable palms that are hardy to this dry area? Yes I can water. I don't want huge palms I actually like those skinny leaf palms with out the spikes, but don't know what they are called. Any suggesttions please?

What kind of palm trees can I plant for privacy in Zone 9 California Desert?
Better to put nice quality lemon, lime and orange plants in close proximity and trim them will serve your purpose as well you will have the best fruits for your good health and longevity, tree ripe is different then the store ripe and insecticide sprayed fruit
Reply:Thank you. Report It
Reply:oleanders are very rapid growing plants so they should be back to there original hight in like 2-3 years

Taxes

What's the best lowgrowing shrub that wont kill my dog if she eats it?

I have a chocolate lab that tries to eat everything new in the yard, and I want to landscape in spite of her. Oleanders, elephant ears, azaleas, berry-bearing hollys are all out. What else is there?

What's the best lowgrowing shrub that wont kill my dog if she eats it?
Since "Granny" is dissing everyone, it's interesting that she lists my resource!



This list is from a pet information site and a reliable source for safety. A list of "do not" plants that are poisonous will not cover plants that are not pet friendly. All of the plants on THIS list are not poisonous to pets! Check out my source at the bottom for more great info on pet friendly yards!!



A

Achira

Acorn squash

African violet

Algaroba

Aluminum plant

Alumroot

American rubber

Anthericum comosum

Antirrhinum multiflorum

Arabian gentian

Aregelia

Artillery plant

Aspidium falcatum

Aubepine

Autumn olive



B

Bachelors buttons

Ball fern

Bamboo

Bamboo palm

Bamboo vine

Banana

Banana squash

Begonia species

Belmore sentry palm

Big shellbark hickory

Bitter pecan

Bitternut

Black haw

Black hawthorn

Blaspheme vine

Bloodleaf

Blooming sally

Bluebottle

Blue bead

Blue daisy

Blue echeveria

Blue-*****

Blue-eyed daisy

Blunt leaf peperomia

Blushing bromeliad

Bold sword fern

Boston fern

Bottlebrush

Bottle Palm

Brazilian orchid

Bride's bonnet

Bristly greenbrier

Broom hickory

Brodiaea pulchella

Butterfly ginger

Butterfly iris

Bullbrier

Bur gourd

Burro's tail

Buttercup squash

Butterfly squash



C

Caeroba

Calathea insignis

Calthea lancifolia

California pitcher plant

Callistemon bradyandrus

Callistemon viminalis

Callistemon citrinus

Calochortus nuttalli

Camellia

Canada hemlock

Canary date palm

Candle plant

Candycorn plant

Canna lily

Cantebury-bell

Cape jasmine

Cape primrose

Carob

Carob tree

Caroba

Carobinha

Carolina hemlock

Carrion flower

Carrot flower

Carrot fern

Casaba melon

Cast Iron plant

Cat brier

Cat ear

Cattleya labiata

Celosia globosa

Celosia plumosa

Celosia spicata

Chamaedorean

Chaparral

Chenille plant

Chestnut

Chicken-gizzard

Chickens and hens

Chin-lao-shu

China aster

China root

Chinese plumbago

Chlorophytum

Chlorophytum bechetii

Chocolate soldier

Christmas dagger

Christmas palm

Christmas orchid

Cinnamon

Cinquefoil

Cirrhopetalum

Clearweed

Cliff brake

Cocks comb

Cocktail orchid

Collinia elegans

Color-band

Columnar

Common camellia

Common catbrier

Common garden canna

Common greenbrier

Common snapdragon

Common staghorn fern

Confederate jasmine

Coolwort

Copperlead

Copper rose

Coralardisia

Coral bells

Coralberry

Cornflower

Crape myrtle

Crataegus phaenopyrum

Crataegus spp.

Creeping charlie

Creeping gloxinia

Creeping mahonia

Creeping pilea

Creeping rubus

Creeping zinnia

Crepe myrtle

Crimson bottlebush

Crimson cup

Crisped feather fern

Crossandra

Cucumber

Cushon aloe

Cushion moss

Cyrtudeira reptans



D

Dainty

Dainty rabbits-foot fern

Dallas fern

Dancing doll orchid

Davallia bullata mariessi

Davallia trichomanoides

Desert trumpet

Dichelostemma

Dichorisandra reginae

Dinteranthus vanzylii

Duffii fern

Duffy fern

Dwarf date palm

Dwarf feather fern

Dwarf palm

Dwarf Rose-Stripe Star

Dwarf royal palm

Dwarf whitman fern



E

Earth star

Easter cattleya

Easter daisy

Easter lily cactus

Easter orchid

Edible banana

Elephant-Ear Begonia

Emerald ripple peperomia

English hawthorn

Epidendrum atropurpeum

Epidendrum ibaguense

Epidendrum

Episcia spp.



F

False aralia

Fairy fountain

Fan tufted palm

Feather fern

Feathered amaranth

Fiery reed orchid

Fig leaf gourd

Figleaf palm

Fingernail plant

Fire weed

Fish tail fern

Flame african violet

Flame of the woods

Flame violet

Florida butter-fly orchid

Fluffy ruffles

Forster sentry palm

Fortunes palm

Freckle face

Friendship plant

Frosty

G

Garden marigold

Garden snapdragon

German violet

Gherkins

Ghost leafless orchid

Ghost plant

Giant aster

Giant holly fern

Giant white inch plant

Gibasis geniculata

Globe thistle

Gloxinia

Gold bloom

Gold-fish plant

Golden bells

Golden lace orchid

Golden shower orchid

Good luck palm

Grape hyacinth

Grape Ivy

Great willow herb

Green ripple peperomia

Greenbrier



H

Hagbrier

Hardy baby tears

Hardy gloxinia

Haws

Haws apple

Haworthia

Hawthorn

Hedgehog gourd

Hellfetter

Hemlock tree

Hen and chickens fern

Hens and chickens

Hickory

Hindu rope plant

Holligold

Holly fern

Hollyhock

Honey locust

Honey plant

Honeydew melons

Honeysuckle fuchsia

Hookera pulchella

Horse brier

Hoya carnosa 'exotica'

Hoya carnosa 'krinkle'

Hoya carnosa 'variegata'

Hoya 'Mauna Loa'

Hubbard squash

Hypocyrta spp.



