fabtastic ! 12 feet very nice . sunflowers really brighten any garden I don't think I'll see seeds this year my 10 footer has not flowered yet all the rest are or starting my second tallest is 6'11 as of this morning . nice pic and it doesn't look like it is being supported .It's hard to believe some grow over 20 feet lol

Don, your quotes are always right on the mark! They make me think--and often go searching for more information about the author. As to love, although my DH and I get annoyed and frustrated with each other--esp. the older we get--I thank God every day that He blessed me with this man. Never will there be anyone else who thinks I am truly wonderful! Footnote to "annoyed and frustrated", how many of the GPers are old enough to remember--or have even ever heard of--the Bickersons? If there were a casting call for that show, today, DH and I would fill the bill. LOL

I had a previous day's single bloom pic of Crazy Ivan that I did not post - it was so picture perfect it was breathtaking. The "Big Red" is astounding - an absolutely huge tall rose red bloom with a stalk like an amaryllis. The size isn't apparent in the pic. Sad part is, I don't know who it is. The workers did a bang-up job of mixing up labels when we moved from the country. I have a feeling it is my one and only Feliz Navidad x Vatican City seedling, but won't be sure until the one marked as such does bloom. Michael Miller has a long story behind it. It was one of the first daylilies I bought. It arrvived with a broken crown, and Chritie's promptly replaced it. Unfortunately, I was too dumb at that time, and planted all my new daylilies in a lovely bed that was mostly in shade. So nothing did well there. I eventually moved it out to the proper bed, but it didn't do much - bloomed once. Now in its new location, it is really a shining star. So very pristine white in the garden, with the delicate yellow border. The camera just does not do it justice. It is truly a beautiful daylily. Destined To See is such a gorgeous daylily - again, the camera just can't capture its beauty to my satisfaction. The duo shot made them look kind of yellow in the early morning sun, but no, it is very white and delicate. Bella Sera looks kind of reddish in the camera's eye, but it isn't - a truly outstanding medium purple color to me. It hasn't been affected by thrips/spider mites like the other reds and purples. Then neither has Red Volunteer nor Invitation to Immortality, either. I already posted Big Sur earlier, but am so terribly impressed with its hot rose glowing color, I just had to take another picture of it. The color here in this garden is superb. I'm finding it very strange here in our new beds how some of the daylilies are growing so well, and those right "next door" are languishing. I'm wondering just how well my workers mixed the new soil and amendments. It is strange, too, that some of the daylilies that did so well up in Coldspring are puny little things here, and vice versa. take for example Mama's Cherry Pie. It was awesome, and multiplying like crazy. Now the blooms are all faded and very small. It may be time to divide it. There isn't much difference between soil here and back up in the country. Nancy

Very nice. I lost my Star Magnolia to the last ice storm. It never returned. My hellebores have never bloomed but are spreading. I still have hopes. From Gardening 2010 Right next to it is brunnera 'Jack Frost' just beginning and the tulips in the same bed are budded out. They are pale lemon. I hope they can make it into bloom at the same time. I just found out my buxus koreana 'Wintergreen' is very fragrant in bloom. The bloom is insignificant but the fragrance is not! I opened the back door and was immediately aware of a new wonderful odor...it was the Wintergreen. I am very pleased about that. I guess it wasn't old enough to bloom until now. Finally one little clump of grape hyacinth has appeared and the Erlicheer daffs have begun to open. They were hurt more by the freezes than anything because they send up green leaves way before bloom. They are very fragrant. All the pics are clickables.