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This one is proving to be an excellent Pod parent. I only set three pods (different pollen parents) last year. Got 15+ seeds in every pod with 100% germination.

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Very early in South Carolina.

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Very attractive blue-gray to blue-green yucca growing up to 6-15 feet tall (occasionally much larger). From southwest Texas (Brewster County) and northern Mexico. Relatively long leaves (up to 2 feet) appear in great numbers (>100) in a healthy rosette. Leaves are smooth, with a terminal spine and very fine marginal teeth. They sometimes have a yellow marginal stripe. Dead leaves are retained below, pointing downward and cloaking the stem. Many/most plants are unbranched, but they may branch sparsely at the base or at the top. White flowers appear in spring on inflorescences to 2 feet or more tall.

The dense, full foliage atop a relatively narrow stem (6-12" wide) makes older plants particularly impressive. Some people choose to remove the dead leaves below the rosette by cutting them off at the base, leaving a sort of nubbly stem exposed. I prefer the natural look.

Provide lots of sun and excellent drainage in containers and in the garden.

Compare to Y. thompsoniana (found further north in Texas; shorter; smaller leaves with a rough texture) and Y. rigida (from northern Mexico; fewer, wider leaves that are rigid and straight; inflorescence partly cloaked by leaves).

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Smallish glaucous blue-gray-green agave from the SW US and NW Mexico. Dry-growing, sun-loving, heat-tolerant, and cold-tolerant (when kept dry). Size reaches about 2-3 feet wide (per rosette), depending on the variety and the conditions. Provide excellent drainage and lots of sun for best color and form.

From southern California, northern Baja California, Arizona and Sonora. Widely distributed and easily viewed in Anza Borrego Desert State Park (CA), where it flowers in vivid yellow during the spring and early summer.

This species is similar to Agave cerulata, which grows further south in Baja California (the dividing line is about 30°N latitude). The latter plant is usually a different color (more yellow-green), slightly smaller, with leaves that are wider for their length. A. deserti does not usually have brown eyelets ringing the base of the teeth.

The type variety Century Plant (Agave deserti var. deserti) from CA and BC usually offsets and may form large clumps. Heavily offsetting plants may produce smaller rosettes because they end up competing with each other. Desert Agave (Agave deserti var. simplex) from further north and east is solitary and may be better represented in cultivation. Century Plant (Agave deserti var. pringlei) occurs only in northern BC and is slightly larger.

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I've had Doc Branch since 2017. It's been a very reliable bloomer for me. It even bloomed last year despite an early drought and not getting any supplemental water. It hasn't increased much for me but it still manages to put on a good show.

I can't remember ever seeing much of any sculpting on the blooms. However, I have some kids from Doc Branch that show more visible sculpting.

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The mascula peonies I am growing are from seed collected by Josef Halda in 2001, notes on which can be found on the internet.

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While I love this daylily it hasn't done well for me. I've had Charmed I'm Sure since 2017. However, I didn't get my first bloom until 2021! I've had to move it around the garden to find a spot that it likes. It likes the spot it is in now (a container) as it even put up a second scape after the first one was broken off in 2022. It did not bloom for me in 2023 but that was likely due to the effects of the early drought we had even though CIS blooms mid-late for me and not early-mid as registered. Many of my potted daylilies went dormant that summer.

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I've had Carpenter Shavings since 2014. I originally had it planted in a pot where it bloomed in 2015 but not 2016. I decided to plant it in the ground in early 2017. Apparently it didn't like the spot it was in (near peonies) as it did not bloom that year or the next. I finally dug it up in 2019 and planted it in a grow bag. It loves the grow bag! It has now bloomed every year since I've moved it and even has rebloomed for me! It blooms early-midseason in my garden. While many early-mid and midseason daylilies didn't bloom in 2023 for me due to an early season drought, Carpenter Shavings did bloom (albeit poorly). If I had written this review prior to 2019 I would have said Carpenter Shavings wasn't worth a spot in my garden. It turns out you just need to find the right spot for it if it isn't doing well.