I

Ice plant

Imbricata sword fern

Irish moss

Iron cross begonia

Iron tree

Ivy peperomia

Ivy-leaf peperomia



J

Jackson brier

Jacob's ladder

Japanese aralia

Japanese holly fern

Japanese moss

Japanese pittosporum

Jasmine

Jewel orchid

Joseph's coat

Jungle geranium



K

Kaempferis

Kahali ginger

Kenilworth ivy

Kentia palm

Kenya palm

Kenya violet

Kharoub

King nut

King of the forest

King and queen fern

Kuang-yen- pa-hsieh



L

Lace flower vine

Lace orchid

Ladies ear drops

Lady lou

Lady palm

Lagerstroemia indica

Lance Pleumele

Large

Lady Palm

Laurel-leaved greenbrier

Leather peperomia

Leng-fen tu'an

Leopard lily

Leopard orchid

Lesser snapdragon

Lily of the valley orchid

Linden

Lipstick plant

Little zebra plant

Little fantasy peperomia

Living rock cactus

Living stones

Locust pods

Lou-lang-t'ou

Luther



M

Madagascar jasmine

Magnolia bush

Mahonia aquifolium

Malabar gourd

Malaysian dracaema

Manila palm

Mapleleaf begonia

Maranta

Marbled fingernail

Mariposa lily

Maroon

Mary-bud

Measles plant

Melons

Metallic peperomia

Metallic leaf begonia

Mexican firecracker

Mexican rosettes

Mexican snowballs

Miniature date palm

Minature fish tail

Minature maranta

Minature marble plant

Mistletoe cactus

Mockernut hickory

Mosaic plant

Mosiac vase

Moss agate

Moss campion

Moss fern

Moss phlox

Moss rose

Mossy campion

Mother fern

Mother spleenwort

Mother of pearl

Mountain camellia

Mountain grape

Mulberry bush greenbrier

Mulberry tree

Musa paradisiaca

Muscari armeniacum

Muscari spp.

Muskmellon



N

Narrow leafed pleomele

Natal plum

Neanthe bella palm

Nematanthus spp.

Neanthebella

Neoregelia

Nephrolepsis

Nerve plant

New silver and bronze

Night blooming cereus



O

Odontoglossum spp.

Old man cactus

Old world orchid

Orange star

Oregon grape

Ossifragi vase



P

Paddys wig

Painted lady

Palm lily

Pampus grass

Panamiga

Pansy orchid

Paradise palm

Parlor palm

Parlor plant

Parsley fern

Peace begonia

Peacock plant

Pearl plant

Pearly dots

Peperomia hederifolia

Peperomia peltifolia

Peperomia rotundifolia

Peperomia sandersii

Pepper face

Persian violet

Pheasant plant

Piggy back plant

Pigmy date palm

Pignut

Pignut hickory

Pilea microphylla

Pilea mucosa

Pink Brocade

Pink Pearl

Pink polka dot plant

Pink starlite

Pirliteiro

Pitaya

Plantanus orientalis

Plantanus occidentalis

Platinum peperomia

Platycerium alicicorne

Plumbago larpentiae

Plush plant

Polka dot plant

Polystichum falcatum

Pony tail

Porcelain flower

Pot marigold

Prairie lily

Prairie snowball

Prayer plant

Prickly bottlebrush

Prostrate coleus

Purple baby tears

Purple passion vine

Purple waffle plant

Purpleosier willow



Q

Queen's spiderwort

Queencup

Queens spiderwort

Queensland arrowroot



R

Rabbits foot fern

Rainbow orchid

Red african violet

Red berried greenbrier

Red edge peperomia

Red hawthorne

Red palm lily

Red veined prayer

Reed palm

Resurrection lily

Rex begonia

Rhynchophorum

Ribbon plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

Roosevelt fern

Royal velvet plant

Rubber plant, baby

Russian olive



S

Saffron spike zebra

Saint Bernards lily

Sand lily

Sand verbena

Satin pellionia

Sawbrier

Scabious

Scarborough lily

Scarlet orchid

Scarlet sage

Sego lily

Shagbark hickory

Shan ku'ei-lai

Shellbark hickory

Shiny leaf smilax

Shrimp cactus

Silver bell

Silver berry

Silver heart

Silver-leaf peperomia

Silver nerve plant

Silver pink vine

Silver star

Silver table fern

Silver tree anamiga

Slender deutzia

Small fruited hickory

Smilax tamnoides vas

Speckled wood lily

Spice orchid

Spider ivy

Spider plant

Spotted laurel

Squarenut

Squirrels foot fern

Star jasmine

Star lily

Star plant

Star tulip

Star window plant

Strawberry

Striped blushing

Sugar pods

Sulfur flower

Summer hyacinth

Swedish ivy

Sweetheart hoya

Sweetheart peperomia

Sweet william

Sword fern



T

Tahitian bridal veil

Tailed orchid

Tall feather fern

Tall mahonia

Teasel gourd

Texas sage

Thea japonica

Thimble cactus

Thorn apple

Ti hu-ling

Tiger orchid

Toad spotted cactus

Torch lily

Tous-les-mois

Trailing peperomia

Tree cactus

Tree gloxinia

Tropical moss

True cantalope

Tu fu-ling

Tulip poplar

Tulip tree

Turban squash

Turf lily



U

Umbrella plant

Urbinia agavoides

Usambara violet



V

Variegated laurel

Variegated oval leaf peperomia

Variegated philodendron leaf

Variegated wandering jew

Variegated wax plant

Velvet plant

Venus fly trap

Verona fern

Verona lace fern

Vining peperomia

Violet slipper gloxinia



W

Waffle plant

Walking anthericum

Washington hawthorn

Water hickory

Watermelon begonia

Watermelon peperomia

Watermelon pilea

Wax plant

Wax rosette

Weeping bottlebrush

Weeping sergeant hemlock

Weisdornbluten

West indian gherkin

Western sword

White ginger

White edged swedish ivy

White heart hickory

Whitman fern

Wild buckwheat

Wild buckwheat

Wild hyacinth

Wild lantana

Wild sarsaparilla

Wild strawberry

Willow herb

Windmill palm

Winter cattleya

Withered snapdragon

Woolflower



Y

Yellow bloodleaf

Yellow-flowered gourd

Yerba linda



Z

Zebra haworthia

Zebra plant

Zinnia sp.

