I sent in the "Santorini of Greece" tomato to the swap. After flooding, extremely high humidity, heat, etc. last summer, the Santorini was one of a handful of plants (out of 40+ varieties) that never showed a hint of disease and when everything else stopped producing during the worst of the heat, it continued to pump out tons of fruit. It definitely was the workhorse in my garden and will certainly be considered for another spot in the garden this season. The fruit is ribbed, probably around 4-6 oz. and was meaty like a paste but much more flavorful than most paste tomatoes I've tasted.

Dawna, Thanks for tolerating the whining. I remember how much you watered (as did I) and how we lost plants in spite of it. It was a hard year. I know now that La Nina will tend to affect us that way. Our winter this year is very much like the winter of 2005 so far, and that is what scares me. I hope we get some rain this week too. They even have a brief mention of snow in our forecast, but I'm not expecting any. I kept 'treasures' packed up and was ready to run, also. BUT, we were always away fighting fires and I worried I wouldn't make it back home in time to save the animals and my treasures. Luckily, it never came to that. I cannot believe you had fire on three sides of you at once. THAT is scary. We had fire east of us (just across the road) twice, once very close, and a second time not quite so close. We had it due south of us once, but it was almost 1/2 mile away. We had it north of us three times, but moving away from us twice and towards us only once. We had it west of us, between us and the Red River, only once. But all of those except the fire west of us (it was in July) were in the Jan.-Feb. timeframe, so it was hard to sleep for a while there. This year there's been quite a few fires, but they are more in the northern parts of the county and we live in the southern part. Only one fire has been very close to us this year (on our street), about 1/4 mile north of us, and it was started by welders a couple of weeks ago. It was moving away from us and towards a brand new home. Our guys got there fast and kept it from reaching that home. I think the weather this week will prevent a repeat of last week--on at least 2 days last week, all 14 of our county's fire departments were out fighting fires. Only 2 fires yesterday and 1 so far today. Now, if only it would rain! Of course, with all the dormant vegetation, rain doesn't help for long. All that will help at this point is the spring green-up. So far, our spring wildflowers are pitifully few and far between because so little rain has fallen this fall and winter that most of them haven't even sprouted. Dawn

Yes, I should have mentioned first thing I did was break a leaf and smell, and no Euc scent. The leaves are more rubbery than brittle eucs as well. What does an Acacia grow up to look like? This is not far off the back fence, and sits about ten feet behind a California Pepper Tree. Might not be desirable?

Agastache aurantiaca (Orange Hummingbird Mint): Apricot Sprite – Apricot Sunrise – Fragrant Carpet – Fragrant Delight – Just Peachy – Lavender Martini – Navajo Sunset – Peach Margarita – Raspberry Daiquiri – Shades of Orange – Sprite Lilac – Sunset Yellow – Tango Agastache cana and cana x (hummingbird mint): Bolero – Heather Queen Agastache foeniculum and foeniculum x (anise hyssop): Arcado Pink – Arizona Mix – Arizona Sandstone – Arizona Sun – Arizona Sunset – Astello Indigo – Asturo White – Blue Fountain – Blue Spike – Bolero – Snow Spike Agastache mexicana (Mexican Giant Hyssop): Champagne – Sangria Agastache pallid and pallida x: Globetrotter – Rose Queen Agastache rugosa (Korean mint): Golden Jubilee – Korean mint – Liquorice/Licorice Blue – Liquorice/Licorice White ­ Agastache nepetoides (yellow giant hyssop) Agastache rupestris (threadleaf giant hyssop aka licorice mint hyssop) Agastache schrophularifolia (purple giant hyssop) Ageratum (floss flower): Aloha Blue – Blue Danube – Blue Diamond – Blue Leilani – Blue Planet – Fields Blue – Hawaii – Purple Fields – Red Top – White Bouquet Alcea rosea (hollyhock): Chater's Double Apricot – Halo series – Majorette Antirrhinum majus (snapdragon): Aroma series – Axiom series – Apple Blossom – Bronze Dragon – Frosted Sunset – Madame Butterfly – Peaches and Cream – Peach Breeze – Plum Blossom – Rembrandt – Royal Bride – Terracotta – Tutti Frutti Asarina (snapdragon vine or creeping snapdragon) Asclepias purpurescens (purple butterfly weed) Aster tongolensis (aster, East Indies) Bacopa Begonia tuberhybrida Calendula (pot marigold, English marigold): Antares Flashback – Apricots and Oranges – Apricot Twist – Art Shades – Citrus Smoothies – Deja Vu – Fruit Twist – Geisha Girl – Indian Prince – Neon – Oktoberfest – Solar Flashback – Sunshine Flashback Callistephus chinensis (China aster): Andrella – Blue Ribbon – China Pink – Daylight – Double Rainbow – Floretta Champagne – Fireworks – Giant Perfection – Giants of California – Idyll – Perfection – Pink Tower – Serenade – Spider Chrysanthemum – Standy Ceratotheca triloba (South African foxglove) Cladanthus arabicus (Palm Springs daisy): Golden Crown Cobaea scandens (cup & saucer Vine, cathedral bells): Royal Plum Coreopsis: Heaven’s Gate – Presto – Tetra Giants Cosmos: Cosmic series – Double Click – Snow Sonata Craspedia globosa (drumsticks, billy buttons) Cuphea: Bat Face Cuphea – Purple Passion Delosperma (ice plant) Deschampsia cespitosa (tufted hair grass) Dianthus (Pinks): Allwood Pinks (Dianthus alwoodii): – Amur River Pinks – Arctic Fire – Baths Pinks (Cheddar Pinks): – Black and White Minstrels – Cinnamon Red Hots – Cranberry Ice – Diana – Devon Sarah – First Love – Micro Chips – Neon Star – Raspberry Swirl – Summer Sundae – Superbus Diascia: Apricot Queen – Diamonte – Rose Queen Doeonicum: Little Leo Dorotheanthus bellidiformis (Livingstone or Livingston daisy, ice plant): Apricot Tutu – Magic Carpet – Sparkles Eustoma grandiflorum (lisianthus): any – Cinderella – Double Eagle – Echo – Sapphire Fuchsia Gaillardia pulchella (blanketflower): Arizona Red Shades – Commotion series – Mesa series – Mesa Bright – Mesa Yellow – Summer's Kiss – Tokajer – Torch series Gelsemium sempervirens (Carolina jessamine) Geranium, hardy: Vision Violet Helianthus (sunflower): Apricot Twist – Bicentenary – Coconut Ice – Earthwalker – Evening Sun – Frilly – Indian Blanket – Music Box – Pastiche – Prado Yellow – Razzmatazz – Solar Eclipse – Sundance Kid – Starburst Lemon Aura – The Bees Knees – Valentine Helichrysum (licorice Plant/trailing licorice): Silver Mist Heliopsis (false sunflower): Loraine Sunshine – Prairie Sunset – Prairie Nights Impatiens: Accent Premium Bright Eye Lepechinia hastata (false salvia) Leucanthemum (shasta daisy): White Knight Leymus arenarius (blue dune grass, lyme grass) Lopezia cordata (mosquito flower): Pretty Rose Monarda lambada (bee balm) Morina longifolia (whorlflower) Nassella tenuissima (feather grass) Nipponanthemum nipponicum (Montauk daisy aka Nippon daisy) Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian sage) Osteospermum (cape daisy, African daisy): Akila – Asti Papaver (Poppy): Blackcurrant Fizz – Burgundy Frills – Fruit Punch – Ooh La La – Violetta Blush Penstemon eatonii (firecracker penstemon) Penstemon gloxinoides (border penstemon) Penstemon superbus (superb penstemon Pentas lanceolata: any – Butterfly Sparkles – New Look Perilla: Fantasy Petunia: any hybrid commercial seed – Shock Wave Phlox drummondii (Phlox): Creme Brulee – Promise – Moody Blues – Phlox of Sheep – Summer Majesty – Watercolor Memories Phlox hybrida: Peppermint Candy Phlox paniculata (tall phlox): any harvested in 2018 Phyls nodiflora (frogfruit): Portulaca grandiflora (moss rose): Happy Hour – Kariba – Margarita – Sundial – Toucan Prunella: Freelander series – Loveliness series Rhodochiton atrosanguineum (purple bell vine) Rudbeckia hirta (black-eyed susan/gloriosa daisy): Chim Chiminee – Hot Chocolate – Radiance Salvia algeriensis (Algerian