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It had more blooms in 2018 than any other dahlia I grew. Height is about 30".

Lemon basil grew to over 4' in full sun. It was much too tall for the area where it was planted. Beware of the height when planting in an herb garden.

Multiplies very well. I'm impressed!

Has always been quick to spread in our gardens. Helps keep out the weeds.

Very attractive to deer!

This has just been an average performer for me. How I wish I could say it has expanded enormously, but in nine years it hasn't.

Planted three bulbs in 2014. Now it appears they have multiplied to ten!

January 31, 2016: I brought the rosemary inside to a sunny kitchen bay window in November 2015 and it's doing the best any rosemary has ever done for me indoors.

Arla outdid itself and bloomed through 11/3 in 2015.

Very few blooms on this dahlia. From the site where I purchased it, and after seeing the photo of a big plant with many, many blooms, I thought it would be spectacular. Disappointing, but I'll still give it another try in 2016.

This year the lone roaming fawn didn't touch our 'Bluebird', so I'm happy to report that it bloomed beautifully. It's an easy to care for plant and requires nothing special. It gets sun from early morning to about 2 PM. I cut it back hard each spring and it always bounces back great.

Flavor was mild, nothing exceptional.

Burning in the hot sun this summer. Most flowers have turned that ugly brownish color: not nice.

Update: 8/8/2015

I was so mistaken. Upon going out to see how brown it was I found it to be fine, not brown at all. From the window in here, about 40' away, it does look brown but standing next to it I found it to be as normal and pinkish as ever. Maybe, because hydrangea Limelight, is in view at the same time, the contrast is so huge that it looked darker to me.

Excellent peas. Great texture, never disappointing.

After coming too close to losing this JI, I lifted it and planted it (with compost) in a pot, and buried the pot, to avoid root competition from its neighbors. Works very well.

Very tough to divide. We used a variety of knives, a saw, a shovel and a dead blow hammer to drive the shovel deeper, and ended up having to use an axe. My advice would be to plant it where it can stay without division or divide early and often to avoid the tedious work involved.

Lovely very tall plant. It's 60" here. I've never had any rebloom on it.

Easy enough to propagate but it does take a few years to get a worthwhile plant out of it. This is a very slow growing azalea.

Died within the first year.

Tolerates full sun without a problem.