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Sibling to Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'War of Words')

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Sibling to Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Superhero Kiss')

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A new intro the Mediterranean type zucchini. Appealing very pale green fruits that are best at 5- 8 inches in length. Fruits are tapered cylindrical resembling a straight neck. Very productive, competitive with Magda, Clarice, Clarimore...

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An early crookneck from Burpee. In my planting it appears more a semi-crookneck. It competes well with Gentry, Gold Star with 3-8 inch fruits. Very productive.

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Solar Blast has always doubled for me (grown 4yrs now) It is growing/blooming with quite a bit of shade in my Texas garden

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With a 1.1 rust rating, I don't believe this cultivar should have the description "susceptible"; I believe that's an error.
I have grown it for several years and it's never gotten rust, though I have had it on other plants in my garden.

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Popoki Pookie...what a fun name! This less than 4 inch bloom packs alot of interest. It's listed as Dormant yet grows & blooms well for me, even in a fairly shaded area..which may help it here in my North Texas gardens summer heat. zone 7b

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Rosabelle Van Valkenburg packs alot of color into its 3 inch size. I have 2 plants from different growers, each does well..one in more Texas sun.

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I received it in 2021 and transplanted it twice to different places - it never bloomed for me.

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Grows very well in my garden in zone 7b on sandy soil. Quickly formed a large clump that has bloomed every year since planting. Large blooms beautifully ruffled. Standards with strikingly rich golden yellow color - love it!
Long flowering period because the buds open one after the other.

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Grows very well in my garden in Zone 7b on sandy soil. Very long stalks with comparatively small blooms. Tried for two seasons but blooms did not take pollen, never got any pods. Pollen was fertile on other varieties though.

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I have been growing Summerific hibiscus in SW Florida for 2 years. My Evening Rose hibiscus, which is in a large pot, is beautiful, but seems more tender than the others, the flowers looking ragged by the end of the afternoon, in full sun (same with Valentine's Kiss). I just moved it to a more shaded spot under the roof. The dark color of the leaves provides a beautiful contrast to the huge gorgeous pink flowers.

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Of the four Supertunia cultivars I planted in my hillside garden one month ago, Violet Star has the most attractive growth habit and is the most floriferous. The other, less well performing Supertunias planted at the same time are Bubblegum, Hoopla Vivid Orchid and Pink Star Charm.

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Ragged Robin (Silene flos-cuculi subsp. flos-cuculi) is found in several counties in the Adirondack Mountains of northern NYS, where it has become naturalized as a wildflower. It can be found along remote roadsides as well as wetter areas, such as some fields / old pastures, and sometimes along banks of streams. Its flowers are found in late spring to early summer.

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Osakazuki Akame is a more compact form of its sister variety 'Osakazuki'

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This is early Spring colouration (usually too cold to come out and check hostas) so missed this one for 20 years!
According to Mark Zilis in his wonderful Hosta Handbook, this cultivar, with its unusually splotched early foliage, is either "one of the most beautiful hostas ever developed or something that induces itching"
The splotching "is not caused by a virus but is a genetic trait". There are in fact a couple of seedlings that exhibit this characteristic.
Cynthia changes to all green after a few weeks

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I have noticed that in the 3 years I've had prairie blue eyes, the 1st year I just wasn't sure it was blue. Second year it was really light and barely an eyezone. Today I listed the picture and it finally looks like prairie blue eyes. Do you all have that problem?

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This shrub species is native circumpolar to northern Eurasia and North America, mostly growing wild in moist, peaty boreal forests or on high calcium soils of mountains. It needs moist soils of a wide variety with a pH of 4.5 to 8.0. It does best in cold climates, requiring a good cold period for dormancy. It is best not to grow below USDA Zone 6. Its white flowers are slightly fragrant. The dark blue fruit must be fully dark blue all over to be sweet to eat, and it is not self-fertile and must have two different plants or varieties or cultivars to really bear fruit. If a summer is really hot, it can lose its foliage after bearing fruit, but will still be alive. There is a good number of varieties from different parts of its range. The L. caerulea edulis is the most used one from northeast Asia for growing tasty, sweet fruit. There is a large, growing list of edible cultivars.

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'Maui Buttercups' is considered one of the best yellow hostas. It forms a mound 10x14 inches within three years. The leaves are about 5 inches and they are cupped, rounded and corrugated and the tall flower stalks display white blooms. It is considered to be sun tolerant...

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A very nice looking plant with few flowers. This peony is a dud.

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