Zucchini squash

Check out my source for more info on dog friendly yards:
Reply:It will probably be easier to read the list of what NOT to plant and then go from there.

ASPCA

Animal Poison Control Center

Toxic PlantsThis list contains plants that have been reported as having systemic effects on animals and/or intense effects on the gastrointestinal tract.

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pag...

***************NOTE**************

Non Poisonous Plants for Dogs and Cats

http://www.petfriendlyhouse.com/informat...

Don't take the advice of any of the experts in this category in Yahoo! Answers sometimes they just put an answer.



Follow the directions of the real experts above.
Reply:Try something hardy and WOODY. Also, don't let your dog outside too much. Get it to a park. Grass plants can't hurt either.
Reply:boxwood and is easily shaped


Survey: Bailing wire and duct tape or protractor and contractor?

Bailing wire and duct tape or protractor and contractor

NASCAR or Formula One

Exotic Palms or Oleanders

Roses or Lillis

Ice road truckers and Deadliest Catch or House and Bones

BBQ Ribs or Duck Ala Ronge

Skate boards or Mopeds

Laptop or Desktop

Apple or Dell or Sony

Freestyle or Precise

Read directions or don't usually need them

Hot dogs and hamburgers or Thai, Italian and Mexican food

Very clean house or looks lived in

White walls or full of color

The big chair of the couch

Nickelback or Beatles

Survey: Bailing wire and duct tape or protractor and contractor?
anything with duct tape

nascar

oleanders

roses

deadliest catch

ribs

mopeds

laptop

dell

precise

don't need them

dogs and burgers

lived in

white with lots of stuff on them

big ol soft couch

beatles
Reply:Protractor and contractor

Formula One

Oleander

Roses

House and Bones

Duck Ala Ronge

Mopeds

Laptop with a docking port, full size monitor, and ergonomic keyboard for when I'm home.

Dell

Freestyle

Read directions

Hamburgers and Italian and Mexican food...sorry, you can keep the hot dogs and Thai food.

Very clean house as long as I don't have to clean it.

Full Color

The big chair

Beatles
Reply:bailing wire and duct tape

NASCAR

exotic palms

lillis

House and bones

BBQ Ribs... definately

skateboards

laptop

dell

freestyle

don't read directions... just wing it

Thai, ITALIAN, and mexican food... i LOVE Italian food

looks lived in ... unless you wanna clean it for me :)

COLOR!!!!! ...white is tooo boring

The big chair ... mine is actually quite comfy( squishy leather)

Nickelback ... but the Beatles are good too...
Reply:Bailing wire and duct tape or protractor and contractor...contractor

NASCAR or Formula One... f/o

Exotic Palms or Oleanders... oleanders

Roses or Lillis.... roses

Ice road truckers and Deadliest Catch or House and Bones....House no bones

BBQ Ribs or Duck Ala Ronge...... BBQ

Skate boards or Mopeds .... boards

Laptop or Desktop.... desk

Apple or Dell or Sony.... Sony

Freestyle or Precise.... precise

Read directions or don't usually need them..... read, eventually

Hot dogs and hamburgers or Thai, Italian and Mexican food ....Mexican

Very clean house or looks lived in.... lived in

White walls or full of color.... white

The big chair of the couch ..... big chair

Nickelback or Beatles.... Beatles
Reply:1) Protrator and contractor, hopefully hot looking.

2) Nascar

3) Exotic Palms

4)Roses

5) House and Bones

6) BBq Ribs

7) Moped

8) Desktop

9) Dell

10) Freestyle

11) Thai, Italian, and Mexican

12) Looks lived in

13) Different colors, soothing

14) The couch

15) Beatles

LMAO
Reply:Bailing wire and duct tape

NASCAR

Exotic Palms

Roses

House and Bones

BBQ Ribs

Mopeds

Laptop

Dell

Precise

Read directions (I read, hubby THINKS he doesn't need them) - must be why we stay lost in a new city

Hot dogs and hamburgers

looks lived in

full of color

The big chair

Beatles
Reply:Answers to questions:



Bailing wire and duct tape

NASCAR

Exotic Palms

Neither - Mimosa and Honeysuckle!

House and Bones

BBQ Ribs

Mopeds

Desktop

Neither - HP

Freestyle

don't usually need them

Hot dogs and hamburgers

looks lived in

full of color

The big chair

Beatles
Reply:Protractor and contractor

Formula One

Oleanders (have a bunch in the yard)

Roses

House %26amp; Bones

BBQ Ribs

Mopeds

Desktop

Dell

Freestyle

Don't read directions unless desperate

Hot dogs and hamburgers

Looks lived in

White walls

Big chair

Nickelback
Reply:I stopped after graduating from college to become a teacher. So, I'll accept bailing wire and duct tape any day
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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PERFUME/COLOGNE???? I just bought Azuree Soleil tonight and it smells great.....yours?

I just bought some new perfumes.... one of them is azuree soleil it kind of smelles like oleanders......its made by estee lauder. Other perfumes I bought were britney spears newest...2007 addition, (which I am going to take back.....it seems to smell different on paper than on me) and "diamonds" by giorgio armani...a very light fragrance. So have any of you people tried these fragrances???



If NOT......What is your favorite PERFUME??? or COLOGNE??? :)





My all time favorite is "HOT COUTURE" by Givenche :P





Thanks !!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PERFUME/COLOGNE???? I just bought Azuree Soleil tonight and it smells great.....yours?
Mine are (in order of preference)

1. Givenche Organza Indecence (discontinued but I stocked up)

2. Jean Paul Gaultier Classique

3. Burberry Brit

4. Giorgio Armani Sensi
Reply:i love 'catsuit'



its cheap but it smells really really lovely
Reply:lacoste red cologne
Reply:i like sweet p from the mall. god, that stuff smells absolutely amazing!!!
Reply:i just bought the new marc jacobs "daisy" perfume. it smells so good!
Reply:davidoff collection
Reply:Armani Mania
Reply:I don't really have an expensive taste when it comes to perfume, but I do love a really nice fragrance. My favorite is white cherry blossom from Bath and Body. If you have not smelled it, you need to. I love it. I always get compliments on how good I smell. I get even more when people find out the price.
Reply:Chance by Channel!
Reply:red by gorgio
Reply:L'Eau d'Issey by Issey Miyake


Build over existing retaining wall?

