I'm in zone 6b and grow Sally over a small entrance to my kitchen garden. I has only gotten to about 8 or 9 feet in as many years, but it only gets about 3 or 4 hours of afternoon sun. It has wonderful bloom in the spring and a little latter on. My point is that it is not very vigorous with me and I'm not sure that it will reach the bedroom windows. Perhaps someone who grows it in more sun may have a comment as well. But then that asks the questions how much sun do you get on your front wall and how much black spot can you tolerate. Best, Nick

Hi Susan, Welcome to the forum! How high above grade and how wide are your beds? And, will you be planting one row or two? If your raised beds are four to five feet wide, you could plant either a double or single row, but I'd change the spacing depending on what varieties I was planting and whether they were determinates or indeterminates. I'd also stagger the two rows in an offset manner. If your raised beds are three feet wide, I'd plant a single row and I'd plant them three feet apart, or maybe only 30" apart if they were determinates. There again, it depends on the plants. I prefer to keep the plants a foot or so from the wood, but 6" or 8" isn't bad. The roots are going to spread out some, but mostly they will grow down into the soil. Sometimes my roots go down to the bottom of the bed and then under the boards and into the mulched pathways. Roots go where they want! Of course, I wouldn't put a tomato plant 3" or 4" from the boards if I could avoid it cause that might be crowding them a little bit. With the jalapeno peppers, 15" pots ought to be fine as long as you have a good soil mix that drains well and also keep them well watered (moist but not soggy). Good luck, Dawn

Yes, I think you were misinformed. I have noticed trees at Home Depot with Spanish labeling and the HD plant staff is not known for their expertise. If Lapins were not self-fertile and did need a pollinator, it would not be another Lapins. You would need to have some other type of sweet cherry. The good news is that the one tree should produce nicely for you in a couple of seasons.

I set mine about a foot away though 6-8" is more than enough.