My 2015 Dwarfs
Hello all,
I have a number of dwarfs that I'm growing this season-- Pennsylvania zone 6b, just north of Philadelphia. I planted all of these out the second week of May-- no ripe ones yet (ha!), but, like Craig, I think the winner of the race is going to be Dwarf Pink Passion.
In general I'm having better luck avoiding disease up to now, but I've been pretty diligent about spraying copper periodically. In years past anthracnose (at least I think that's what it is) has reared its ugly head later in the season.
These are the nine dwarfs that I'm growing:
Chocolate Lightning (pot)
Dwarf Pink Passion (pot)
Perth Pride (two plants, one in pot and one in ground)
Rosella Purple (pot)
Sleeping Lady (two plants, one in pot and one in ground)
Sweet Adelaide (ground)
Sweet Scarlet Dwarf (ground)
Uluru Ochre(ground)
Wherokowhai (pot)
The smallest one by height is Rosella Purple; tallest ones are Chocolate Lightning and Uluru Ochre. Uluru Ochre is also quite bushy. All have fruit set--as I said, Pink Passion will probably be the first to ripen, and Wherokowhai will probably come in second.
I have pictures of all the plants photographed with a large ruler, so you can compare sizes. I'm not a photographer, so some pictures aren't all that great!
Marie
Last edited by tivia; June 23, 2015 at 05:15 PM.
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