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TOP FIVE Snacker tomato. A true delicious gem.
The flavor is balanced between sweet and acid, a bit higher on the sweet.
Weight is generally around 2oz.
Not disease prone in my garden. No BER. Ever.
High production. Prolific.
Solid mid season first ripening. Will keep you in fruit til frost.
This tomato is a LONG keeper. I have picked the last of them (at blush) in October and had viable fruit in early November, just sitting on the dining room table.
-CElisabeth

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The flavor is balanced between sweet and acid, but very mild, typical for a yellow tomato. Juicy!
Weight is generally around 6-10 oz.
Not disease prone in my garden. No BER.
Average production.
Mid to late season producer.
-CElisabeth

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Hands Down. No Contest, had me at hello when I first grew this variety in 2016. My favorite large tomato.
I garden in South Dakota, zone 5a.
The flavor is very sweet, with a touch of acid. Juicy, meaty, stunning on a plate.
Weight is generally around 12-14 oz.
Not disease prone in my garden. No BER. Not prone to excessive catfacing.
Average to low production. So I grow two plants.
Late season producer.
I grew about 50 varieties of tomato in 2022. Hillbilly is the ONLY variety the squirrels went after. They know a delicious juicy mater when they see one.
-CElisabeth

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I garden in South Dakota, zone 5a.
The flavor is balanced between sweet and acid, a bit higher on the sweet. Good flavor for size. Juicy.
Weight is generally around 1oz. Consistent small roma shape.
Not disease prone in my garden. No BER.
Average to high production for a grape tomato.
Solid mid to late season producer, typical of the Tiger series.
-CElisabeth

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I garden in South Dakota, zone 5a.
The flavor is balanced between sweet and acid, a bit higher on the sweet. Typical good flavor for size.
Weight is generally around 1-2 oz. Consistent small roma shape.
Not disease prone in my garden. No BER.
Average production for a grape tomato.
Solid mid season producer.
-CElisabeth

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I garden in South Dakota, zone 5a.
The flavor is balanced between sweet and acid, a bit higher on the sweet.
Weight is generally around an ounce.
Not disease prone in my garden. Healthy!
Prolific, and one of the earlier varieties to ripen.
Produced early through mid-to-late season.


Rated good in my yearly taste tests.

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I garden in South Dakota, zone 5a. This tomato is exceptionally early in my garden, always the first large tomato. It is always the largest as well. That said, I no longer grow it as the flavor is very bland to my palate. If this tomato had flavor, it would be a must grow every year. Always got clusters of large fruit a pound or more. Very heathy plant, never gave me a moment of worry. No BER.

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Aunt Ruby's German Green is a top five large tomato variety for me. The flavor is balanced, yet sweet and mild. The best version of the ripe green tomato varieties. As with many heirlooms, there may be a small amount of cat-facing, yet never excessive. Weight is generally around a pound. Not disease prone in my garden. Also not the most prolific, but still a good harvest for a larger heirloom variety. A mid to late season producer.

Rated very high in my yearly taste tests.

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Looks like a beautiful stellar form. I will be interested in comparing to Leggs that I'm growing, in form and size.

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Branched, spiny cactus tree from South America to over 30 feet tall (in old age). 20-30 ribs, 50-100 unequal spines. White to pinkish white flowers; hairy, dark green, edible fruit. Slow growing, long lived, drought tolerant.

From Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia. This subspecies is taller than the type Cardon Grande (Leucostele atacamensis subsp. atacamensis) (>30 feet vs. 20 feet) and much more likely to be branched.

About a dozen species formerly filed under Echinopsis and Trichocereus were recently moved to the genus Leucostele based on genetic evidence, but they will usually be found under the former names. This subspecies is often sold as Echinopsis or Trichocereus pasacana.

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Spiny South American barrel cactus (columnar with age) bearing tubular scarlet flowers pollinated by hummingbirds. Stems (typically unbranched) grow to 8-12 inches wide and up to 5 feet tall. (0-)1 central spine, 8-10 radial spines. Dry, dehiscent fruit. Flowers and fruit seem most similar to Oreocereus and Cleistocactus. Flowering occurs near the apex.

From western Argentina. The genus name is an anagram of Mendoza, the town and province where the first collection was made. It is monotypic (one species).

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This fragrant, highly disease resistant beauty is raved about in the cut flower circles online, a sought after David Austin variety. I've ordered 3 arriving today and will report back on how they do in SE Michigan. Characteristics include opening first with a slightly yellow tinge, then full open white & cream colors.

It is repeat flowering and is described on the website and elsewhere having a medium-strong, fruity, citrusy scent. The blooms are medium, shrub size 4ft x 3ft. Full, lush blooms, with a petal count of 80. I will be using it in a mixed border. It can also handle some shade.

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I had bought what I thought was a white iceberg rose from Tractor Supply. The first two years, the rose was a long-stemmed yellow rose. Obviously, the graft wasn't even an iceberg rose! Then, this year, the graft must have died and the rootstock just exploded! My research indicates that Dr. Huey roses are often used for rootstock because the roots are so tenacious. Unfortunately, it only blooms once a year for the most part and then the spent canes apparently develop black spot, which has been happening to mine. The recommendation is to prune back the spent canes as it only flowers on the 1-year-old growth. So, if you want more flowers next year then you'll need to stop wasting energy on spent canes and prune immediately after blooms are spent. I was hoping to get a rose that I could use to collect rose petals so I had wanted an iceberg as they are prolific. However, this dark red (rather than white) bloom is also stunning in how deep red and velvety it is and also seems to resist sun bleaching. So, I think I'm going to keep this rose anyway as it's much better than the long-stemmed yellow rose. I will collect so many petals for my crafts!

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Hosta rectifolia is NOT a synonym for H. sieboldii, it is a species onto its own with several forma.

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This Iris was first described in March, 2018. Here is the original description link: https://web.archive.org/web/20... Scroll down to page 22.

This is a unique Reticulata type Iris in that it reproduces via seeds, and via bulbs forming at the end of Stolons. Very rarely it will produce daughter bulbs without stolons. (personal communication with Alan McMurtrie)

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Seems to me this species listing should properly reflect all forms of it:
clausa var. clausa
clausa var. normalis
clausa var. stolonifera
All three are in cultivation with the most common one being var. clausa.

Pieter

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According to Gentry, var eborispina has terminal spines between 10-20 cm long. Plants with terminal spines shorter than this are probably nevadensis or simply utahensis ssp.

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Lisa Vinzant hybrid
Seed parent - 'Winnie the Pooh'
Pollen parent - 'Domino'
A nice small Neoregelia forming a 7"- 8" rosette of red leaves with yellow spots producing offsets on 2"- 3" stolons.
Best coloration achieved with a few hours of early morning or late evening sun.

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In some regions, the Carrotwood tree is considered invasive because it can outcompete native vegetation and disrupt ecosystems.
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Coral Sunset is fantastic, nothing like I have ever seen in peonies. After a severe cold winter in which I had to cover the plant several times because it starts growing earlier than other peonies Coral Sunset is beautiful and it has spread so much in just a few years that it makes an impressive clump, if only it could bloom all summer, sigh.

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