We have a cinder block wall about 50 feet long by 3-4 feet high as a retainer. The wall has been leaning forward for several years. We talked to our landscape person and he said he could put a river rock retainer with concrete over the existing cinder block wall to hold the old wall in place and give it some opposing resistance. The river rock retainer will also be dug down 1 or 1 1/2 feet with under the ground foundation. We went to his house and he showed that he did it with his old cinder block wall and it looks incredible. In your opinion, do you think that this is okay to do. Is there anything we should make sure of before we do this? We dont want to spend 20K ripping the old one out when we could just retain this one with the new river rock wall. Also, the wall had a bunch of oleanders on it and other trees which we are having taken out as we speak.

Build over existing retaining wall?
My Grandfather with my brothers help built over a retaining wall. At the base they made it about 3 feet thick then tapered it thinner as it went up. We live in Earthquake prone California. The building inspector said it would take a quake large enough to level the entire town before that wall could ever sustain damage.
Reply:The wall was built in 1965-in San Fernando, CA. and was not damaged in the 1971 earthquake centered in Sylmar (2 miles away) or the 1994 Northridge quake. It is still doing the job with no damage to this date. Report It
Reply:sounds like he know what he's doing.
Reply:I believe that this could be done and have a fine result. You just make certain that your contractor is licensed and insured.

boots

Ground cover ideas needed?

We just got done remodleing our pool area which involved hauling out a lot of river rock and getting rid of small palms around the pool to open it up. Now all we have is dirt.



My hubby doesn't want grass, too much maintenance. No fake grass, it's too expensive %26amp; the oleanders shedding would be messy. No gravel b/c it will hurt your feet barefoot.



He wants decomposed gravel - but I do not b/c it will still get muddy if it rains.



Any ideas out there?

Ground cover ideas needed?
Try about 4"- 6" of premium cypris mulch over a ground facric. Create a meandering pathway to the pool using cobblestones. The cobblestoned would actually be good for barefooting on because in many parts of the world, reflexology paths and “barefoot parks” are becoming very popular because they offer feet a chance to experience varieties of textured surfaces. In addition to biomechanical advantages of regular barefoot exercising, many holistic health practitioners believe the tactile stimulation underfoot while walking barefoot on natural surfaces has positive effects on body, mind and spirit.
Reply:Mexican heather is a great ground covering and grows hearty with very little care..spreads nice and are small plants with tons of little purple/pinkish flowers on it..alot of malls use these for thier landscaping..

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/arans...



http://www.bonnieplants.com/Default.aspx...
Reply:carpet of snow ground cover

stays close to the ground like ivy and has thousand of flowers

comes in white,pink and red

chokes out weeds and grows fast [Ohio]
Reply:I love my bugelweed (ajuga reptans)...it's hardy....comes back each year...has great color....and grows without much maintenance!



This year I got Lamium Maculatum in Beacon Silver....ooooh, it's very pretty and needs little care also...



They both bloom in purple and are perenials...
Reply:If you were to put down some landscaping fabric around the pool than take some bags of leveling sand poured out over the fabric. The out come will be that the sand shouldn't wash away if you boarder it, you'll have no weeds and your feet won't hurt. Maintence free
Reply:These are the ground covers on my property. I live in Zone 7.



1. Vinca. I have periwinkle vinca. http://www.forde-nursery.com/images/pere... http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/vinc... varieties ike sun, some like shade.



2. Monkey grass, mondo grass, liriope (call it what you want!). Many different colors, sizes, sun/shade. http://www.hsv-life.com/house/landscape/... Can be planted thinly or thickly. I interperse mine with small boulders for more interest.



3. Ajuga. Shade plant, so may not be suitable. Spreads rapidly. http://www.evergreennurseryinc.net/plant... http://www.danielleblog.com/archives/aju...



In addition, the following website is an excellent source for ground covers: http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/...
Reply:I really like Mondo grass (Ophiopogon species). It can get expensive in large plantings, but you never have to cut it. You didn't say how much sun you have or how much foot traffic the area will take. Mondo is tolerant of foot traffic once it is established. Other ground covers are pachysandra, liriope, ajuga, and vinca minor. These aren't as good for traffic areas.
Reply:You can do a outdoor tile all around it.


Drug addict/eating disordered friend?

I've known this girl for a few years and we haven't talked much in the past few years because of a very complicated sitution but she does every type of drug except meth and has been in and out of rehab two times for an eating disorder and ate white oleanders to get out one of the seven times



she just doesn't have a reason to live and i wish i could give her one but life pretty much sucks especially for her, she had it pretty rough growing up, no longer has a college fund because of rehab and has failed ninth grade a few times because of absences anyway



but im talking to her and i suppose just giving her a semi-good influence helps but i would like some imput in what advice i could give her in getting clean, obviously normal programs don't help, shes been on methadone and lithium and just uses them as a supplement to her habits

what can i say to help her? why shouldn't she stay on them honestly? when you think about it. she doesn't care if she dies and can't handle pain

Drug addict/eating disordered friend?
I wish there was a good answer for your question. I wish there was some magical thing you could say to someone you love and they would quit hurting themselves. Just continue to be her friend and let her know you are their for her if and when she chooses to get help. My sister was a cocaine and heroin addict she died last year from an overdose of cocaine before she died she was in and out of rehabs at one point (when she was sober) she wrote a poem about her addiction. It is a really good poem it is posted on her website http://www.ken.malott.com/bridget/bridge... . You can try showing her this website and this poem if you want.My sister was also bipolar and used street drugs to self medicate. ufourtantley if your friend doesn't stop she will end up dead. Good Luck. I know first hand how hard it is to watch someone you love kill themselves.
Reply:unfortunately drug addiction and recovery is really a lonesome disease, no one can really pull you up but you. Make sure she has access to people who have dealt with addiction themselves and just be there as a friend when she needs one. If you get too deeply involved with her recovery and she slips she will take you down a bit too.
Reply:You can't change people. It is her life and her choices.
Reply:I think that all you can do is be there for her. It's hard to understand a person's motivations for the way they live, and there is no textbook answer because every person is unique. You maybe could find a group like Codependent Anonymous, or al-anon that could give you a little bit of insight. Also, try your local county mental health unit. They may have a counselor that can steer you in the right direction.

