Lots of stuff here! Great! The Ujukitsu is sweet, tastes like a white, sweet grapefruit. I'm giving it to someone because with 2 grapefruit, especially the RR, it's overkill. It's very nice, though. There's a grower here who's always looking for something new to introduce here, that's where these oddballs came from. They trial them for several years before releasing them. I notice they aren't selling a couple of things that didn't survive our two bad freezes a few years ago, a week or so of temps in the 20's, in January of 2 years. All of my citrus except for the keffir lime are in the ground. It's too small, about 6" tall, and was pretty stressed when I got it, so it's staying in a pot indefinitely. It may not survive our freezes. Oh, I have seedlings of FD that are in pots, they're also about 6" tall. Yes, when I talk about getting RR in grocery stores, I mean the fruit. Though citrus trees have been showing up in some grocery stores here. Calamondins shouldn't be too expensive, they're usually around $25 or more here. Asians use them a lot, at least for decoration since they hold the fruit for months, so some nurseries here have a lot of them. They're too sour to eat out of hand, so I don't have one. A lot of them aren't grafted. I'll keep the mandarin from producing fruit by pinching them off when they start forming. I know it will shed most of them by itself, and any that it doesn't shed will get removed. It needs to focus on getting healthy and growing roots. Its leave are yellow instead of green, and it hasn't started growing new leaves yet, but then, most of my citrus are just beginning to leaf out. Can nurseries in Texas ship out of state? I don't know if they can or not, but I've seen both the Buddha's Hand and variegated lemon trees locally. I don't think I've seen any other variegated citrus. I like the looks of both, but don't know what I'd do with that Buddha's Hand fruit. Think it would make good limoncello? I'm going to make some with the lemons still on my tree. Look it up, it's a really nice lemon liqueur, easy to make, too. Key lime - is it grafted? A lot of them here aren't grafted, and that may be why it isn't producing. I don't grow limes since they won't survive a cold winter. The limequat will, though, but there's no way it would survive in your area. If you could grow kumquats in the ground, it might, though. Bloomsweet is sweet, it's a white grapefruit. I got it because it can have an extended harvest season, going as late as May. That's here, of course. I know what you mean about labels - I think one on a double brugmansia that I got from someone in Florida has ended up in a bird nest somewhere. A tip - if you write on the tag with a pencil, it won't fade. Everything else will. Your grocery stores sound unimpressive. We get good produce here, not waxed, fresh, and some stores have an organic section, though it's usually too expensive. I think Whole Foods and Central Market have made them realize that there's a real interest in better produce. Yes, I use Superthrive, and need to get another bottle. I've watered the transplanted citrus with it a couple of times. Some people swear by it, some people swear at it. But there's plenty of research to show that it is helpful. I used to grow a lot of orchids, and the people in the orchid society use it religiously when transplanting. My newest plant adventure is hostas. I've posted a bit about them on that forum, but in short, I got one last year and enjoyed it until it died, then I just stuck another potted plant on top of the pot the hosta was in (lazy move, that). I was quite surprised a few weeks ago to discover that the hosta has resurrected itself and is growing strong! They aren't supposed to grow here, so most people who grow them grow them as annuals. I've gotten 2 more in the last week or so, and will play with these three for a while and see how they do. I love them, and really want to succeed with them. Elizabeth

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Possibly Mt. Airy fothergilla (that's the dwarf one). And I second the hostas. So many color choices. I also LOVE dwarf hemlocks (some are weeping). They might eventually outgrow the space, but they grow slow and honestly, although I love them, I haven't had good luck with them lasting long. Snowmageddon did one of my babies in, and a drought took the other . . . In your zone an azalea would be good, there are small ones and almost evergreen . . . I planted a juniper next to my JM at my last house, they did look wonderful together if you have enough sun to keep it from getting ratty looking . . .