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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.

Photo by F.D.Richards, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Creative Commons Copyright CC BY-SA 4.0.
Link to additional photos of this plant on my Flickr account from 2021, 22, 24:

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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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Variable gray-blue-green or purplish cactus, often quite spiny, up to about 4-8 inches wide and usually wider than tall. Large for the genus, with large flowers. 0-4 central spines, 0-5 radial spines. Apical flowers are usually white or pale pink.

From Nuevo Leon and Coahuila in the Chihuahuan Desert. Two subspecies (hintonii is geographically distinct from the type), multiple varieties. Thelocactus (Thelocactus rinconensis var. phymatothelos) has greatly reduced to nearly absent spines.

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This is a lovely cultivar, a strong grower here in zone 8b. It also produces proliferations. Unfortunately, it is also very susceptible to rust, so I don't recommend it if you garden in the "rust zone"--unless you spray fungicides.

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Little Print is not a fancy daylily, but it has been a very good performer here in my 8b garden. It has increased from two to six fans in three growing seasons. It is taller than the registered height here. It is pollen fertile--I have not tried setting pods on it. You may notice that the eye differs in appearance in the posted pictures. Here its pattern has been that the eye is dark on first bloom and very pale ("washed magenta" from description) on rebloom. Most important has been its strong rust resistance. Little Print is an "oldie but goodie."

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This is an excellent plant, one of the most vigorous, floriferous, and rust-resistant daylilies I grow here in zone 8b. Strongly recommended!!

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Very vigorous grower for me... first year they were 30" tall... second year I had 3 stalks per plant and they were 37" tall. They bloomed right with my other Middle Late irises. This was a bonus from Schreiner and a very nice addition to my garden.

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The flavor is balanced between sweet and acid, a bit higher on the sweet.
Weight is generally around 1oz.
Not disease prone in my garden. No BER.
High production, Ridiculously prolific
Mid season producer.

Interesting note. The first year I grew it, I wasn't that impressed with the flavor. It was ok. The second year, it was one of the best tomatoes in the garden! Two different locations in my yard was the only difference, the year two plant was in highly amended, less clay soil. Weather was drought both years.
-CElisabeth

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I finally dug up my Hosta Venusta and put it in a pot in the flower bed under my kitchen window. Now my wife and I can enjoy it every morning while I eat breakfast.

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These gardenias are not as trouble-free for me as all of my other types. Leaves are frequently yellow. They are not thriving like all the other plants. Fertiliser and water haven't worked thus far but any recommendations are greatly appreciated

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Well, this is now the fourth season with Good Impression, and predictably it has developed Spring sickness for the fourth time. Sadly I have decided to cull it and replace with another cultivar.

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Naturally occurs in southwest Unites States, its range covers parts of several states.

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When cooking with onions, note that - if you cut the base (root area) from the onion, soak in water for a day or two, it will reroot and can be planted into a pot (or soil), where it will regrow more onions.

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Not registered as a rebloomer, but consistently reblooms in my Zone 6 garden.

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The flavor is balanced between sweet and acid, very juicy, but a bit bland.
Weight is generally around 10-14oz.
Not disease prone in my garden. No BER.
Low production. Both seasons 5 or less fruit.
Late season producer.
-CElisabeth

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