I e-mailed them today to see if they sent a replacement yet. I got a response from Aaron telling me that he and his wife had a talk about whether I had Candy Floss or not - he thinks what I have is Candy Floss, just that growing conditions can change colors of the flower. He added that he sent a replacement bulb just to be sure. Just to put it out there, Can stamen/anthers change from white to pink in a stressed situation? Has anyone seen that happen on their plant?

I hope you tried to pollenate what appeared to be female parts.It may not be too late, even now.Even if it has selfed to some degree,an application of foriegn pollen could produce some seeds of that cross.In fact,one hybridizers trick is to double pollenate,when a variety takes one of the pollen donors with difficulty.This works best with primary crosses in species,because you can often tell which the pollen parent was. When in doubt,try to pollenate. Del

I'm so sorry! :-( It's unfortunate when deer find your garden, especially on top of all the weather challenges with gardening. If you find that you must alter your garden to be deer resistant -- that happens to be (by necessity) my only area of gardening expertise! Here are reliable, deer resistant plants, but they require full sun and well-drained soil: agastache echinacea (new buds may be tried, but usually left alone once established) salvia nepeta monarda (may be tasted by young fawns) perennial heliotrope buddleia hypericum (may be eaten in winter, but left alone in summer, so get the deciduous shrub-type) caryopteris ice plant homestead purple verbena achillea stachys gaillardia (some sampling, but nothing serious) annuals: snapdragons marigolds angelonia stick verbena larkspur poppies cleome petunias (at least the fragrant purple are left alone) The deer sleep right beside my garden every night, year round. They raise their fawns in the woods only a few feet from my back porch. I'm happy to share all the deer info that I know if you have questions. Cameron From my blog with more deer info

Beautiful work all!! I agree with treefrog... reminds me of some postmodern art installation... I'd share pics, but I haven't taken them yet. I was actually just outside OCD-ing on a couple more things before we hit freezing... it's hovering about 34 right now. I used up all my sheets and then some, and all my x-mas lights, and most of my clothespins. Definitely pushed to the limits on cold protection. I was outside for about 45 minutes... and it was nice to wear all my winter gear which sees action perhaps twice a year, but my toes are frozen!!! sleeping with socks on tonight...