What you have to remember is this-In your head, you are being a good influence, but maybe not in hers. I've been in similar situations (both sides of it) and sometimes the stability that you offer actually enables this kind of lifestyle. I did some stupid things when I was young, and I used people that thought they were being my friends by trying to be a good influence. Now that I've grown up, I can see what was going on, and see when somebody is using me for a place to stay, or a meal, or somewhere to go hide for a while. I kindly but firmly let these people know that I am here for them, but won't be taken advantage of.

I am glad that you are trying to help your friend, but it is a rocky path that you are on, so please get professional advice.
Reply:Yeah! I two did the drug thing but you know what? YOUR FRIEND WILL NEVER AND I MEAN NEVER FIND HAPPINESS AND RELEASE FOR PAIN THAT WAY!!!!!!!!!

I found that I did the drug thing and the next day and the many days and months after that I realized that my problems in life WHERE STILL THERE!? I would first suggest to you to tell your friend to be truthful about her situation and find a drug de-tox place somewhere in your own town. She is going to find that this is pure hell but, after de-tox she is going to find it makes a big difference! Second, Know she probably feels her Life doesn't have a purpose probably because of some of the problems she has in countered in her past! I believe after she goes thou de-tox it would be important to ask her if she would be willing to see a priest or a christian counselor about her painful past. I think that she needs to start forgiving all of the people that have hurt her and renounce them in Jesus name! A priest or some Church's even have christian counselors that would be able to assist you and her. You would make the calls to some of the Church's in your area to see if they offer christian counseling services. But first she has to work herself off the drugs and only then if she is honest about all the people that hurt her and wants to release her pain from her past only then would I call some of the Church's. I tell you what progress will she make by just stays in her house or other peoples houses, feeling sorry for herself and getting high!? Ask her does she want a REAL HIGH!? Then I challenge her to get HIGH ON THE HOLY SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST!!!!!! I challenge her to make something out of her life and be a role model to someone!First before I say anything more I would like to recommend two books to you for her for finding purpose in your life! (After of course she decides drugs aren't the best way to live and she chooses to make something out of her life.) I recommend reading: 1. The Purpose Driven Life. by Rick Warren 2002 and 2. Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen 2004. Yes! I have been though depression and drugs! She got to understand there is no easy way out even if she decides to end her life. I also believe the reason she feels so depressed and she needs drugs is because her heart is feeling that something is missing. I believe that something is the love of God and Jesus Christ! The Bible says that you were created to have a fellowship with God, and to have Him at the center of your life, NOT DRUGS!. Did your friend know God loves her and values her! "God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son Jesus, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."(John 3:16)Know apart from Jesus Christ, the Bible tells us, we are "harassed and helpless, like sheep with out a shepherd" (Matt 9:36). But God loves us, and one reason he has allowed her to have this feeling of emptiness in her heart is that He loves her and wants her to seek him and have a relationship with him. No matter how hard we try or what means we use--material possessions, money, pleasure, drugs, or whatever--the emptiness is still there. The thing is that if you let your emptiness go this leads into depression AND MORE DRUG USE! How do I know this? Because I have dealt with that empty feeling, life with no purpose or meaning and eventually depression and drugs. The three things that really turned my life around was: 1. Knowing that God and Jesus Loved me and I was valued! 2. Knowing I had people on my side at church, in my social life and in my family that cared about me! and 3. I had to get myself out of the atmosphere that I was in! When you put yourself in line with what God has for you, then you will see yourself back with a renewed joy! That also means changing the atmosphere were she buys her drugs and where she uses her drugs! I would not be telling her this if I had not experienced what she feels for myself! Know down inside her, she is really looking for love and happiness but she will never find it the way she is living right now. God created her, and God loves her. His only Son, Jesus Christ, loved her so much that he gave His life on the cross so she could be saved and break free from in perfectness, sin and this empty feeling to become a child of God. When you accept Jesus Christ into your life, something wonderful and supernatural happens. God Himself comes to dwell within you! You become part of His family, and you can know the joy of His presence every day. The Bible says: "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you" (Hebrews 13:5). She may ask "where was God in the my bad times in my life!". I tell you He was there! The fact of the matter is that we all make bad choices in life, or others make bad choices in life! But the thing is that we don't have to live like that for the future! As a christian I know that Church is a excellent place to meet people that might of once felt the way your friend does now with no purpose and they might tell her how they now live for Jesus and how they have found that purpose like me. Not only at church service but a lot of church's have activities like support groups, single events and small groups like bible study! Not only will she be meeting new people and developing relationships with them, she will be also be developing a relationship with God and Jesus by learning what the word of God (the Bible) has to offer her in her life. The fact of the matter is she needs to put herself in a new atmosphere with de-tox,forgiveness and by building a personal relationship with God! I battled though depression and drugs! So, I felt like life was just one, big black, end less, tunnel that I felt so alone and that no one valued me and my only release from anxiety was drugs! Which is not true! I later found out that I was valued! I was valued by Jesus because he gave his life on the cross for me! and in essence I was carrying my own cross and Jesus said "let me carry that for a while and you put your faith in me and I will bring you hope for the future and a future partner!" You know what? He did! Now am happily married to the woman of my dreams! I will be praying for you and your friend! I would encourage you if you know Jesus to pray for your friend that she may come to realize that she doesn't want to live life like this! I pray that one day she might find happiness and love in a purpose filled life in Jesus! May God Bless you and your friend! In Jesus Name Amen
Reply:Maybe your friend should be checked for a bipolar disorder or tested for depression. If this is part of the problem, they can put her on meds to help. There is also a drug that can be given to her to help her so she can't get high off of certain drugs.
Reply:You are very much describing a person I know, a drug addict girl. Did constantly pretty much every single drug except heroin n meth. Cocaine + pills was daily used, weighed 85 pounds... in and out of rehab and mental institututions her whole life... She died 3 weeks ago of an overdose. She took oxycotton and cocaine (in huge amounts btw, she would pretty much snort 1 gram just in one line), and this time she died.

I believe that sometimes you just can't change people like that.
Reply:if you are still young, harm reduction should not be an option. She can recover with some intensive treatment and support from very good friends like you. You could try to help her uncover any past issue that cintribute to drug abuse.
Reply:wow. im sooo sorry to hear about your friend. i honestly dont know the answer to your question and i dont think anyone else will on this site.. all i can say is ill pray for u and her.



honestly. shes the only person who can help herself now.. just be there along the way.. kinda like a shoulder to cry on. but if u ever feel too stressed over her problems take a few minute breather and just continue. its basically all u can do.
Reply:tell her how much you care about her and how stubburn it would be to continue her habbits.


