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In comparison to other Foxgloves I have grown, I found this cultivar to be a poor performer. It may do better with more shaded and cooler conditions than I was able to provide at the time.

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Another selection that puts on a good display if grown well. I have only grown a couple of plants and so my comparison is limited, but it seems to open a little slower than Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea 'Colossal Excelsior Mix') and lasted longer in bloom than Colossial Excelsior (although if you want an impact statement, the latter does that better).

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This selection puts on a spectacular display if grown well. It tends to open quickly, with much of the main stem open at the same time as well as the smaller side branches before the main stem has finished flowering.

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Apart from the difference in flower color and shape to another common cherry blossom, Prunus x yedoensis, this variety also exhibits a somewhat denser branching habit than that of Prunus x yedoensis, also with denser nodes.

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Intensely glaucous white leaf succulent from Cuicatlán in Oaxaca (southern Mexico), where it grows on limestone. Leaves are plump and relatively long, rosettes to 5-6 inches or so. Stems may grow to 18 inches or more, with a sideways habit. Flowers are pink to pinkish orange, lacking a tube, clasped by large, fleshy sepals.

This species was originally described as an Echeveria in 2004 (though it lacks a corolla tube), then moved to Pachyphytum in 2010 (as it has the characteristic scale-like appendages inside the corolla lobes), then moved in 2023 to a new genus, Jeronimoa, based on DNA analysis showing it is an outlier from Pachyphytum.

A desirable and little offered succulent in cultivation, with a few hybrids (surely more to come). Old plants can be spectacular with good care.

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An early green Romaine with compact upright growth. Savoyed leaves. Has resistance to Corky Root (Intermediate) and Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (High). Note that this variety is under Plant Variety Protection.

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A new variety from Johnnys. Graffiti has been hit or miss for me as too often summer heat comes on too quickly. Purple Moon is listed as almost 20 days earlier, so hopefully it will solve that problem. I have no trouble with white Cauliflower with 70 DTM. Will report back at end of season.

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A blocky green to yellow bell that has TSWV resistance. While it does not hit peppers nearly as hard as it does tomatoes, I am jumping at the chance to trial a bell pepper with TSWV resistance. My vendor suggests this the best replacement for SummerSweet 8610. Let you know at end of season.

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A new addition to the Mountain series that has strong TSWV resistance. Slightly smaller than Mountain Spring but is preferable where TSWV is a problem. I am doing my first trial this year

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This daylily is shown to be registered as spatulate, I do not see that look at all in the photos presented here. Does any one see this daylily as showing the spatulate form?

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After observing this plant as a potted plant for 10 years, I've seen that it has consistently dropped the old stems over winter, regrowing from the roots in the spring. Don't give up over winter if this happens. Because of this, it is a good companion for taller, reliably evergreen plants. That way, a pot with this in it still has something to see all year.

This has been marginally hardy here, but not reliably so in poor soil.

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This plant was named in memory of Dr. Huey Long, who had a 37 year career in academia. He served at Florida Southern College, Florida State University, University of Georgia and University of Oklahoma as well as visiting professorships in Canada, England, Germany, and Sweden.

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'Halcyon' is a favorite in central Oklahoma... it handles stress [drought, exceptional heat, and soil conditions] better than many hostas... particularly the variegated forms. And the blue-green color of its leaves is a great foil for adjacent plants and blooms.

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Glaucous blue-green-gray succulent with delicate purplish highlights (thus the name). The lilac tones near the apex may come and go depending on conditions. Rosettes are tall and dense and may reach about 4-5 inches wide, and at least that tall. Best form and color in strong light.

This hybrid of a xSedeveria and an Echeveria (both parents are also hybrids) apparently does not flower.

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Small rosette succulent from China (Yunnan province) and neighboring countries with soft, nearly terete leaves bearing many fine hairs (especially when young). Leaves turn dark colors (blackish) in the sun and bear irregular purplish blotches. Best color and form in strong light. Rosettes grow to 1-1.5 inches wide, with densely packed leaves. Terminal inflorescences bear small, fragrant, pale yellow to orange-red (in the sun) flowers.

Sinocrassula is related to Orostachys and Hylotephium. This species seems to be the most common in cultivation.

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This is the first GMO bioengineered tomato to be sold directly to home gardeners. Produced and sold by Norfolk Healthy Produce (NPS). The fruit is purple because of two genes sourced from the snapdragon. 'Micro Tom' and 'MoneyMaker' tomato cultivars were used in the development of this tomato.

From the FDA Biotechnology Notification File No. 000178:

"NPS states that anthocyanins accumulated in Del/Ros1-N tomatoes are the same as those that accumulate in the skin of some purple-skinned tomato varieties that are already available on the market, and in eggplant and purple-fleshed potatoes."

Gardeners looking to grow non-GMO high anthocyanins tomatoes should look at:

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Indigo Rose')
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Gondwana Moon')
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Gondwana Rose')

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One of the best producing lettuces in zone 7b Atlanta, GA

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YOU WANT HOME GROWN CARROTS...

At 48 days to maturity, Mokum is a tasty, early season treat for the home grower. You probably won't see it at your grocer as it is best eaten fresh and fragile tops mean it must be hand harvested, unlike machine harvested commercial production carrots which are bred for longer storage.

According to the UGA Crop Profile for Carrots in Georgia, "nearly all commercial growers apply dichloropropene before planting, an herbicide at planting, and herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides during the season... Most growers have tractors with an enclosed cab," to protect themselves from chemical exposure during commercial carrot growing.

