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This tulip doesn't seem to be widely available to home gardeners through mail order sources, so the ones that are available obviously get scooped up early and quickly.

'Mystic van Eijk' was introduced in 2009. It's puzzling that, as something fairly new, it isn't sold through a lot of mail order sources. Of course, if and when I see it available, I'll add it right away to my order.

A beautiful pink tulip for the garden and one that I'd love to grow. I finally got a few bulbs of it Fall 2014 and they're about to bloom and a little later than the other Darwin Hybrids

'Mystic van Eijk' is a sport of 'Van Eijk,' so you know it's a good one.

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'Lady van Eijk' was introduced in 2009, so why doesn't it seem to be widely available?! I don't remember seeing it last year when I was looking at a lot of mail-order websites. I'll have to keep it in mind when ordering tulips. It will be added to my order right away whenever it's available.

Its dark rose-red flower is beautiful. Another great choice for a pinkish tulip to grow. I can't wait to find it and grow it!

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Van Eijk is one that I'd love to grow. Looking at pics of it, I see it's one gorgeous pink! It's been described as a watermelon pink. I'm sure I'd be staring at it and drooling over its beauty the whole time it's in bloom.

It was introduced in 1995, so you'd think it would be easy to find through mail order, but I didn't see it when I was ordering tulips last year, and I researched at least half a dozen sources. If I did see it, it must have been already sold out, as I didn't start ordering bulbs until early October.

There are 3 "sports" of Van Eijk: 'Orange van Eijk' in 2004, 'Mystic van Eijk' in 2006, and 'Lady van Eijk' in 2009. I'd like to grow all the sports in my garden too. They'd be just as beautiful and memorable. I plan to keep all 4 of these in mind when I order tulips this year.

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The more I see and read about this gorgeous tulip, the more I want to grow it in my garden. It's stunning! It starts out as creamy yellow with the reddish pink outline and as the flower matures, it becomes white with the reddish pink outline.

I'm surprised that ever since 2006, when it first became available, it hasn't been more widely available for sale. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for this beauty and add it my garden.

What I don't understand is that some sources list it as a Double Early tulip and some sources list it as a Double Late tulip.

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This is an exciting sport of the famous Pink Impression. Well known and a great choice to add as a Darwin Hybrid. Even though I started ordering tulips late last fall, I was able to find 49 to grow. I'm surprised I hadn't grown this beauty before, as it's been out since 1994. Another popular one to add to the spring garden. Can't wait to see the flowers.

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I hadn't grown 'Pink Impression' before, and was thrilled to find a source that wasn't sold out. I added 30 to my order last fall. Not only is it beautiful, it's also very popular, so order early. It will be a standout among the other tulips in my flowerbed. Looking forward to seeing it in bloom this year. I know I'll want to add more after it blooms.

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I've planted 'Oxford's Elite' (also sold as Oxford Elite) before. I had picked some up at my local Lowe's sometime within the last 10 years. I don't remember the flowers looking as beautiful as the ones I see in pics of it now. I ordered 50 of them this past fall and I'm so excited to see the blooms this spring.

When I went to the database to check to add it to my plant list, I was surprised to see it was checked, previously owned. The flowers, being so bright and colorful, surely would have been memorable, but it was a lot of years ago.

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Zampa, a Greigii tulip, looks gorgeous! A short, darling little parrot tulip. It has the leaves of a Greigii tulip, so you know that's what it is. I was stunned when I saw pics of the beautiful tulip. I didn't see it offered when I was ordering tulips last fall, but I'll be on the lookout for this gem this year.

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This is a vigorous annual herb up to 3 ft. high. Unusual and beautiful. It should be planted where it can be seen. Looks good planted with the red/purple amaranths.

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Very pretty little blooms, but not a real vigorous plant for me here in zone 4. Took quite a few years for it to get established, but worth the wait because the flowers are unique. The colors really are bright and don't fade even though my plant is in full sun all day.

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One of my first clematises and still my favorite, it's always loaded with big blooms. The flowers show many unique characteristics in shape, shading, singles, doubles, colored tips, etc. I recently added another to my collection because of its superior performance.

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Mermaid exceeds the stated size descriptions growing in my garden near the Texas Gulf Coast. Originally growing up a tree, she is now smothering a fence since the tree fell under her bulk. The plant is probably 30' long and 12' tall. Although she does not sucker, she generously forms new canes from the base. All my roses get some black spot at times, but Mermaid is only slightly affected. She blooms all spring through to early winter. When the petals fall from the blooms, the stamens stay behind producing a display of little golden crowns. She is definitely a rose who needs her space as she grows extravagantly and is well armed with thorns! The sparrows take refuge in her thicket when hawks fly over.

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Provide support when growing Hablitzia tamnoides. A good support is seen in the Tuteur Idea submitted by @Bubbles: http://garden.org/ideas/view/B...

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Good one for cutting and for preserving. Once it gets established, it's very drought-tolerant. Likes lots of sunshine.

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This is a double red peony that blooms early-season. It produces huge, deep red blooms. Beautiful!

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I found this gorgeous tulip on a website and had to order it. It has different colors and stripes and every one is unique. A bright and colorful beauty. It's all one variety, but it will look like I'm growing different tulips.

It's an older one, so that may be why I only saw it on one website. I didn't even know about this variety until last fall. I only ordered 25, and I'm sure that after I see them in bloom, I'll wish that I'd ordered more.

Looking forward to seeing all those flowers this spring.

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This beautiful shrub rose has blooms that are salmon-orange with a yellow reverse in the center and apricot-pink outer petals. The petals are ruffled and have a delicious scent, a blend of peaches and vanilla. It grows fairly well on its own roots in my zone 9 garden, reaching a height of 3-4 feet and a width of 2-3 feet. It is one of the roses of Dominique Massad's Generosa collection, a line of rapidly reblooming shrubs with very full blooms in large clusters.

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This rose is outstanding in my Texas garden near the Gulf coast. She is constantly covered in blooms. The shrub is very dense and maintains a tidy vase-shape. The blooms tend to be a pale salmon in the heat of the summer and a rich, deep pink as the weather cools in fall.

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Like her relative The Fairy, this climbing cultivar does very well in my minimal care garden in Texas near the Gulf Coast. She has grown into a rather gangling plant with canes easily 15' long. Wherever the canes touch the ground, they root. I have lots of room, but in a small garden this rose could quickly get out of control! She is a reliable bloomer, producing a profusion of charming true pink little roses late spring to late fall. The foliage resists black spot and looks healthy even during hot summers when other roses lose most of their leaves.

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Here in Texas near the Gulf coast, Kathleen forms a large rather free-form shrub that blooms repeatedly from spring on into early winter. The multitude of little blooms form long sprays at the ends of long flexible canes. Mine is nearly always in bloom, however I have not seen the color change described above. They stay a light pink, with whiter centers.

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