I'm in agreement with Christy here. It reminds me of some regelia type arils. Maybe a hybrid with I. stolonifera of some sort? Did you ever try any of those? Elm Jensen might have a good take on my thinking here.

Donald Eaves
d*@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA

--- In i*@yahoogroups.com, "Christy Hensler" <hensler@...> wrote:
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> El,
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> I couldn't get over how much yours looked like 'Vera Ruby'.
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> Christy
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