There is a nursery in Tonopah, Australian Outback Plantation LLC. Unfortunately, you just missed them at the DBG sale - they'll be there again in March, I'm pretty sure. They've been there for years. I've put a link to the Red Cap that they have on their site below (you will need to scroll down a bit....). I actually have one (or two?) of these plants. I've only lived at this house since April, so my experience is pretty limited, and I would say the previous owner really pruned the bejeazus out of the trees here, so mine is not a really good example. But it did bloom this summer, although I came pretty close to missing it, once again, probably because of the hack job that was done on it. It does form pretty neat seed pods, as well as the buds that look like red caps. I have deep watered mine once since I got here. Looks good, but it is a fairly mature, well established tree. Here is a link that might be useful: Australian Outback Plantation LLC

Pink fruit potato leaf plant is true "Brandywine", aka Brandywine Sudduth strain. "Red Brandywine" is something else, unrelated. It came from [possibly the Amish] Landis Valley PA. "Brandywine" was grown by the Sudduth family in Tennesee. ******** I don't think I'd equate Brandywine with the Sudduth strain these days as being the TRUE strain b/c there are several other strains out there and more to the point just the name Brandywine doesn't equal Sudduth b/c the generic name Brandywine can mean any of several strains, not just the Sudduth/Quisenberry. Doris Hill Sudduth gave those seeds to Ben quisenberry and he gave his whole collection to SSE in 1980. While it would seem natural to equate with the Brandywine River Valley in PA, there's no documentation that says that. The information about Brandywine in the SSE catalog re Johnson and Stokes listing it is dicey since there's only a line drawing and no color is mentioned and those of us who have seed the info/picture from that catalog cannot confirm that what's shown is PL or pink and it's probably RB. ******* All of the pink ones are the more or less the same thing [same flavor etc] just with different strain names they picked up along the way depending on who grew the seeds. There are three "Red Brandywine"s on the market. The real one from Landis Valley, and two imposters, one regular leaf, and one potato leaf. The imposters made their way to a lot of, maybe most of, the seed venders out there. So if you have Brandywine, and it is pink, it is the real deal, and if you have Red Brandywine that does not say Landis on the package/tag it is probably not the real deal Red. ******* First, I've grown several different strains of Brandywine and just can't agree that they all taste about the same. Here's the story on Red Brandywine. It was first gotten out of the SSE Yearbook by Tom Hauch of Heirloom Seeds in PA who still considers it his signature tomato. He gave seeds to Steve Miller at the Landis Museum where they try to collect Amish varieties. It was Steve Miller who did the background work that led to our knowing that this is the only variety with Brandywine as part of the name that could be traced to the Amish in about 1885 as I recall. There are many sites with true RL RB, Sandhill Preservation is one of them and there are others so Landis does not equal the only true RB. Most of the discussion has centered on the situation at TGS where Linda did get her RB from the Landis Museum, but it isn't a strain, there are no strains of RB, and it isn't the only true RB being offered as I just indicated. So one can't equate Landis with true RB. And yes, at TGS if you want true RB you need to get the one with Landis as part of the name b'c as I and others have pointed out she also lists a RL and PL RB and neither are RB and the source was Seeds by Design in CA. I've urged her to say they aren't RB, but so far I haven't been successful, but I'll keep trying. ( smile) ******* The potaoleaf red is supposedly a decent tomato, and unusual for being a red fruit potatoleaf. Backlash from this marketing mistake may mean that if it does not get renamed it will be taken off the market and face extinction. Again, referring to primarily TGS, the main reason that Linda hasn't dropped the wrong PL and RL falsely named RB's is b'c many folks do like them. And no, it won't get renamed, heaven forbid, and it won't be taken off the market b'c Linda can have her subcontracter produce new seed any time she wants to. And there are other PL reds out there as well at different seed sources and also traded back and forth between some folks and also in the SSE Yearbook. I've known Linda since the early 90's and consider her a good friend and have sent many many OP varieties to her for trial. She's one of the nicest, most honest persons I've met in my heirloom tomato career. And I could make that same statement for the owners of a couple of other small family sites where I've known the owners for many years. Carolyn, no time to edit, have to go watch the Wimbledon Willians final. Bye. LOL

Hi folks, I must admit that I get a lot of comments about my flowering gums as they are in our driveway and can be seen as people turn into our street. The rosellas and honeyeaters go crazy over them. Wish I could capture a photo of them whilst they are at it. Once it rains though the "fluffy blooms" will not be so nice to look at. Boy is it hot here today.... about 40 degrees.. phew !!!!! Enjoy your gardens.... Cheers, Margaret.

All leaves of all trees are lost eventually, it's just that the life of any one leaf varies according to species and sometimes to environment -- anything from under 1 year (most deciduous trees) to over 20 years on some araucarias. I think in most eucalypts leaf life is in the 2 to 4 year range. Then they fall, but not all at once.