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Birds go crazy over the fruit & can get into some vicious quarrels over it. The fruit is also edible to man. It has a tart-sweet taste, sort of like pie cherries. Most info. says it is better to make jams & jellies out of it & they say they are superb!
This is a fast-growing shrub. When established, it tolerates drought conditions with aplomb.
The leaves are green on top & silvery underneath (dotted with tiny brown scales), so they flash prettily when blowing in the wind.
A native of China & Japan.
The fruits are very showy, red dotted with tiny silver flecks, obovate, & 1/2 to 1 inch long.
This is a nitrogen-fixing plant & does not require fertilizer. It is said that when it is planted among other fruiting shrubs & trees, the other plants have a higher fruit yield.

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Leaves and stems covered with deep red 'hairs' and interesting curl to the leaf

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Great accent 'spiller' and 'filler' when grouped with other plants.

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I live in the Florida panhandle. We do get hard freezes in winter. Last year a leaf/branch was broken off the mother plant. I stuck it in the ground and left it over the winter. Although the part above ground died, I was very happy in spring to see that it had come back from the roots.

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New in the garden last year, but I didn't get to see it bloom until this year. So far, I am very pleased with the color and shape, also good petal substance.

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tastes good, grows fast

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The tiny rollers almost get lost in the planting material.

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The Tea tree needs careful pruning since mature wood does not have live buds. If you trim back to older wood, it will not grow back. A light pruning after the flowering period is what is recommended.

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Echinaceas tend to die quickly in my yard. Have heavy clay and probably don't amend as much as these need. Last year, I planted several varieties and paid attention to the advice to keep them from blooming the first year. Looks like it worked, at least for now.

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A naturally occurring plant mutation of an unidentified selection of Delosperma cooperi in Denver, CO. It is probably a cross of D. cooperi and D. nubigenum.
Named in honor of Panayoti Kelaidis, Curator of Plant Collections at the Denver Botanic Gardens. U. S. Plant Patent PP13,876 issued June 10, 2003.

This plant is sold under two names:
Delosperma 'Kelaidis' P.P.# 13876 in honor of Panayoti Kelaidis, Curator of Plant Collections at the Denver Botanic Gardens, & designer of of the Botanic Gardens' world-famed Rock Alpine Garden.
Trademark name: Delosperma cooperi Mesa Verde® was given later.

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D. 'John Proffitt' Table Mountain was developed from Delosperma cooperi, and introduced in 2002. Delosperma ‘John Proffitt’ Table Mountain is the result of a successful cooperative project between the Denver Botanic Garden and Colorado State University in an attempt to make the plant more winter hardy. It is named for John Proffitt, a former director of the Denver Botanic Garden and is a Plant Select® choice.

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I have had this plant for three years, and it seems to have more petals each following year.

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Started learning gardening with something easy to care for, so a boxwood was an easy choice. String is there because I am attempting to 'train' the plant to achieve a bulb shape.

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I am dying to get my hands on this PB&J iris and the Deep Blue Sea variety, if anyone is willing to sell. Such a beauty! Thanks for reading and hopefully considering Cheers!

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It's funny to read the official stats for this rose: 4-7 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide. I planted mine about 8 feet below my back deck, hoping it might grow as high as the deck rail. It has climbed over that rail and has fanned out across the deck, completely obscuring the couch where the cats used to sleep in the sun. If it were upright, I suppose it would be 12-15 feet tall. The lack of upright support has also produced a spread of about 12-15 feet.

I purchased mine from Palatine, and the extra height and width probably are due to grafting. Palatine grafts roses onto multiflora stock.

It is an enchanting rose, producing lots of full-sized bouquets of globular blooms.

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There seems to be some confusion about the range of this tree in North America with some experts saying it grows as far north as zone 4 & some saying it grows as far south as zone 10.
This is a very slow-growing tree, but it is beautiful! Native to Japan, where it grows much taller (60 to 70 feet) than in North America, it is an extremely long-lived tree & makes a gorgeous specimen tree.
It requires high rainfall but well-drained soil & likes humid summers. If it has these things, it will have good growth.
Tolerates high-acid soils & every other type except highly limey soils.
It has orangish to reddish-brown bark, which comes off in strips but is generally hidden by the lush foliage.

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This plant has beautiful bright purple stems. Very attractive plant. It's somewhat "leggy" in a container.

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RHS - 'Fl. 110 mm diameter; perianth segments very broadly ovate, truncate, slightly mucronate, deep lemon yellow, spreading, a little concave, with margins inward rolling at apex, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments a little inflexed; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, pink, mouth a little flared, slightly frilled, with rim crenate' www.rhs.org.uk
Winner of Pannill 2011 award.
Sibling to 'American Heritage' and 'American Shores'. Part of the Haven's “American” Series.
Both seed and pollen fertile. Used 5 times as seed, 7 times as pollen. Descendants chart viewable at this DaffSeek site (6-6-13)
http://daffseek.org/query/Desc...

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RHS describes this cultivar as 'Fl. forming a double triangle, 90 mm diameter; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, only very slightly mucronate, clear pale lemon yellow, spreading, a little concave, very smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments somewhat truncate, square-shouldered at base, slightly inflexed; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, pink, mouth expanded and frilled, split in places and overlapping, with rim crenate'
www.rhs.org.uk.
Sibling to 'American Dream' and 'American Heritage'. Part of the Haven's “American” Series.

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RHS description 'Fl. 110 mm diameter; perianth segments broadly ovate, slightly mucronate, intense lemon yellow, touched white at base, spreading, plane, with margins incurling at apex, smooth, overlapping half; inner segments a little inflexed, square-shouldered at base; corona funnel-shaped, smoothly and very broadly ribbed, pink, mouth very slightly flared, split in places and overlapping, with rim notched. 'www.rhs.org.uk
Used as seed parent once, used as pollen parent 5 times. Descendants' chart may be viewed at this DaffSeek site (6-6-13) http://daffseek.org/query/Desc...
Resembles 'American Shores' but with the corona less flared and of a deeper color. Siblling to 'American Dream' and 'American Shores'. Part of the American” Series, of the breeder (Havens of Oregon).
Sunproof

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