the red-stemmed new growth
carry the plant into the cold months
She flowers on side-shoots two and three years old
the bracts read as a scattered horizontal drift instead of the familiar upright cloud
once established she is drought-tolerant and shrugs off the blackspot and mildew that plague lesser roses
Citrus 'Ponderosa' 25/11 Restock the red-stemmed new growthThe Ponderosa lemon is grown for spectacle as much as for the kitchen. The fruits are enormous, often two to four pounds each, thick skinned and gloriously bumpy, hanging like green gold cannonballs among the glossy leaves. For all the size, the flesh is tart, juicy, and true lemon in flavor, and works in any recipe a regular lemon would, with the novelty of a single fruit that can fill a hand. The history is tangled, and rather fun. Discovered as a