I wanted to come back and post my experience with this seller. In one word "WOW". I purchased INCA PRINCE. Huge fans with massive root system. Fast shipping. I would highly recommend. Ed: You were so right about this seller. She does do a great job. :-). Julia

Mine are every which way now, all higgledy-piggledy. But I don't like that effect and, when I have enough new beds prepared, I'll do color combos that I find pleasing. That's the plan at least. Examples might be: A hot bed - oranges, orange-reds, and bright yellows. With a few creams and other colors to tone it down just a bit. Probably lots of green foliage as backdrop or interspersed. Hot bed(s) would be a distance from the patio, as the brilliant colors would easily show up even at a distance. Pastels, polychromes, pale pale yellows or the like, with some dark colors interspersed. Purples, raspberries, rich pinks, etc. and, if they work, some blue-reds. A few pale things, eg, creams or some pale lemon yellows interspersed. Alternatively, one could do purples and black reds with silver foliage plants. That might look smashing. Darker colors, small ones, my most special ones would be close to the patio for careful viewing and because the darkest colors generally don't show well from afar. IMO. Ideally, the preponderance of the daylilies would be selfs or the like, with gaudier edged/eyed and/or patterns interspersed. Dark colors and reds that fade or melt to be planted where they get morning sun and afternoon shade. I strongly prefer mixed plantings - daylilies + other perennials + even annuals + grasses + shrubs. Maybe that's because I'm not such a good daylily mixer-upper LOL. I also do not care for masses of mixed colors. My preference is for tight color ranges, with a few contrasting colors to avoid a boring look. OTOH, I've long wanted to recreate my famous (or should I say infamous) Bad Taste Garden. To do it with daylilies, as opposed to the annuals it was composed of, I'd have bright roses and pinks with PRIMAL SCREAM, SCREAMCICLE, and the like. Heh heh heh.

They are the best! Here in Gainesville, where they "live," it's all gardening, all the time. I've never seen so many community gardens. I guess the University has something to do with that, but this is the greenest city I've ever seen, and I mean that ecologically and horticulturally. The campus is so gorgeous! They have rows of HUGE butterfly bushes and everything is so well kept. I just love walking through campus. I truly believe it is the prettiest college campus I've ever seen.

I was perusing one of my favorite rose blogs, and stumbled upon the book reference and You Tube video. I later noticed that the book was the topic of a thread from last year. I clearly missed the previous forum posting, and posted the information for anyone unfamiliar with the book or video. One thing I noticed is that there seems to be a Women in my Garden book released by the publisher in 2014, and one from earlier this year. I am sooo busy, and have not found the time to research the difference if there is any??? I enjoyed the video content and learned how to "properly" pronounce some of the rose names. My second language knowledge etc. is Spanish, which is not particularly helpful for so many French names. Lynn