Thanks all!! It IS wonderful to have blooms this late. I got another surprise this afternoon, as another bloom on Popcorn Pete popped open... I thought it was going to be tomorrow, because this morning, he wasn't open. But, I think the cool weather is keeping them closed longer, but also open longer. My bloom on How Sweet It Is from yesterday is still looking beautiful today. Velvet - welcome!! Just wait until spring and you see all the lovely gardens here. You'll need a bib.

Beautiful Steve! I have one 50 year old spring blooming camelia that I inherited when I bought my house, but seeing your fall blooming ones may cause me to include 1 or 2 fall blooming in my garden.I know Fairweather gardens has a good selection. Where did you purchase some of yours? I saw the fencing around a few of your smaller plants-protection from rabbits? Leslie

looks like a nice place, thanks for sharing the pictures...

Suze: Thanks for sharing your varieties. I should be able to get quite a few more ripened before the frost, if not outside then indoors. Only a few of the Rutgers and Eva Purple Ball have ripened so far, but I have a lot of them that are close. Tastewise, I like the Eva Purple Ball the best, but I also liked Stupice and the black cherries. I didn't really care much for the taste of the large red cherries, but I liked their production. Jerry: I started these from seed and planted them out in the garden in Mid July as six or seven week transplants. To combat the hot temps, I put a very think layer of mulch over them to keep soil temps down and to hold moisture in. Fortunately, we had a few cool days in September and some really warm days in late October. I feel lucky to have gotten as many tomatoes as I have. One of the biggest things I did differently was to keep the leaves dry. Last year I sprayed them with seaweed and compost tea, which I believe resulted in disease. Pete