Beautiful pictures, Jan! Rainy or not. I love the bright reds and corals! Keep sending them....maybe I will sit still long enough to get an account with Photobucket and download some of my new blooms. I had a nice surprise today on my two Peanut Butter Frenzies. One was a 4 on 4, and another was a 5 on 5 bloom! And, those were planted last fall, so that was a real surprise. I was only supposed to have one, but obviously one was mislabeled, as I ended up with two of them almost side by side. At least the height of whatever the other one was supposed to be was the same, so they were planted close by, huh?? LOL Jan G.

It was a little frustrating not being able to fully enjoy the daylilies, but I did get to fully enjoy my grandsons and that's even better--and they are even more gorgeous too! I was up in the morning before they were so I got to get out for a little while every day. Thanks for all the comments. I sometimes think I've gone overboard on the watermarks, but I love them and just can't resist. Many of these are quite new so I don't know yet about performance. Isle of Patmos does have amazing branching though. I've had Love on a Wire a little longer and it has great branching and budcount and increases very well. Val

Thanks, everyone! I am having so much fun growing roses, I never liked gardening at all until I started with the roses last spring and now it is nice to see the rewards from all of that hard work! jaceysgranny -- thanks! I am really enjoying monkey business, I mainly bought it because I thought my kids would get a kick out of the name and I was intrigued by the "licorice" scent that was mentioned when I bought it (although I haven't really noticed it yet) Sara-Ann -- if I were to only have one striped one it would be Rock n Roll, I am just so impressed with the blooms and the rich colors. Give it a try and I think you'll love it too! Ingrid -- thank you for the compliments! RCT is great, I believe it was introduced in Europe under another name. My Julio bush is not that big but it sure likes to bloom! Lesley -- thank you :) Tammy -- Thanks!! I wonder what is up with your Grimaldi? Did you say it was still in a pot? Mine went straight into the ground from RU and it has loved it. I didn't get many blooms last year (a handful) but maybe it appreciated the Michigan winter? It did have a significant amount of die back but has bounced right back. I just noticed a huge basal cane coming up this morning so I am excited! My Raspberry C.T. is also from Edmunds and I cannot believe the growth on that one -- the most of all the roses I planted -- I'd say give it a lot of space if you can! Jeannie -- thank you! I think you'll love Raspberry Cream Twirl if you give it a chance. I got mine from Edmunds and it has been such a strong grower. Carol -- thanks, I love those stripey roses! My Paradise has no scent either but I love the blooms, they are shapely and seem to last quite a while on the bush without losing form. I bought a 3rd Paradise this year since my two from last year were such strong bloomer. I have one in a not so sunny location and it does surprisingly well so maybe it appreciates a little shade. How is yours with sun?

Wow! I still don't have a lot blooming. Some of my daylilies were early, but not much. Temps dropped just a bit, and seems like they have been more normal time. I have noticed that of the ones that are blooming, my early daylilies are blooming their normal time, but my mid season bloomers are early. In other words, most of what is blooming now are mid seasons, but still waiting on most of the early bloomers. Maybe you will get lots of rebloom, although in years mine have bloomed early, that has not been the case for here.