I grew the blue bacopa from seeds this year. I got them from Ebay. They are tiny little seedlings, but almost all of what I sowed in the house under lights grew. I put some in a hanging basket and some in a pot with other plants. Both were in full sun from 7 am till about 8 pm. They are still in full bloom. I'm going to try bringing them in the house for the winter in the next few days as it supposed to frost.

Virtually all citrus plants are grafted. According to SunsetÂs Western Garden Book, grafted trees will begin to bear fruit in a few years (MeyerÂs Improved lemons are unusual in that they will bear heavily even when young). But ungrafted trees will take from 10-15 years to bear fruit. Citrus will live for decades, so they aren't in any rush to mature fruit. Even when you get fruit, it can take weeks or months to ripen, and can then hang on the tree or bush another few months before finally falling off. Yes, citrus have thorns, really nasty ones, in fact! Meyers are popular also because their thorns are much less ferocious. If you are growing a supermarket lemon, it is probably ÂLisbon which is similar to, but more vigorous than Eureka. Pruning is usually done in the early summer, when the growth is less vigorous. Heaviest citrus production is November-March.

Kerria, forsythia, mahonia, hypericum will all produce yellow flowers but none of them are very large. They tend to make up for lack of size with abundance :-) Try Googling with the botanical name and seeds - that should provide a number of sources (it did for the kerria and hypericum). But I too would start out with a small plant........growing just about any woody plant from seed is a long, multi-year process to get to a flowering stage.

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