Linnea, I'm so glad you like your new plants. I love having something freshly blooming at this time of year and the ageratum really does it. This is the first year I tried trimming it back and it worked well (it's in the front of a bed so its normal height was too much, and floppy). Mine is lavender, though, I swear! Sometimes I can see why a flower is called "blue" even thought I'd still call it lavender or purple, but I don't see any blue tinge in mine. I wonder if it has to do with soil acidity or another soil component. Maybe next year I can bring more of the golden oregano.
Oerickson, these were my tomato thoughts, I only got some of the plants from you.
Remember, I have sandy soil and that gives me weaker flavor and changes things (for instance, from tastings I prefer cherokee purple over black krim, but growing both at once in my garden, back krim tastes better)
Altai productive: possibly the very first tomato. I didn't like the taste much at any time of the season, and it died very very early.
Purple Russian: I liked it, good production, would probably grow again.
Anna Russian: I liked it a little more than Purple russian, I really love that dense area of oxhearts. I always want to grow some oxheart or another, such as this one.
Illini Star: decent flavor, decent production. I think I've liked other small reds better. I'd try some others before growing this again.
Blush: Super happy, giant, productive plant. Rather prone to splitting. It reminds me of a rampant Yellow Pear plant. Yellow Pear is so changeable in flavor though, one plant will make delicious tomatoes and another makes kind of nasty ones. Blush wasn't as good as the yummiest of yellow pear, but was much better tasting than the not-great yellow pears. And it was a nice color for adding variety to dishes. I will grow it again.
Persimmon vs Amana Orange (which my mom grew): Amana tasted better but I think takes more days to ripeness.
Cherries:
White currant is still my favorite, but this year they really tore when picked. Cutting a whole cluster was much better.
Arumugam: favorite red. After rains I understood why it's said to be great for hot, dry areas: they were NASTY for a couple of days after the rain!
Gardener's Delight: not as sweet as arumugam, so they didn't taste good if I ate them AFTER arumugam, but they were tasty if eaten first. And while Arumugam tasted gross for a couple of days after big rains, these tasted fine.
Black cherry: Doesn't really taste like a black tomato, it's fine but I think i'd rather grow the three above.
