Thank you, Joe. They are blooming everywhere in the Sierra Nevada foothills right now. Quite striking!

No one knows for sure as the original source is quite young itself, less than 20 years old I believe and maybe closer to half that. Speaking offline with Arktrees, they capable of vigorous growth typical of a happy redbud so ultimate size may be around the species average but it's all a guess right now. They are also now taking selections from Rising Sun offspring and applying for patents. I found the following patent searching for 'JN2' which is the Rising Sun. John Edit: I read the patent and it was a branch sport on a Rising Sun growing in a field of RS liners, not a seedling that led to this new selection. It's trade name is Solar Eclipse and SoonerPlantFarm has it for sale HERE Here is a link that might be useful: Rising Sun branch sport patent This post was edited by j0nd03 on Tue, Aug 27, 13 at 12:31

Hi Dot - I ordered MOONLIGHT SAIL from Pat as well. I prefer to order mainly from the hybridizers...but if I want an older one I go to my favorite resellers. Thanks very much for the tip on SPECIAL CANDY...I've heard great things from others about it as well. Hehehe Lynxe!! Sure I'd love to trial all the new Stamile's for you :~) I haven't ordered many Stamile's lately because my collection was becoming mostly Stamile's and I needed to diversify. I can tell you that WREN'S SONG, LESLIE RENEE, FLAMINGO PARADE, and TRANQUIL WATERS all did well up here. CORONAL LIGHT was lost in a real bad winter and it is the ONLY Stamile I'd ever lost here. I've thought about giving CL another shot as it was probably something I did wrong. Let's see if I can did up some more pictures: TRANQUIL WATERS WREN'S SONG CORONAL LIGHT LESLIE RENEE FLAMINGO PARADE is not a red-purple so I don't want to include the pic but I'll attach it for anyone interested.... Leslie Zone 6, Rhode Island Here is a link that might be useful:

Have a question. I have four large desert rose plants. Two of them produced two seed pods two years ago. Last year the same two produced three. This year I just discovered I have two pods on one and eleven (11) on one that has not produced pods before. They have all just started. Is it possible all eleven on the one plant will have viable seeds in each pod. And no I do not grow the for a nursery or anything like that. These are in my back yard. Thanks, Tanya