Thank you for sharing those beauties with us. I received Joan Derified as a bonus this year and your photo of it makes me realize I was lucky! I love Mary Alice Stokes and Key To My Heart...they have been on my wish list for awhile and your pics are gorgeous. Fairest of Them certainly lives up to its name! And I like the spiders Thin Man and Long Tall Sally. I like how huge the blooms are. I enjoyed your post! Celeste

Wonderful blooms! Greywoods Goodnight Irene jumped out at me because it's been on my wish list in the past, but I've never gotten around to buying it. How does that one do for you? Others I especially liked were Spacecoast Blastoff and Thieving Magpie. How are those in the performance department? Once again, Robin's Tuition makes a gorgeous clump. That one is a Yost, isn't it? Does anyone know if Yost Gardens still sells plant? The website is still acessible, but it doesn't seem to have been updated in five or six years. Debra

Thank you! This was the second bloom for Voila Francois. The first bloom occurred on a cool rainy day and did not open very well. I have had three or four blooms since then and those have opened well. The blooms seem to open early, as the photo in my post was taken around 6:20 AM. Lori

I like orange and, because of your pictures over the past couple of years, Mighty Chestnut is on my list. Will need to see it in person in order to know whether I will like it's unusual shadings or not............I'm with you on Loving Up A Storm. It is not my type either.............Maryl