Overwhelming beauty, Debra. Thank you!

Oh, I love ruby lipstick and Patricia Snyder!!! Gotta have those two,

I love Patricia Snyder Memorial. That one's my favorite but I also really like Ruby Lipstick! Love the different shapes of them. Marg

I love that your first three had the same colors, but very different blooms. So, the first 3 are my favorites, with RUBY LIPSTICK winning by a nose.

The bloom on RUBIES FOR CONGO is just about flawless, no thrips on that bloom. How does the color hold up throughout the day?

Christine

Christine - The color holds very well on Rubies for Congo. Its does fade just a bit on days when the temperature is above 90, but still looks OK at the end of the day. For some reason thrips don't bother it. I haven't sprayed it either, like I have so many others in my garden this season.

Debra

oh the first two pics are just smashing! nice nice~
and I like that last clump of Blue Skies. very pretty.

All of them are extra lovely as usual. ISLE OF SKYE really caught my attention. It is my favorite. But that clump of RUBY LIPSTICK, oh so lovely!

Patricia Snider is a beauty! My Ruby Lipstick hasn't started yet nor has my Marge Reed. Can't wait though!

Beautiful, beautiful all of them! My three very favorite are Ruby Lipstick, Isle of Skye and Wild Red Heart, but I love all the others too

All beautiful, but that first photo is definitely publishable. I love the three red-eyed cvs posted together -- it highlights the differences between them.

I do believe my PSM has croaked.

so very pretty. They are all gorgeous .RUBIES FOR CONGO is beautiful and I just love WILD RED HEART, but my favorite one here IS ISLE OF SKYE .that one is a gorgeous bloom.

jean

Ruby Lipstick is beautiful and your Patricia Snyder. I love those two especially but they are all very pretty.
Rena'

Debra,
I got caught in that unexpected rain coming come from Nashville last night. It really cooled things off for awhile. I love the three red eyes and RUBIES FOR CONGO.

Penny

Virtually no one has Shamrock Spring for sale. How has it grown for you?

Love the first 3 too. We got some of that rain here too, thank goodness. We were really gettin' dry.

Not a bad one in the group. Of the 3 red/whites, which one has the purest white background color? Isle of Sky is still one of my top picks.......Maryl

They are all beautiful as usual. I especially like the first 3. I have a feeling that Patricia Snider Memorial might not do too well here though. I have always admired Ruby Lipstick and I love that big red eye on Westbourne Little Lamb.
Val

I am in love with Rubies for Congo! What a stunner!!

Another nice grouping of pics. Can't pic a favorite as they all could come and live here ;-).

Julia

Chris - So sorry to hear PSM does NOT thrive in the North.

Penny - Yes, the rain did cool things down Friday evening. Thanks for your comments about the photos!

Mantis - I got Shamrock Spring last spring and it's still in a pot. The plant is still rather wimpy, and my blooms are not in the 7-inch range. They're more like almost 6 inches. I think I got that one from Abundant Daylilies on the Lily Auction. I hope it will do better once I get it in the ground.

Val - Chris said PSM did not do well in Michigan. I'm thinking it's tender. Both Ruby Lipstick and W. Little Lamb should be rock solid in the North.

Nancy - Glad to hear you got some rain in Kentucky too. My rain guage shows we got just about an inch.

Maryl - None of three has a white background. Westbourne Little Lamb's petal color is light yellow. PSM has a light peach petal color, and Ruby Lipstick's petal's are ivory. In very hot temperatures, Ruby Lipstick's petals look white here. When nights are cool, the petals look more cream.

Debra

Thanks so much for the reply Debra. They are all 3 beautiful, but I was leaning towards Ruby Lipstick and I like the cream colored background ...Maryl

Those first three photos knocked my socks off. My favorite flower color combo is red and white. Beautiful!
Renee

WOW!! what stunning photos all of your blooms are beautiful and deserve to be number one.
Linda

See what happens when I get busy and don't check in here everyday? I miss out on absolutely wonderful pictures like these. Glad I checked in. There isn't a single one of these that isn't drop-dead gorgeous. To single out one or two as a favorite is nearly impossible. Those red-eyed ones are all stunning and Wild Red Heart is scrumptious. Perhaps the perfectly-formed Rubies for Congo would get the nod for favorite today because I can't keep my eyes off that one. If there is such a thing as perfect, that one would be it.

Celeste

Every time I scrolled down I found a new favorite, absolute heaven, all of them, I am however partial to the first three, beauties.
sharon