Nice pics Vera! Your broccoli looks just like mine! When are we expected to see heads?!

Thanks everybody! Yep, fly is on the second from the right flower on the upper left sepal. Too much attention to that nasty thing ;) Chris, sorry to hear Choral Fantasy didn't last there. It was a bonus plant. Julia, thanks for your suggestion, several people suggested Firefox too. I should read about it. Mantis, about Russian Temple: this is the second good opening on it, not quite perfect but will do for me. And I think there are only a couple buds left. Bud count is low.. It was one of the plants from my disastrous 2012 fall order where all but two died. I thought this one died too, there was nothing after the winter, but then one little tiny shoot emerged and this year it grew into a medium size fan. And sent a scape. I bet there were less than 10 buds on it, I didn't count. And I'm pretty sure budcount will remain low. In spite of that I will keep it. I saw a pic from a northern garden several years ago and fell in love. Re clean bloom - I noticed this year there is very little splotchiness, even on the ones that usually have spots every year. Knock on wood.

So pretty Irisgal! Finally, someone posted a photo of my all-time favorite, Sunset Celebration!!! I love this rose. I especially love how the colors change from deeper to lighter depending on the weather. It's also a terrific bloomer for me in my hot, dry climate.

I will have to correctly identify the last one I posted. It is not RUFFLED STORM, it is SMITH BROTHERS. I knew when I typed RUFFLED STORM that it was wrong and I still identified it as such. Actually, I removed SMITH BROTHERS from the garden several years ago, but I must have missed a little piece. I will have to mark the scape and relocate the plant to another area. David