OUR LAST DAY TO SHIP IN 2018 WILL BE DECEMBER 19. WE WILL RESUME OUR NORMAL SHIPPING SCHEDULE ON JANUARY 7, 2019 FROM ALABAMA.
AUCTION IS FOR 5 SEEDS FROM THE CROSS OF STELLAR STITCHERY X WATERMELON SWEET TARTS.
POD PARENT HYBRIDIZER'S DESCRIPTION:
POLLEN PARENT HYBRIDIZER'S DESCRIPTION:
Watermelon Sweet Tarts
(Gossard, James) 2018 introduction
(Puffer Fish x Tetra Tuscawilla Snowdrift)
Seedling number Pufftsd
Tetraploid 28" Mid Late season Dormant emo fr 6.5" 3-4 way branching 18-22 buds. Fertile both ways. Rebloomer. Very good rust resistance. USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5-10.
Watermelon Sweet Tarts is a combination of opposites, making her a stunning complex cultivar. Sweetly pink in color, this bitone just insists she is a sweet, lovely fluffy frivolous lady. Look out though, because this lady BITES. Heavily Edged with gleaming yellow green teeth on both petals and sepals, she shows her dangerous side. Heavy of substance, she looks delicate but has a steel backbone. Looking further, she resembles the pretty faces of the southern belles but in a Dormant, northern hardy plant. A perfect combination of sweet and tart, this watermelon beauty will steal your heart.
OUR SEEDS WERE PRODUCED IN OUR GARDEN. WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE SOME POSITIVE REASONS FOR GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION, WE LIKE TO KNOW THAT AT LEAST ONE PARENT IS HARDY HERE IN ZONE 5. THIS IS A POSITIVE THAT EVEN MANY OF OUR FRIENDS ON THE GULF COAST VALUE AFTER LAST WINTER. UNLESS OUR SEEDS HAVE TWO 2018 INTRODUCTIONS AS PARENTS, YOU KNOW THAT AT LEAST ONE PARENT CAN HANDLE COLD WEATHER.
WE WILL SHIP WORLD-WIDE TO COUNTRIES WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON SEED. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUYER TO KNOW THEIR COUNTRY'S IMPORTATION REQUIREMENTS. WE SHIP TO COUNTRIES OTHER SELLERS REFUSE TO. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SHIPPED TO EVERY CONTINENT.
SHIPPING WILL BE BY USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL. WE SHIP ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS. SEEDS ARE SHIPPED IN ZIP-LOCK BAGS ROLLED IN BUBBLE WRAP AND SENT IN A PADDED MAILER. WE CAN COMBINE UP TO 15 PACKETS IN OUR PADDED MAILERS FOR ONE SHIPPING FEE. SHIPPING FEES ARE $3 FOR UNITED STATES SHIPMENTS, $9 FOR CANADIAN SHIPMENTS AND $13 FOR ALL OTHER INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HOLD YOUR "PAID-FOR" SEEDS AS LONG AS NECESSARY TO MINIMIZE YOUR SHIPPING COSTS.
WE MUST COLLECT 7.25% STATE SALES TAX FROM ILLINOIS RESIDENTS EVEN WHEN WE ARE SELLING FROM ALABAMA.