Frilly Bunny

• Grown, sold, and described by Bunny Hop Seeds
• Plant growth: indeterminate or semi-determinate
• Leaf type: regular leaf
• Time to maturity: midseason
• Germination tested after Hot Water Treatment for fungal and bacterial diseases.
• Approx. number of seeds per pack: 15+

“Frilly Bunny” is a Bunny Hop Seeds original creation from a cross I made of Dwarf Pink Passion x Wee Tang Shebang in 2016. Frilly Bunny is a very odd little plant. Her leaves are frilly, as the name indicates, and at times look rather pointed like holly leaves. I do not think she is a dwarf genetically, because her leaves are not rugose and she does not have the thick central stem growth habit of the dwarf gene. Frilly Bunny’s sister, Girly Bunny, is definitely a dwarf with the growth habit and clearly rugose leaves. Frilly Bunny has slender stems and a somewhat compact growth; she may be non-dwarf but semi-determinate. Frilly Bunny reached 32” at her tallest branch tip. She may be taller in a better climate and when grown in the ground with a longer growing season. My growing season is April to mid-June and October to mid-November, with a stretch of usually dying plants or stalled growth in between.
Frilly Bunny produces a steady supply of 0.25 to 0.4 ounce pink grape tomatoes with a sweet flavor and firm texture. These have a very good shelf life. The flavor and texture are much better than her sister Girly Bunny, which is why I am stepping back to re-grow and re-select an earlier generation of Girly Bunny before releasing that one.
I have only grown Frilly Bunny in 5-gallon pots (standard nursery holding 3 gallons of soil and the squatty pots holding a true 5 gallons of soil), upright with cages. Looking at the slenderness of her branches and the way they want to drape, I think that I will trial her as a hanging basket type for this coming season. Her leaves are so ornamental that she could be much more useful as a hanging basket variety that yields lovely pink niblets of yum. NOTE: One packet per order please.