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Quote from: ruud on November 20, 2024, 14:11:20Marie-louise
                                                                     Lazy housewife
                                                                     Rosaweisse
all three are polebeans.

Quote from: garrett on Yesterday at 14:48:00I'll start with my list, giving whatever information I can find, photos (if I remembered to take some!) and personal impressions.

Dierama Pulcherrimum Blackberry Bells, grown from seeds originally from Plant World Seeds. Very easy to grow, germinates easily but I recommend sowing immediately with fresh seed as it's a very good candidate for winter sowing. Once germinated, the seedlings look like little blades of grass. The downside is they can take a few years to flower, but I've found them trouble free in all the years I've grown them. Here's what say about it:

Family: Iridaceae
Common name: Angel's Fishing Rods,
Dierama pulcherrimum 'Blackberry Bells

This vigorous hybrid was bred here between 'Cosmos' and Dierama robustum, inheriting some of the darkness from the former flower, but with much larger, deep purple-maroon flared trumpets on very tall, strong springy stems, arising from thick, strong, blade-like leaves. This fabulous plant, coming almost 100% true from seed, makes a strong, solid clump as it matures over the years!

Quote from: garrett on Yesterday at 14:56:16Hollyhock Halo Red

I can't find out much about this one. It's a selection from the Halo series. I like it because it isn't too tall and doesn't need staking, even in my windy seaside garden. It has beautiful, silky petals. I forgot to take my own picture so I've attached one I found online. I've also found it to be rust free unlike every other hollyhock I've tried here.

Plants were originally grown from Thompson and Morgan seed.

Quote from: garrett on Yesterday at 15:40:08Tunny Climbing French Bean

Originally from Beans & Herbs, origin otherwise unknown. Their description:

Bicoloured seed pink and white. Lots of smallish pods. For pods or shelling. Climbing French bean

I haven't tried them as pods, growing them only for their beautiful beans. They were productive and dried well, even with our soggy autumn weather.

Quote from: garrett on Yesterday at 16:10:30Tomato Darby Striped

Indeterminate (cordon) red/orange striped cherry tomato, from a seed swap. Description:

A non-commercially released tomato bred in the 1960's by Dr Lewis Darby of the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute in Littlehampton. Dr Darby is better known for breeding Tigerella

I've tried Tigerella, Red Zebra and now this one and I think I prefer the appearance, flavour and texture of Darby Striped .

Quote from: garrett on Yesterday at 16:01:41Tomato Mango Lassi

Indeterminate (cordon) red cherry tomato bred by Vital Seeds. Their description:

Extremely productive red cherry tomato bred for its fine flavour. This is a farm-original variety which we have bred by 'dehybridising' a popular F1 variety. We have been stabilising the line for 5 years and think its ready to send out into the world now!

The plants have been selected each year for the best flavour and excellent productivity. One of our volunteers thought that the fruits tasted like mango so we named it Mango Lassi.

They're a bit coy about it now, but when it was being bred they were more open about it coming from the popular Sakura F1 hybrid.

I didn't get much of a fruity mango flavour, but mine were outside. Perhaps one might have more luck in a warm greenhouse. It still has a beautiful, classic red cherry flavour. It reminded me of the original Gardener's Delight.

What I was most impressed with is how early this was. Typically, Sungold is my earliest outside cherry, but Mango Lassi surprised me by being ready for picking merely a few days after the Sungold, much earlier than my Gardener's Delight.

Highly recommended for an early cherry.

Quote from: galina on Yesterday at 08:50:07(Similar to her rescue of family bean 'Cousin Oliver' we had in the circle a while ago).

That must have been a good many years ago as it pre-dates my involvement. Time for a re-run soon?