Yes! Highly recommend it. I got some on clearance at Lowe's last summer-early fall ($1 for a very nice-sized pot; quart maybe? I'm bad at sizes) mostly to fill in what I had of Rozanne. In the short time they were in the ground during the growing season, they went gangbusters. I can't say enough good about this plant. Long bloom, good recovery (from floppy-sad to fabulous in very little time), vigorous and I think there's a little more pink in the eye, too, but I could be mistaken. I won't buy another Rozanne unless it's a sub for Jolly Bee. That said, JB does seem harder to find. I hope they all made it through the winter.

Hey Laura!! Thanks. I just found it strange that "Big Red" has been around for a long time but no one seems to have it, or they are staying silent regarding it, no pics, etc. I think its a bit finicky, mine has had issues in the past but did bloom this season. I am just assuming that it is another one of Johns (JJ's) lost varieties. Cheers

It's available at parks seed---here's the link http://www.parkseed.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10101&catalogId=10101&langId=-1&SearchText=red+mustard&mainPage=textsearchresults&RequestType=NewRequest

I bought one of these beauties last year. I had repotted it into a larger pot and grown it in full sunlight. It was growing great up until my cat decided to get frisky with it and snapped the trunk off right at the graft. I tried rescuing it, but there wasn't much I could do. The root stock tried sprouting, but I decided not to keep it. I waited a full year for the garden center to get some more back in stock and I just bought one today. I almost gave up hope on my garden center getting some more of them in this year. But this time they had more to choose from, seeing as they had just gotten them in yesterday. Last year, they only had three left. One of which was this variety. I probably looked a little silly standing out in the rain sorting thru each and every one of them, haha. But after waiting for this long, I wanted the best one that I could find. Since I had almost given up hope, I looked elsewhere for some more Japanese maples. I came across a garden center at a local grocery store that had bigger maples that were almost as tall as me. They were only $20, too. So I had bought a real beautiful one called Acer palmatum 'Shirazz." It's a similar red laceleaf, but it's a brighter and variegated. The trunk had a red plastic "patented" tag on it. I quite look forward to growing both of these beauties in my garden. :)