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I have four healthy plants, grown in containers. They have performed well and received consistent water. As the Appel tomatoes begin to ripen, the skin splits open on everyone of the fruits. Some split badly enough that they were inedible. Some I have been able to catch and salvage. I have even found some that are still green tomatoes that have cracked skin.

I do like the taste but will forgo growing this tomato again. This is the first (and last) year growing the Tibet Appel tomato.

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The stems of colorful berries can be cut and used in a fall flower arrangement. This variety is self-fertile and has a true profusion of berries.

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The pods are growing with some purple ones!! I grew this in nearly full shade, and it is doing well. I keep it in a cage, much like tomatoes, because otherwise the long floppy stems get all over the place and I end up stepping on more rat tails than eating. When supported, the stems can get up to 3-4 feet long but they don't mind crowding.

I love picking a bunch of these and eating them with hummus!

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This is a known tetraploid (4N). Its first public release will be at the "Summer Hummer" this year (2017).

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Spider Flower (Tarenaya hassleriana) is a butterfly host plant for the Great Southern White, Cabbage White, and Checkered White butterflies.

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Year after year, Miss Amelia holds its own, blooms reliably, and increases its clump size competing with the roots of a water-greedy red maple.

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I've planted crocosmia several times, but it only bloomed the first year. Only one plant is left. This year new corm did not grow. I also bought young plants. They are still alive, but...

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I grow Dragon Wing Begonias in a shade garden rather than in a pot. Although they don't grow as large as reputed to grow in pots, they add a wonderful splash of color to a dark spot. However, I have not found them to be perennial as your information shows. The Arkansas Green Industry Association, and the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service list them as an Arkansas Diamond, that is an annual proven tough enough to survive growing conditions in Arkansas.

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This is a very reliable and floriferous plant. It is one of the 1st daylilies I planted in my garden. It blooms early in the season and is a cheery spot in the flower border. I'll always have this one in my garden beds.

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This is a wonderful , compact, long blooming rose. It is a workhorse in my garden. I purchased 4 plants last Fall and they bloomed till frost. The color is a good blender for a mixed garden bed or border. A very useful rose.

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Lovely orange flowers much loved by butterflies. This plant is late to appear in spring, so be sure not to weed it out of your garden by mistake or plant something else in its place.

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This clump forming plant has green spear shaped leaves with silvery bands across it. It produces an uninteresting white spathe which may be followed by red berries. It is one of the easiest houseplants to grow, as it is a low light plant. If placed outdoors for the summer, avoid direct sun.

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Opuntia aciculata is separate from O. strigil, O. engelmannii, or O. lindheimeri, though it has been conflated with these species. A long-spined form was invalidly named O. strigil flexospina, but it is really just a minor spine variant of O. aciculata. Plants may reach 3 1/2-ft tall and spread to over 4- to 6-ft across, but they are often smaller.
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This has a high bud count for me and the first bloom this year was June 19, it increases quickly.

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This is a lovely plant for the home and is easy to maintain. It has small variegated leaves and red blooms. It benefits greatly from being placed outdoors for the summer months. Be sure to cut the leaves back after blooming to maintain its neat size and appearance.

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This clone is a known 4N and one of New Horizon Orchids' breeding plants.

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This particular clone is the result of Cym. Ruby Eyes X Cym. Red Sox, rather than the registered inverse.

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This is a known tetraploid and New Horizon Orchids has used it for many (if not all) of their Winter Fair crosses.

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This cultivar performed very poorly for me and eventually died.

I purchased three plants in late winter, 2017, and maintained them as house plants until spring. My goal was to use them as spikes (thrillers) in outdoor pots once spring arrived. By spring, two plants were dead, and the third appeared viable but not robust, so I planted that one in a pot with a Coleus, Petrosedum rupestre subsp. Rupestre 'Angelina' and New Guinea Impatiens (Impatiens hawkerii 'Tamarinda Purple Bicolor'). The Cordyline banksii Electric Pink then died as the two other plants of this cultivar had done. The other plants in the pot are doing fine.

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This is one of the best native plant species I have ever grown. Tradescantia subaspera grows well whether it has recently been transplanted, or it has been in the same place for years. I have not yet seen it perform well in the wild. However; in my garden I have seen it thrive in every spot I have planted it. This spiderwort transplants and becomes established very quickly and easily. It's not picky about moisture, but it does seem to prefer a mostly shaded position with a few hours of direct morning sun. It will bloom for months: from late spring to early fall. It's not invasive but if allowed to self sow, a few seedlings may pop up over the years. Tradescantia subaspera multiplies quickly to form a magnificent clump, once it has grown to a certain size it stops spreading and will bloom happily for years without the need of division. This plant is handsome whether in bloom or not, the dark fuzzy leaves and stalks somewhat resemble that of corn, and add interest to the garden throughout the growing season. The only problem I have ever had with the plant is that it can flop over in strong high winds.

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