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ge1836 wrote:
I have made an error and need to clearify.
In 2007 we moved to this house. It has a wonderful deck and as I moved many containers from my old house it was possible to arrange a nice garden on the deck.
In 2008 I sent an order to Rosy Dawn for many different coleus and planted the 13 containers profusly.
One container was planted with both Watermelon and Elfers.
By the end of the summer my 71 year old brain couldnt remember which was what.
I harvested a few coleus in early September, for over winter cuttings and took what I thought was "Watermelon" cuttings.
When 2009 came and these cuttings performed so well I took more that year,labled them Watermelon and never questioned the choice.
This thread for Watermelon id,came up so I wanted to help and posted my picture of the cuttings I have had for 2 seasons.

The questioning about the validity of my ID,made me ponder this all afternoon.
I went back to my picture and RosyDawn website to see if Elfers looked like my Watermelon and sure enough the leaves are the same although the coloring describes byRD is different.
It appears I have been showing Elfers as Watermelon for some time now.
My apologies to everyone.
This is my pix of my plant"Watermelon" and RD pix of Elfers.
What do you think?