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Bridgeton Eyecatcher has done well in my garden. I received 6 fans in 2017. I've noticed that while the scape height is shorter the flower size is slightly larger than the registered 5". The branching is also better (5-way versus 4-way). It has bloomed every year including the year I received it. The one negative is that it is a slow increaser for me. It is now at 10 fans. It is somewhat crowded in a raised bed but that is due more to the fact that the other daylilies planted at the same time have increased faster. But overall I would recommend this mid-late daylily.

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Lesser Canadian St. Johnswort self sows and will slowly spread throughout your collection of plants or spread in your bog garden.

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I've had Boagie since 2017. It has been a reliable bloomer for me except for last year. My area had an early drought in 2023. I didn't add any supplemental water. Many of my early bloomers did manage to put out some blooms. Boagie was not one of them. It is planted in a raised bed with other daylilies so that could be why. But it does seem to be more sensitive to a lack of water than my other early daylilies.

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I've had Black Mountain since 2016. It has not done well for me and I'm not sure why. It is in a raised bed with several other daylilies that all have done better. It has only bloomed three years since I've had it. While it is not crowded by the other daylilies I'm tempted to dig it up and place it in a container to see if that helps. It worked with Carpenter Shavings and has performed very well since being placed in a grow bag. It last bloomed in 2020 so I'm hoping it blooms this year as the fans look good.

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I purchased Bella Nova in April 2020. It bloomed that year and every year since except 2023. It does bloom for me midseason rather than the registered mid-late season. Last year was a terrible year for my midseason blooming daylilies. We had a drought early in the season and I was unable to give supplemental water. Almost all of my midseason bloomers went dormant. I thought many had died. This year it appears to have rebounded nicely. I expect it to bloom well this year with our abundant rainfall this Spring.

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I have grown Juliet for several years in Adams County Nebraska. I counted harvested tomatoes from one plant--stopped counting when I had harvested 1300 tomatoes from one plant. The tomatoes are the size of your thumb.

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Picea pungens 'Stanley's Gold' 24W19 4yo Blue N5 (Stanley 1978) Colorado Blue Spruce, 4x3ft. @ 10 years, golden green, Hardy to Zone 3, Garden N5 (Stanley) PLTD 2020.

American Conifer Society: Picea pungens 'Stanley Gold' is a slow-growing, upright, pyramidal selection of Colorado spruce with golden foliage in winter. Spring growth is green which presents a very interesting color contrast early in the growing season. Many consider the plant's golden color to be superior to Picea pungens 'Aurea,' a much older selection.

After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 4.5 to 6 feet (1.5 - 2 m) tall and two-thirds as wide, an annual growth rate of 5 to 7 inches (10 - 12.5 cm).

This cultivar originated as a seedling selected in 1978 from a 5000-plant flat of Blue seedlings, by Larry Stanley, Stanley & Sons Nursery, Boring, Oregon, USA.

Stanley & Sons Nursery: A dwarf golden form of Colorado Spruce. Found at Stanley & Sons Nursery in 1978. Leaves are a light yellow with no burn. Makes a dwarf conical tree. Found in a seedling bed of 5000 blue green plants.

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Cold Hardy variety from Russia.
aka (Russian 33)
Skin is Yellow/pink
Arils are White
Hardy to 0F or colder.
This cultivar is beginning to bloom 3 weeks later than all the others so it is struggling to ripen before freeze in Northern Utah.

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The parentage of Trigo Royale has been debated and it seems likely that the registered parentage was an accidental error.

It has been postulated that instead of Rosinate, the other parent was a triploid Earlyana, producing a mixture of 2n and 4n Trigo Royale seedlings.

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According to the article on subspecies of P. officinalis on the Peony Society website, P. officinalis huthii is native to a small region of S. and SE. France and NW. Italy. Its preferred habitat is oak, beech, or mixed oak-beech forests in limestone soil in mountain areas in a fairly narrow range of altitudes (900 - 2000 m, approx.) This probably means it isn't very vigorous in most gardens in North America.

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One of hybridizer Schott Gardens, Cindy Schott's Uncle Mitchell Leichhardt's favorites. Mitchell and Ms. Wilson worked to create several hybrids.

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I'm so glad someone posted closeup photos of the new leaves with the white spots. I thought my plants had a disease or fungus until I saw the white spots on other people's plants too.

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