Homemade pest repellent for my rose bushes?

PLEASE, I need help.



I know that for oleanders I can use watered down listerine, I tried it on my roses and it did not work.



I would appreciate only serious answers, thank you.



Peace and Love your way.

Homemade pest repellent for my rose bushes?
Jalapeno peppers... Pureed an mixed with a gallon of water; doesn't take many....the capacin burns on contact.
Reply:Chewing tobacco spit. No lie.
Reply:sort of depends on the pest.

A solution of soapdiluted with water sprayed on leaves is good for aphids etc. you could always go buy a bag of lady bugs.

diatomaceous earth is good for slugs
Reply:1st- If using hot peppers of any kind-WEAR GLOVES AND DO NOT SPRAY IF THERE IS ANY WIND-They Do burn on contact!

I put 3 or 4 garlic cloves in a blender, fill with water and blend until all smashed. Then I add a few drops of dish soap and pour into a sieve to remove any large pieces. Pour into spray bottle or canister and use every morning until pests are gone.
Reply:DW40


WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PERFUME/COLOGNE???? I just bought Azuree Soleil tonight and it smells great.....yours?

I just bought some new perfumes.... one of them is azuree soleil it kind of smelles like oleanders......its made by estee lauder. Other perfumes I bought were britney spears newest...2007 addition, (which I am going to take back.....it seems to smell different on paper than on me) and "diamonds" by giorgio armani...a very light fragrance. So have any of you people tried these fragrances???



If NOT......What is your favorite PERFUME??? or COLOGNE??? :)





My all time favorite is "HOT COUTURE" by Givenche :P





Thanks !!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PERFUME/COLOGNE???? I just bought Azuree Soleil tonight and it smells great.....yours?
My signature scent is 'Pink Sugar' by Aqualina. I went to high school in a small town and no one ever knew what it was.. my little secret! I also love 'Promesse' by Cacharral (sp?) and you can't ever fail with Chanel's 'Coco Mademoiselle'.



My favorite guy's cologne is Dolce %26amp; Gabbana 'Light Blue' and Gio (I think) by Giorgio Armani. :)
Reply:Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle
Reply:all perfumes will smell different on paper then on you, the oils mix with your natural oils and pharmones.

i love DNA, PINK by victoria secrets, tommy, envy by gucci, happy by clinique
Reply:calyx by perscriptives. yummy !!
Reply:I've smelled the one by Britney but it didn't smell that good on me, versus when i sprayed it on the little sample paper. I've never heard of the other ones before. My favorite is prada...i love that perfume SO much! :)
Reply:i like mild scent perfumes of florals and/or citrus. my fave are amazing grace by philosophy and summer fizz by cool water.
Reply:pink jasmine by the Fresh line, available at sephora. oo. its delicious. smells like springtime, jasmine (obviously), my favorite floral scent. it is very feminine and delicate and clean. i dont like people to be able to smell me before they can see me, you know?
Reply:Your individual style and skin type is what makes perfume so incredibly personal and interesting. While I own nearly 10 different perfumes at a time (that I wear regularly, before going rancid) I always own a bottle of Coco Mademoiselle, and Estee Lauder Beautiful. My newest favorites are Lovely, by Sarah Jessica Parker, Sensi by Armani, and Omnia Amythyste by Bvlgari. I would suggest going to a Sephora store and testing out any scents you might be interested in, just to see how they melt with your own personal body chemistry. Hmmm... if heaven were a sephora store........
Reply:I love my 'Princess' by Vera Wang. Its soooo sweet, but really pretty and feminine. Plus the bottle it comes in is puurdy!
Reply:My favourite perfume - Hermes 24 Faubough. It's a timeless classic.
Reply:viktor %26amp; rolf-flowerbomb

d%26amp;g-one

the new angel by thierry mugler and the angel gloss is impeccable in its performance and wear!



new, sexy and very hot!
Reply:dolce and gabbana- light blue

soft and sweet
Reply:ive never tried any of those...i only use one by lancome paris called Miracle, it smells to good to me i just love it!

art

If a person wanted to trim a tall shrub or tree, what sort of electrical tool would they use & which one....?

...is the best?



My hubby said he needs a "chopper" to trim our 6 foot oleanders. For his birthday I thought I'd get it but I have no idea the cost, brand or correct name.

If a person wanted to trim a tall shrub or tree, what sort of electrical tool would they use %26amp; which one....?
any yard working tool , as long as it is gas powered , those electric yard tools are crap , I tried several , the electric chain saw was only good for cutting limbs about an inch or smaller in diameter, the only use I found for an electric trimmer was a decoration at the bottom of my creek , after trimming a few limbs with the electric chain saw , it was not even good to cut butter. by the time you buy the electric tool ,and enough drop cords you could have just bought a gas powered , pulled the cord , cut the wood , and be done with the job.
Reply:uhg. anyone who values proper pruning shudders at the mention of those things. ghastly. use a good quality manual hedger, and keep them sharp. the japanese make the best.
Reply:As a horticulturist, I generally stay away from hedge trimmers and the like because they dont prune correctly. I would invest in a good pruining book, a good set of long handled loppers and a pair of pruners such as Felco. It is the standard in the industry and cost about $40.


How can I determine what type of pest I have? .. and what to do?

I live in coastal NC and have noticed that not only are my well maintained oleanders are looking damaged (more so towards the bottoms) but that there are multiple sand hills in my yard (which is also fairly well cared for). Whatever it is is strong enough to push up small rocks from below the grass. Do I have voles or moles or something? And if so.. what to do? I prefer to be organic if possible.



Thanks!

How can I determine what type of pest I have? .. and what to do?
Contact your Cooperative Extension agent for your county. It may be faster to do a Google search for North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and then follow it to your county, than trying to find their phone number in the book.



The agent there can help you ID your pest and may have a booklet on how to eliminate it.
Reply:I would take a picture of the sand hills with a ruler or yardstick in the photo to demonstrate the length and height of the hills. Then take the photo to one of these several options to get their expert opinion and advice on determining the pest and the remedy:



Contact your local Cooperative Extension office and ask to be directed to a "Master Gardener" for help with the pest problem. Help and advice is almost always available free of charge as Master Volunteers donate their time and knowledge to their community.



