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This thread is about plants that I tried this year and won’t try again next year as well as ones that did really well.

East coast North America, zone 8/9, rainfall 120cm.

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A very dark pink to red Jamaican cherry being held over a very green citrus leaf (red pomelo). Both the berry and citrus leaf are covered in water droplets bc it was raining.
Looks like a pic taken from outer space. Bright yellow, petals frame the pic and the circle around a center that is dark maroon. There is a fuzzy staminal column that ends with a dark fuzzy stigma bordered with brilliant yellow anthers. The stigma is so dark red it is almost black. The flower is a Nkruma Tenten okra.
A purple curry leaf berry surrounded by native physalis still in yellow, papery, husks, katuk leaves, and huazontle leaves.
On a wooden cutting board is an assortment of leaves, peas, seed pods, cucumbers, radish, peppers and flowers.
J blue

20/ Huazontle

Survives fine in tropical storms. Last year I used these mostly for flower buds and seeds (can be eaten like quinoa) but I mostly used the leaves for salads this year. I grow it with my guamachil trees (bean trees) and only have three plants this year. That’s all I really needed. Doesn’t require more water than the rain.

This plant can get weedy. It’s native to North America, but not on the East Coast.

Maturing red huazontle flower shoots contrasting against a blue sky. A few runaway green Guamachil branches are waving in the breeze above them. The flower buds are a deep rich wine red while the leaves are a dark pink. There is an oak tree branch in the left corner.
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