"A typical carrot operation would apply pesticide to their carrot fields up to 15 times per season. Nearly all growers use insecticides at planting to manage soil pests. Growers regularly apply foliar insecticide
to control pests.

Insecticides. Nearly all commercial carrots are treated with insecticides.
● Diazinon. Nearly all growers apply diazinon (3-4 lb a.i./acre) at planting.
● Foliar insecticides. About 20% of the carrot acreage is treated with one application of a pyrethroid (e.g. cyfluthrin (0.025 0.044 lb a.i./acre) or endosulfan (0.5-1.0 lb a.i./acre). The exact pesticide will depend on the foliar pests involved and the relative prices of the products.

Carrot growers typically apply herbicides at planting and during the season to control weeds.
Herbicides.
● Trifluralin. Growers typically apply trifluralin (0.5-0.75 lb a.i./acre) at planting.
● Linuron. Growers typically apply three applications of linuron (0.5-1.5 lb a.i./acre), one at
planting and 1-2 more during the season.

Growers commonly use fungicide at planting and may apply a nematicide.

Fungicides. Fungicides are critical for carrot production in Georgia. Growers typically apply fungicides
on a 7-14 day schedule, depending on disease pressure and weather conditions favoring disease
outbreaks. A typical spray schedule would include 9-13 applications.
● Chlorothalonil: very important for management of diseases and for preventing/delaying disease
resistance to other products. Nearly all growers use chlorothalonil in their fungicide rotation.
Chlorothalonil (1.0-1.5 lb a.i./acre) is typically applied 6-9 times per season.
● Azoxystrobin: commonly used in rotation with chlorothalonil. Azoxystrobin (0.15-0.3 lb a.i./
acre) is typically applied 2-3 times per season.
● Iprodione: commonly used in rotation with chlorothalonil. Iprodione (0.5-1.0 lb a.i./acre) is
typically applied 2-3 times per season.
● Dichloropropene: nearly all commercial acreage is treated with dichloropropene (2.6-21.2 oz
formulated material/100 ft row)."

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A RUTABAGA BY ANY OTHER NAME...

If you like rutabagas, you'll love this turnip.

Gold Ball Turnip (aka Robertson's Golden Stone, Orange Globe).

In the spring of 1849, The Stirling Observer, Stirling, Scotland, called Robertson's New Golden Stone "the best Garden Yellow Turnip." By that fall, the Gold Ball turnips were being shown at horticultural exhibitions across the UK. In 1851, a tenant farmer for the Marquess of Beadalbane grew a competition Gold Ball turnip weighing 17 1/2 pounds. By 1854 the cultivar was widely available from seedsmen.

"Robertson's Golden Stone. - This new and excellent variety has only recently come into general field culture. It has a fine globular shape, and is of a deep orange yellow throughout, and has little or no green tinge on the top. It is not a good keeping turnip, but, at the present, it is the best known variety for late sowing."

The Bristol Mirror said yellow turnips were a taste with more general appeal in Scotland and France than in England.

In France, the horticulturalists Vilmorin & Andrieux in their great work Description Des Plantes Potagère (1856) called it Boule D'Or - Gold Ball - and that is the name that has come down to us today.
By 1856, Gold Ball turnips were being exhibited at horticultural expositions in the U.S.

Charlwood & Cummins, the most extensive seed dealers in London sent seed to the U.S. Patent Office for the turnip in 1855, under the name Golden Ball. The U.S. Commissioner of Patents distributed seeds to farmers in every State of the Union to experiment with and report back to the Patent Office of their success. The seeds were to be sown broadcast at the appropriate time for the locale. The land should be a light sandy or gravelly loam, freshly manured, if necessary, with well rotted farmyard dung, or "yarded," by cattle or sheep, or by the addition of guano, bone-dust, or superphosphate of lime. Land newly cleared or burnt over, or old pasture ground ploughed two or three times in the course of the summer, and the latter fertilized by wood ashes, will often produce and excellent yield. A farmer in Assonet, MA who received seed from the Patent Office ranked Gold Ball 13th out of 26 turnip varieties he trialed that year, producing 440 bushels of roots and 6400 pounds of tops per acre.

The seed was soon available from American seedsmen. An ad in The Alexandria Gazette, 03 April 1856 edition read "New and rare seeds, imported direct from Europe by the subscribers, consisting of Robertson's Golden Ball Turnip...received and for sale by Henry Cook & Co."

"Decidedly the finest - formed and richest coloured yellow that appears in the Collection is, however, Robertson's golden stone, a variety introduced in the field practice of the last two or three years, by Mr. Robertson, near Paisley, and extensively made known, in the spring of 1850, by Mr. Fyfe, Editor of the Scottish Agricultural Journal. In garden culture, the golden stone had been distinguished by the remarkable smallness of its tap-root, and the firmness of its neck - the tap-root being, in fact, no thicker than the tail of a mouse. It was, also, remarkably symmetrical, but by no means a large bulb, with an eminently smooth bright orange skin; but in field growth it has been found to expand immensely in size, without parting with its finer characteristics. It seems peculiarly adapted for an autumn or stubble turnip."

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White elongated oval fruit is smooth, firm, and heavy. It has a refined small cap that is usually spineless. Flesh is dense, bright white, and slow to develop seeds. Excellent early and continuous yields. 63 days to maturity.

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