Or you can take it to either a nursery to get an opinion, though only the better ones will employ a Master Gardener.



You can try a nearby University to see if an "Entomologist" (bug specialist) is on staff to identify it for you.



As a last resort, you can usually find an entomologist on staff at one of the larger nationwide pest control companies such as Truly Nolan, Terminex or Orkin who for a small fee (sometimes for free) will identify it for you.



It sounds like it could be a mole, vole or even a very small groundhog to me. However, a picture will usually tell us what is going on. Best of luck!


WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PERFUME/COLOGNE???? I just bought Azuree Soleil tonight and it smells great.....yours?

I just bought some new perfumes.... one of them is azuree soleil it kind of smelles like oleanders......its made by estee lauder. Other perfumes I bought were britney spears newest...2007 addition, (which I am going to take back.....it seems to smell different on paper than on me) and "diamonds" by giorgio armani...a very light fragrance. So have any of you people tried these fragrances???



If NOT......What is your favorite PERFUME??? or COLOGNE??? :)





My all time favorite is "HOT COUTURE" by Givenche :P





Thanks !!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PERFUME/COLOGNE???? I just bought Azuree Soleil tonight and it smells great.....yours?
at the moment, i am obsessed with Euphoria and Euphoria Blossom by Calvin Klien.

they smell FANeffingTASTIC.





Cxxx
Reply:Nina Ricci and Secret Wish by Anna Sui.
Reply:Hypnotic Poison by Christan Dior
Reply:Mine is Davidoff Cool Water for women, it smells so fresh... I just love it :D
Reply:Intuition (for women) [NOT ON ME!!!]

Cool Water for Men
Reply:i actually really like the new perfume from gwen stefani, L


When should I trim and?

cut back my Oleanders? They were here when I moved in and they don't look very good; the blooms don't last long and not very many new blooms. I live in hot summer temp.

When should I trim and?
Oleanders only bloom in the spring to early summer. Cut them back in the winter, almost to the ground if you like, they will come back.

Be sure to wear gloves and clothing when working with oleanders, the sap is milky, sticky and poisonous. If you don't like the way they look, you'll have to try and dig them out and kill them with a weed/grass killer...

They usually do well in the heat, as long as you don't water the heck out of'em...they also need acidic food. (same as azeleas, some shrubs)
Reply:you have the same problem as me

i would suggest we should water them more and about the trimming i dunno either

movie theatre

Will the desert rose Adenium "Harry Potter" grow well in Phoenix AZ?

I have a grass type yard with orange trees, oleanders, lantana, western red bud and rubber tree.

I would like to know if I could grow this plant in my area and if it will grow next to oleanders.

I just thought my kids would get a kick out of it.

What tips do you have for growing it well?



http://www.gardinonursery.com/product_in...

Will the desert rose Adenium "Harry Potter" grow well in Phoenix AZ?
It can grow well if you give it enough room.


20 hour plane ride need _____?

I am going on a 20 hour plane ride and i wanna stay entertained my mom said i can buy 5 movies to watch on my laptop I'm gonna buy- Grease, Grease 2, Batman and White Oleander What should my 5th movie be i'm only 12 so make it pg or pg 13 preferably a michelle pfeiffer movie she's my favorite actress also what else should i get to entertain myself i was thinking of bringing a few bokks what do you think

20 hour plane ride need _____?
A COOL MOVIE I THOUGHT WAS SLING BLADE WITH BILLY BOB THORTON. ABOUT A GUY THAT GETS OUT OF THE NERVOUS HOSPITAL-" NUTWARD" AND BEFRIENDS ALITTLE BOY AND HIS MOTHER. WONT TELL YA ANYMORE THAN THAT !!
Reply:If you can go to Amazon.com, I suggest "Sweet Liberty" with MP, Alan Alda, and Michael Cain. It is a comedy, and rated PG. No laser effects, no violence. Just a funny movie about making a film in New England small town.



5 movies will do you for 10 hours of the 20. You will probably want or need to sleep for part of the time. It would be better for you if you kept your normal sleep pattern.



When I am traveling on an airplane I like to take along one of my favorite books. An old friend, so to speak, as it doesn't matter how fast or how slow I read it. I know what is coming, so I can just enjoy the story and if I go to sleep in the middle of it, there is no problem picking up where I left off. At my age I have about 50 or so books like this, so when I am waiting for my wife to get out of the hairdresser, or for the MD to see me, I take along an old friend for the companionship.



Regards,

Dan
Reply:if you have an ipod, that would be nice to have...as you like batman, maybe you'll like superman or spiderman, both very good movies, but if you love michelle pfeiffer, i would recommend hairspray!!! i love it and michelle is great!



take a pillow, so you can take a nap, and yes, take many books in case you get bored of reading the same thing...also take a notebook to write notes or just scribble...maybe get a book about the place u are going to visit,, so you can learn while you wait.



take playing cards, or uno, cause u never know if you will make a friend or smth...and chocolate! and bubble gum 4 the hight...ummmi guess thats it!! have fun!!
Reply:a good 5th movie would be juno and try and bring a ipod that would help and if you have a gameboy take that also if not i would buy some games for you laptop to play after you watch all those movie and if you dont want to wait 20 hours and want to be there already take some strong sleep meds and before you know it you will be there lol
Reply:5th movie: "Casino" or "Goodfellas."
Reply:Noise-canceling headphones.

Travel pillow

If you get dried out sinuses, you might wish to take along some saline nasal spray

Drink lots of water


Pick the best 3 movies?

pick the top 3



One fine Day

Hairspray

Stardust

I am Sam

Batman Returns

White oleander

Grease

What lies beneath

Age of Innocence

Up close and personal

Deep end of the Ocean

To gilligan on her 37th birthday

Ladyhawk

A Midsummer's Night Dream

Pick the best 3 movies?
grease cuz veery catchy songs

hairspray idk i just lyk it

and

batman reterns it is dramatic idk i just lyk it
Reply:1. Grease

2. I Am Sam

3. Hairspray



Michelle Pfeiffer fan are ya? I just don't understand Grease being thrown in there...She wasn't in that one. She was in Grease 2...which was a big pile of crap compared to the awesomeness of the first one!
Reply:1. hairspray

2.grease

3.batman returns
Reply:for Michelle Pfeiffer's best work I nominate:



Married to the Mob

The Fabulous Baker Boys

The witches of Eastwick
Reply:Ladyhawk,

I am Sam,

I haven't seen or don't like the rest.
Reply:Batman Returns

Stardust

I Am Sam
Reply:a midsummer nights dream

batman returns

i am sam
Reply:Grease

I am Sam

Hairspray
Reply:hairspray

one fine day

i am sam
Reply:one fine day

i am sam

grease
Reply:grease

hairspray

i am sam





not a very good list though
Reply:None of them im sorry


I don't get it???...???

