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Where can I buy a Cabaret rose bush? I have searched everywhere.

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In my Zone 7b garden, where 99% of the daylilies are in pots, this cultivar is a workhorse. It's stunningly beautiful every time, and it's a heavy bloomer. I'll be adding some pics...

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It has been my experience that the prostrate rosemarys have less flavor than other varieties and so I only recommend them as ornamental plants.

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Having lost this selection twice, I suspect it is susceptible to Phytophthora.

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Very vigorous and easy to grow.

This plant managed to survive a Northern VA winter, specifically 2024-25. I threw small plantlets into a relatively protected corner and they survived thick snows and frosts.

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Very vigorous and easy to grow.

This plant managed to survive a Northern VA winter, specifically 2024-25. I threw small plantlets into a relatively protected corner and they survived thick snows and frosts.

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Very nice true deep red flowers, smaller than usual OT hybrids but bud count is very high. Not a very good garden plant as so much energy goes into flowering and not much is left for the bulb to grow for next season so it needs very good soil and heavy fertilizing. Discontinued in Holland fields due to poor performance.

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Croton (Codiaeum variegatum 'Batik') is often confused with Croton (Codiaeum variegatum 'Bush on Fire') ... indeed, in some sites they are listed as synonymous / ie, interchangeable names for one and the same plant. As it happens, I grow both varieties ... under identical circumstances, same conditions, and side by side.

While they are similar, they exhibit at least (2) very distinctively different characteristics:

1) Codiaeum variegatum 'Batik' has long, narrow, much straighter leaves and the width is basically the same for the length of each leaf ... whereas (Codiaeum variegatum 'Bush on Fire' is slightly ovate, with a leaf that is wider near the center than at its ends.

And 2) when reviewing Codiaeum variegatum 'Batik', I have found that the colour appears to dominate along the center vein of each leaf, presenting in long bands of colour ... whereas with Codiaeum variegatum 'Bush on Fire', the colours present in dots and splotches all over the leaf surface rather than concentrated on the central vein.

Either can display with yellow, orange and / or red patterning on either deep green or deep brown leaves. But there are consistent differences between them (under identical growing conditions), and it's a shame some sites are not more careful in their labeling of these colourful plants.

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Croton (Codiaeum variegatum 'Batik') is often confused with Croton (Codiaeum variegatum 'Bush on Fire') ... indeed, in some sites they are listed as synonymous / ie, interchangeable names for one and the same plant. As it happens, I grow both varieties ... under identical circumstances, same conditions, and side by side.

While they are similar, they exhibit at least (2) very distinctively different characteristics:

1) Codiaeum variegatum 'Batik' has long, narrow, much straighter leaves and the width is basically the same for the length of each leaf ... whereas (Codiaeum variegatum 'Bush on Fire' is slightly ovate, with a leaf that is wider near the center than at its ends.

And 2) when reviewing Codiaeum variegatum 'Batik', I have found that the colour appears to dominate along the center vein of each leaf, presenting in long bands of colour ... whereas with Codiaeum variegatum 'Bush on Fire', the colours present in dots and splotches all over the leaf surface rather than concentrated on the central vein.

Either can display with yellow, orange and / or red patterning on either deep green or deep brown leaves. But there are consistent differences between them (under identical growing conditions), and it's a shame some sites are not more careful in their labeling of these colourful plants.

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Blooms quite early here.

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