I love that its a vintage gal, just confused by the leaf description. The picture doesn't look like the girl-leafed plants I have seen (and I am just not particularly enchanted by those and the holly leaves types). Are there others out there with leaves like this?

I checked, looks like the closest AV society is four hours away in Seattle. More than I want to commit to. Good description on the dressy photos, ha! I will keep hunting pretty optimaras at Lowes, and maybe make a leaf order in the spring just to see how I do.

Oh, does anyone ever see fantasy markings in the box stores? Might be something I need to order special? And these heart shaped leaves in two shades of green really please me, would love to find something like that. I thought girl leaves were more scalloped?

No, not really. Maybe I can send you some leaves. But I disconnected my PM feature. Maybe you can send a PM to Rosie and she can give you my email. I live not too far from you by mail. Joanne

That would be lovely!

Kim,

I should have mentioned that I don't have unusual leaves to send, just regular, good growing plants. If your space is limited, you might want to hold out for that special unique leaf. But if you want some leaves to grow out from good performers, I can send you some. Joanne

Joanne, anything you may have to send would be excellent practice for me. Typically, I tend to prefer heart shaped, rounded, or pointy leaves. Really love the quilted types. Right now with me being so new, good performers make more sense than potentially fussy specialty hybrids anyways. It's all about the fun of nurturing up a plant from a leaf anyways. :) I can always rotate out my adult AV's, and there are plenty of rest homes and the like I can send extras too.