sage) Salvia argentea (silver sage) Salvia azurea (azure blue sage aka pitcher sage) Salvia chiapensis (Chiapas sage) Salvia darcyi (Darcy’s Mexican sage) Salvia desoleana (Sardinian sage) Salvia dumetorum aka Salvia stepposa (Siberian sage) Salvia flava var. megalantha aka Salvia bulleyana Salvia glutinosa (Jupiter’s distaff) Salvia hians (Kashmir sage) Salvia involucrata (rosebud salvia) Salvia koyamae (Japanese yellow sage) Salvia leucantha (Mexican bush sage) Salvia longispicata x :Big Blue Sage Salvia madrensis (forsythia sage) Salvia napifolia (Turkish sage) Salvia nubicola (Himalayan cloud sage) Salvia nemorosa aka Salvia sylvestris var. nemorosa (woodland sage): Adora Blue – New Dimension Blue – New Dimension Rose – Blue Queen – Rose Queen Salvia nutans (nodding sage) Salvia pachyphylla (desert mountain sage) Salvia patens (Gentian sage) Salvia pratensis (meadow sage) Salvia regla (mountain sage) Salvia reptans aka Salvia leptophylla (slenderleaf sage aka cobalt sage) Salvia roemeriana (cedar sage) Salvia sclarea (clary sage) Salvia stenophylla (blue mountain sage) Salvia subrotunda (hummingbird sage) Salvia taraxacifolia (dandelion sage) Salvia texana (Texas sage) Salvia tiliifolia (lindenleaf sage) Salvia transsylvanica (Transylvanian sage): Blue Cloud Salvia uliginosa (bog sage) Salvia verticillata (lilac sage): Purple Fairy Tale Salvia verticillata subsp. verticillata aka Salvia regeliana Salvia viridis aka Salvia horminum sage (painted sage) : Pink Sunday Solidago rugosa (goldenrod): Fireworks Tanacetum corymbosum ( wild meadow tansy) Teucrium chamaedris ( germander Thalictrum Rochebruneanum – lavender mist meadow rue Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower): Oxford Blue - Summer Sundae Stachys albotomentosa (7up Plant) Stipa tenuissima (feather grass) Sultera cordata (Bacopa): any - Blue Dawn - Bluetopia - Cotton Candy - Silk N Satin - Snowtopia Symphyotrichum novae angliae (New England Aster, Michaelmas Daisy): red - Alma Baby - Chilly Winds - Honeysong Pink - Red Star - September Ruby Tagetes (marigold): Capriccio – Fire Ball – Moonstruck – Scarlet Sophie – Snowdrift – Sunburst Orange Splash – Zenith Red Tagetes lemmonii (Copper Canyon daisy) Tagetes lucida (Mexican mint marigold aka Texas tarragon) Thunbergia alata (blackeyed susan Vine): Salmon Shades – Sunrise Surprise – Superstar Orange Verbascum: Clementine – Copper Rose – Flush of White – Rosetta – Snow Maiden – Violetta Verbena: Crystal Ball – Peaches & Cream Veronica grandis (heartleaf speedwell) Veronica longifolia (garden speedwell) Veronica spicata: Blue Bouquet or other Viola (pansy): Antique Shades – Atlas – Chalon Supreme – Freefall – Matrix – Panola Picotee Shades – other named varieties – but no johnny jump-ups Wedelia texana (Zexmenia) HERBS Lavender: Elegance series – Hidcote – Lavance – Multifida aka Fernleaf – Munstead – Spanish – Vincenza - White Ice Thymus (thyme): Lavender - Lemon - Lime - Orange - Silver VEGETABLES Beans: Helda – Selma Zebra Broccoli: Red Arrow – Redhead – Rudolph – Summer Purple – White Eye Jicama aka Yam Bean Lettuce: Asian Red – Forellenschluss – Gentilina – Rouge Grenobloise – Lollo Bionda – Lollo Rossa – May Queen – Mignonette Bronze – Outredgeous – Petite Rouge – Rouge De Grenoblouse Melon: Early Silverline Okra: Bowling Red – Edna Slaton’s Candelabra Pepper: Big Red – Mandarin – Sheepnose Pimento – Tennessee Cheese – Tequila Sunrise – Tunisian Baklouti – White Lakes – Yellow Monster Pumpkin/ Winter Squash: Autumn Crown – Gill's Golden Pippin – Golden Delicious – Melonette Jaspee De Vende – Red Warty Thing aka Victor – Sucrine Du Berry – Thai Kang Kob – Thai Rai Kaw Tok Spinach: Apollo - Merlo Nero - Monstrueux De Viroflay - Scenic - Viridis Tomatillo: Amarylla – Pineapple – Purple – Purple Coban – Rio Grande Verde – Verde – Verde Puebla Tomatoes: These hybrid tomatoes even if seeds are old or collected from next generation MERCED SAN REMO CABERNET (the large tomato, not the new cherry tomato with the same name)