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Nov 13, 2020 7:28 PM CST
Name: Timothy
NE Oregon (Zone 7b)
i bloomed Well Endowed the year after i won it as a door prize in my Region 4 club meetings,
Joe is correct -- it indeed is a big ball of bright yellow gold. I couldn't hardly contain my excitement when it bloomed. That afternoon, a violent thunderstorm ripped the stalk off, along with the terminal bloom. I thought i'd start bawling. Thereafter rot consumed the small clump -- that was way back in 1982
Dr Nearpass was on hand to render his colorful take on the situation.
"That's what you get, Tim for trying to grow those California THINGS"

Oddly enough, another "California THING" Larry Gaulters "Countryman",

itself a very respectable lemon yellow, withstood the assault and lived long enough for me to spread the love in the way of its rapid increase, before it too, decayed into mush after a particularly hot and humid spell.
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