Viewing post #157664 by dave

Rita, I think you missed my post above. Not every comment submitted to the database gets an acorn. The acorns page specifies that to get the acorn you must "Post a new (useful) comment about a plant."

Well, what's useful? One word? One sentence? 5 sentences? That's hard to judge, so I programmed the system to count up the characters and only issue acorns on longer comments.

A comment like below is nice:

Excellent multiplier here in zone4a. Prolific bloomer.

But compare it to:

This has been a wonderful plant for me. It blooms throughout the summer in morning sun and bright shade areas. The orange calyces and yellow flowers against the almost-black leaves really brighten up a shady area. The hummingbirds like to visit the flowers too. It isn't hardy here in Zone 7b, but it goes dormant when temperatures get low in the fall and the tuber is easy to overwinter inside. I just tried water rooting a cutting from a broken stem and it developed roots easily. I also just noticed tiny tubers developing at the base of the leaf petioles on the mother plant.

My Climate:
USDA Zone 7b
AHS Heat Zone 7/8
Humid

Which one is more useful to you, the reader, if you come in searching for information about a plant? How can I award an equal amount to both of these commentators?