The book white oleander was published in 1999 but in an interview with michelle pfeiffer

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=VmjLDpSW5q...

she said she grew up with the charecters ??????

I don't get it???...???
It's a dead link, but possibly she means she's had these characters in mind for a story since she was young, and the ideas, characters and story matured as she did. Or, they were modeled after people she knew growing up.
Reply:She was either speaking figuratively from the perspective of an actress trying to explain how she developed her portrayal of her character and how she was able to relate that character to the other characters in the movie, or - more likely - she was alluding to the fact that she was very familiar with every character type in the book/movie. She grew up in southern California where the book is set. Lots of foster kids in this area.

Hair

If you had to choose what names would you choose? (any suggestions will be welcomed)!! 10 points!?

Isolde

Hyacinth

Raven

Forsythia

Venus

Oleander

Sora

Lavender

Chanel



Kai

Edward

Ea

Levi

Auburn













Thanks for answering!!!



im not naming a baby and im not naming a animal!

If you had to choose what names would you choose? (any suggestions will be welcomed)!! 10 points!?
Sora or Kai. Different but not TOO different.

So what are you naming?
Reply:Forsythia and Lavender are kinda pretty ......

the rest are kinda weird.

Edward is the most normal of the guy names,

but i'd us Joel ... i love that name!!



What about Shaylia for a girl??

Pronounced SHAY lee uh
Reply:Raven is the only one, but I think its because I know a little girl named raven and she's too cute.
Reply:Kai

Levi



They're the only two that are remotley alright if you ask me, but thats just my opinion!
Reply:Raven and Kai

what are you nameing?


What would happen if all of a sudden, everywhere, cannibas became legal and free from government regulation?

You know, like oleander or eucalyptus...

What would happen if all of a sudden, everywhere, cannibas became legal and free from government regulation?
The United States prison system would empty out like a vacuum bag with the vacuum on reverse.



Many people would take up smoking, or increase the amount they smoke because of the lack of bullying threats by the government.



Those already growing plants would have a boom in prices because demand would temporarily exceed supply, causing prices to skyrocket, but then would eventually crash the market because a vast number of people would grow their own. Dealers and growers would be out of business.



However, there would be a chain which would pick up its sale in the same way Starbucks did with Coffee. There would be a chain of stores which would import the best stuff from around the world and sell it at high prices. There would be a Pot Starbucks, someone would get rich there.



Traffic accidents would go up, violent crime would go down. The streets would smell very nice. Old people would freak out. Don't worry, it's not about to happen.
Reply:It would soon become illegal again. Cannibas is illegal because most of the public wants it so.



I don't think you'd want your next airline pilot or your kid's bus driver smoking weed. If it was legal, you wouldn't be able to stop him from doing so.
Reply:It's a known fact most ppl who use cannibas do so to see if they can get away with it. Make it legal??,, People won't use it as much!
Reply:That would be pretty great!!! Maybe alot of people would quit drinking alcohol, and there wouldn't be the high rate of deaths caused by drunk driving??My best to you!!
Reply:Everytime I think I've seen the most utterly stupid question on YA, something like this comes along.
Reply:everything would be better.
Reply:not much. the pharmacy would just pick up a new product line for those that need such things to cope with life.
Reply:id be stoned immaculate.


If you had to choose what names would you choose? (any suggestions will be welcomed)!! 10 points!?

Isolde

Hyacinth

Raven

Forsythia

Venus

Oleander

Bluebell

Lavender

Chanel



Kai

Edward

Ea

Levi

Auburn













Thanks for answering!!!

If you had to choose what names would you choose? (any suggestions will be welcomed)!! 10 points!?
Raven is my fave =)

If you are naming your baby Please don't call them Forsythia or Bluebell! That's just mean!
Reply:Venus %26lt;3
Reply:kai
Reply:I like Raven....Kinda Kool :)
Reply:none of the girls names, but i like Levi.
Reply:Raven

Venus

Lavender

Kai (really like this one)

Edward

Levi
Reply:Edward or Levi. I don't like any of the girl's names.



If you're trying to make your child stand out, don't do it with a name. Kids, especially young ones, want to fit in with their peers. And an unusual name is an easy target for others to use to tease and torment them. Plus, if you get crazy enough with the name, the kid will have to spell it and explain it to everyone that they meet for the rest of their life. The kid will grow to hate the name, and maybe even change it when they can.



If you want your kid to be special, teach them to be strong, kind, brave, helpful, courteous, and caring. It's a lot harder than just giving them a name, but in the long run, you get better kids that way.
Reply:Isolde - I LIKE ISABEL



Hyacinth - BEAUTIFUL BREED OF MACAW PARROT



Raven - MY OLDEST DAUGHTER'S NAME ONLY SPELT DIFFERENT



Levi - BIBLICAL
Reply:Venus and Chanel look glamorous and special, they make the girl named like that unique
Reply:Auburn if she has red hair. Levi will just remind everyone of jeans. Ea is pretty,but too short. Edward is boring, Kai sounds anime-like and not bad if you want and Asian-like name. Chanel is cute, but common. Bluebell is for a cow. Lavender is ok, but too herby, Oleander is too long. Venus is too planety, Forsythia is definitely a NO. Raven if she is black or has dark hair, Hyacinth is weak-sounding. Isolde is beautiful and reminds me of romance-novels.



How about:Tatiana Isolde



For boys: Craig
Reply:are you naming a baby or an animal??

based on its pronunciation i would prefer Kai or.. Levi maybe!!they sound better..
Reply:if i may LEANDRe' OR ANJULA
Reply:Hyacinth sounds the best to me.
Reply:Isolde. It's a classic.
Reply:I like Chanel and Raven
Reply:isolde Kai i don't know why but i like how that name sounds
Reply:Raven is cute I LOVEE SIENNA its SUCH a pretty name =)?
Reply:Oleander
Reply:Chanel. I also like the name Audrina :]