Sweet Annies

Dudemann May 22, 2026 — Sweet Annie’s enter the garden Two clones taken from my bonsai’d Khalifa Genetics FPF mother were planted directly into the vegetable garden behind the Beurre de Rocquencourt bush beans. At this stage they were still small, lightly branched plants focused on establishing roots. The garden had just begun filling in, with fresh straw mulch and the trellis installed. No heavy feeding or training yet just water, protection from slugs, and time to settle into the soil. These two little clones would later earn the nickname Sweet Annie’s as they disappeared into the surrounding vegetable garden and began looking more like wild herbs

Dudemann June 3, 2026 — Established in the garden About twelve days after planting, the two Sweet Annie’s clones had settled into the vegetable garden and started pushing clean new growth. At this stage they were still small, but no longer looked like fresh transplants. The plants were upright, branching, and showing the FPF leaf mutation clearly: shredded, fern-like foliage with narrow, deeply cut leaflets. No heavy feeding or training yet. The goal was simple: let them root, adapt to the outdoor bed, and disappear into the vegetables before flower.

Dudemann The Sweet Annie’s By June 20 The Sweet Annie’s had rooted in, stiffened up, and started building their first real branching structure. The first two photos are from June 20 and the last photos are from July 3. Over the next two weeks they made a noticeable jump. By July 3 the plants had stretched upward, pushed multiple leaders, and started blending into the bean wall behind them. No heavy training, and no big intervention. Just straw mulch, garden soil, water, and the plants doing their thing. This was the point where the Sweet Annie’s name really started to make sense: weird, soft-looking and camouflaged.

Dudemann July 19–July 24, 2026 The transition begins By mid-to-late July, the Sweet Annie’s had fully disappeared into the vegetable garden. At this stage they were surrounded by beans, tomatoes, beets, carrots, and the rest of the summer garden, giving them a real hidden-in-plain-sight look. The photos are from July 19th to July 24th. During this window the plants made a noticeable shift. The branches stretched, the tops became more vertical, and the upper growth started changing texture. The FPF leaf mutation became even more expressive, with narrow shredded leaflets and reduced three-blade leaves appearing near the tops.

Dudemann July 31, 2026 Hidden in plain sight At this stage they had become proper little shrubs. The lower stems had thickened, the plants had built multiple upright leaders, and the canopy had filled into a dense, fern like mass. The FPF leaf mutation was doing exactly what makes this cultivar special, breaking up the outline and giving the plants a completely different texture The plants were also starting to shift toward flower. The tops stretched, the upper leaves became narrower and more reduced, and the whole structure began organizing into vertical flowering runs. A little yellowing showed up on some leaflet tips, likely from the transition stretch and the demands of growing in a crowded living garden bed, but overall the plants stayed vigorous and healthy.