Thanks for the answers guys. The biggest problem I keep running into is that the online places seen to already be sold out of the varieties I want and if they do have them, they are on Mazzard, which as fruitnut mentioned produces a massive tree. I figured that since most of the online place would not have what I want this year, it couldn't hurt to call my local Southern States Coop to see what they will be bringing in in the spring. At least for this year, I'm looking at buying a Black Gold and a Black York. I know the Black Gold is a tried and true variety on the East Coast being both crack resistant and showing resistance to canker. I couldn't find much on the Black York(also known as Easter Bing according to the lady at the Southern States garden center. Cummins describes Black York as being both crack and canker resistant, but he is sold out for the year and I couldn't find anymore info. Does anyone have any experience with Black York (flavor, cracking, canker, etc)? I'm hoping the trees will be on some sort of semidwarfing rootstock as Southern States usually gets their potted fruit trees from Stark Bros. Interesting point: Stark Bros does not list Black York on their commercial catalog for 2013.

I can't help you directly, but I bet if you contact these people, they can: Cape May County Beach Plum Association: http://www.cmcbeachplum.com/ Here's another link that might be useful. It lists Prunus maritima suppliers. I haven't looked for certain cultivars, but a quick check should be easy. http://www.beachplum.cornell.edu/nurseries.html

I have Some plants that might interest you, Please e-mail me. I have Many diffrent rare bromeliad species, and a few musa. I am also in Florida. Kindest Regards, Juan-Carlos Munoz Miami, Florida jcreef@bellsouth.net

Hi, I've grown interest in growing Heliconia ever since I went to Singapore Botanic Garden. Heliconias are abundant over there and they grow so well that even some of them cracked and grow on the cemented pathway. back in Indonesia, I used to think of them as potential weed, due to how quick they grew and nearly overtake the whole garden in a year (worse if I give them fertilizer). So, I undervalue them and threw all of them away. Now, I live in Melbourne, the winter temperature here can get to -1 to -2C in the morning with occasional very light frost, around 8 - 10C during midday. I read through the garden forum, people talk about schideana, subulata, angusta, spissa etc as being cold hardy. But, I wonder how cold they can survive to? will they still flower after exposure to -1C? I have been searching for answer from different sources. however, it seems every areas and ones own experience are different. So, I've decided to experiment it myself. I grow heliconia rostrata and subulata outside in the pot at the moment. there was just a light frost here yesterday. The subulata has not shown damage yet, but the rostrata has shown a slight frost burnt around the edges of the leaves. Should I worry about this? I wonder if anyone has experience growing Heliconia in temperate zone (in melbourne) succesfully? I'm going to put subulata, rostrata, bihai 'nappi' and angusta 'red christmas' into the ground in my garden once the winter pass. So, I will need advice how to look after them. Can anyone tell if heliconia caribaea x bihai 'kawauchi' will likely to survive melbourne weather? Tirto