You don't state where in the country you live, but if it's in zone 5 or 6 you don't live where chili thrips are. You're almost certainly dealing with a more common thrips such as onion thrips (Thrips tabaci). (That link also provides some control recommendations specific to that species.) Here's a link to a post on growing roses organically and contending with thrips.

mary lu- Love the pictures of your daylily beds. I love it when people show a garden overview not just the closeps as I really like to see how everyones gardens look. mmqch- I have to agree, your gardens are stunning. Again love the overview so I can see how you have used daylilies in your garden. Nell- I love daylilies in fact I have about 400 of them and thats a lot considering all the other plants I also have in the garden. You can't beat daylilies for summer color. While many of us on the daylily forum are into the newer varieties (after all, it is the daylily forum, what can you expect?) most of us appreciate the older ones as well. Heck, most of us have many older ones, some of us have almost all older ones. I always say that the price of a daylily does not reflect its beauty. To add to what dani plus 2 said about buying under $40.00 daylilies. To me that would be an inexpensive daylily but not everyone even wants to spent that much. There are many daylilies for $10-15 or even under. I hope price never stops anyone from adding daylilies to their garden. Don't get discouraged by the wopping prices on new intros. Those prices never last anyway and many times those intros dissappear into obscurity themselves in a few years. The oldies but goodies have passed the test of time and I think most will always be around. If I had unlimited room I would have lots and lots of older ones as well as the newest. But since my room is limited I choose to add newer things because they appeal to me. Still, I just don't buy the pricey southern bred because they often don't do well for me and I buy from my favorite northern hybridizers. As to how I personally do daylilies I have them in their own beds and I have them mixed in with other things growing here. They look great both ways.

Definitely says cottage to me! It looks like a place you can be quite comfortable in while enjoying the bright colors and sights. I love the "aged" look of the garden, lots of volunteers and seedlings weaving through, making new magic. Those pink hollyhocks are just lovely, and the black and blue salvia practically glows it's so blue. I'd like to see more of that twig arbor that is just peeking out in the photo.

Cindy: Just saw the other post on CG and saw you visited also. Isn't Brent the nicest person? You got some wonderful bargains. Thanks for sharing your trip. I have yet to visit his garden but I will AFTER the AHS REGION 4 tour. I live only 1 hour away and you would think I would have done it by now LOL. Thanks for the tour. Julia