My Mary Washington’s are for the first time this year a pleasure to behold. I started them out from seeds 2 or 3 years ago, but I honestly thought that they were all dead and if not dead would surely die, but three out of the bunch survived various droughts, harsh winter frosts, neglect, and having to compete with cosmos flowers in their shared deep galvanized tub, and now they are absolutely gorgeous! They are still quite slender, so I’m not picking any yet, and they are growing tall to go to seed, but next year I will have my first harvest for sure.