Hi Angie where do you live I am in Pittsburgh? Patty

I can't wait to taste my wekiwa either. Last year I bought a 7 gallon that was LOADED with fruit, but once I brought it home I removed the tape holding the stake and the trunk split right down the middle. There were carpenter ants inside the trunk. I brought it back and got a refund, but about a week later I picked up one of the fruits that had dropped and was sitting in the back of my truck; it tasted pretty amazing.

Thanks whaas, ladylotus, Edwin, Cher, Rick and Dax. I'm glad to hear that some of you are doing the same thing. Seems like a good way to expand the collection especially from a pricing standpoint, as Rick and lotus point out. These plants ran between $5-20, with the average price close to 10. De Ruyter on the other hand was north of 100, so it's about a 10:1 ratio. whaas, thanks for the tip on the mulch. I'll double check to make sure it's not too close. I think I already pulled it back some, maybe not enough. Any favorites? Not really ,they haven't been around long enough to start competing for my affection. Favorites for me typically include selections of Abies that resist my unintended habit of killing them. Hopefully the gritty potting mix will help with that. Edwin, thanks for the correction with 'De Ruyter'. Rick, the small plants came from Western Evergreen, Porterhouse Farms, Greer Gardens, and Stanley and Sons. I think that covers it, whaas, you mentioned what cultivars. I was originally thinking of using the photo to issue an ID challenge, but then I decided this would be unfair since it's really not a good picture of all of them. So here they are, best I can do from memory. I'll take this left to right, from top to bottom (same way as you read): Cedrus deodara 'Feelin Blue' Picea obovata 'Glauca' Then come two of Cedrus Atlantica 'Aurea Robusta' Cedrus deodara Divinely Blue' Picea omorika 'Tijn' Abies koreana 'Horstmann Silberlocke' Abes procera 'Glauca' Picea orientalis 'Mount Vernon' Picea abies 'Elwangeriana' Cedrus atlantica 'Sapir Nymph' Abies koreana 'Oberon' Picea glauca 'Laurin' or 'Zuckerhut' Pinus parviflora 'Billie (M-par 4)' Abies pinsapo 'Glauca' Abies procera 'Hupp's Christmas Tree' Abies procera 'Hupp's Blue' Abies nordmanniana 'Muensterland' Abies koreana 'Blauer Pfiff' Picea pungens 'Moll' Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica 'Glauca Compacta' Picea abies 'Perry's Gold' Pinus banksiana 'Al Johnson' Pinus contorta 'Willow Creek' Pinus strobus 'Mini Twists' Picea omorika 'Pimoko' Larix kaempferi 'Wolterdingen' Larix larcina 'Newport Beauty' (may have the order wrong on these two) Abies koreana 'Silberkugel' Picea glauca 'Laurin' or 'Zuckerhut' Abies alba 'Badenweiller' Wow, that took longer than I thought!

my sweetheart is the same size but no blooms. i bet the extra chill hours helped you. good to see you have a Groff, im monitoring mine in the ground to see if my soil is too calcareous so it will be good to compare. bromeliaceae and ananas are so beautiful in bloom. i grow bromelliad "silver vase", and ananas cosmosus that turns magenta, Top has a pic not sure of the exact variety or if there is one. it turns golden and is delicious ripe i also have alot of tissue cultures i will update on soon.