Hallson Gardens

savory in edina is good, lots of selection, but pricey. get thier map. its real hard to find. its on a culvesac in a residential neighborhood.

display garden is in back of the house.
doug

mine went out today.

doug

i'm a fan of invincible and never had problems with mine. although my red stepper has fallen apart.

doug

i'd use the pollen from ghost spirit. because that line doesn't produce alot of viable seed.

doug

mal,
if you've got a hi speed internet connection, then download google earth. its a pretty incredible program. for lat, gps, fly overs, finding places and directions. and just plain fun.

doug

not only that. my veggie garden went in 3 weeks ahead of schedule. and i wouldn't doubt if our zone has shifted by a half.

so its gonna add at least 21 days to our growing season this year. weird.

doug

thats kind of interesting. its a hybrid from green gold which has grown fast for me. i guess it didn't get moms vigor gene.

doug

i think they brushed on that in the article. but now they have some samples of bee bodies to work with, its more likely fungus/virus related. but i did find it curious that it is happening in other countries. i hope they figure it out soon. or the price of fruits and veggies could sky rocket. but fo...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/scien ... HPCZQA9xIQ

it shows a map on the states reporting the collapse.

doug

thats pretty nice. it would be great if that gets brighter as the season goes along. the gloss gives it a cleaner look.

doug

its funny you should mention queen josephine. which came from joseph. i've got 2 nice little gold seedlings from joseph this year. it will take some time to see how glossy they will be. hopefully i've got what i want.

doug

hey renaldo, was off line this weekend. i took a road trip to wisconsin. gotta spread the niceness to the other states too. :P the minnesota nice is looking great. its one of those that looks spectacular in spring. tell me if you get those extra flushes of color with it. that is what is supposed to ...

I saw it in the color encylopedia book. it looks like its never been introduced. because searches for it online come up empty nursery wise. and no one seems to have it on there list.

i'm trying to breed for a high gloss gold. thats why i'm interested.

doug

is it from the registered hosta named olive oil?

i've been looking for that plant but can't find it.

doug

hi mal,
i don't know if you've followed the news stories, about the big bee die off this year. i don't think they know what is causing it. virus, global warming???
doug

it looks like a nice one though

doug

thats a good one jeff. nice

doug

mal
i've seen that alot too. its just random unstableness. you've got good even streaking on that one. from what i've seen that means the plant may stay streaked longer.

sometimes you can tell early which way the plant will stablize. edge or medio. but yours is even. thats good.

doug

great seedling mal. no wonder you were anxious. i've had some streakers for as much as 5 years before they have bloomed. i think its part genetics and part stored energy and available water. thats always a dilema with one with so much white. do you give it more sun to encourage bloom, but also risk ...