Thanks everyone! Nancy, I do have some clumps of veronica in that bed - you can see some in the 'another angle' photo, it's in the middle toward the bottom. I also have veronicastrum, which is the bottom right of that same photo. In addition to those, the coneflowers and the monarda, I have agastache and nepeta (catmint) that are taller accents. The tall nepeta is in both group photos, on the very right, kind of in the middle (Nepeta sibirica 'Souvenir d'André Chaudron' , hummingbirds love it) - it's sprawling all over all the daylilies near it, I really need to try to cage it or something next year. Mantis - I have had Crazy Ivan for a few years, in a pot. Late last summer I gave away all but one fan, which I planted in the ground. It's now 2 fans. One scape, not many buds - maybe 8-10. I think it probably would be happier further south, but it's holding it's own. It's on my trade list. Maryl, I'd been wanting Linda Beck for a while, an just got it in late May - 2 fans and it surprisingly put up 2 scapes. I look forward to seeing how it does in future years!

The "buff" flower in the first Summer Song picture behind the Summer Song is actually a fully open HT Marilyn Monroe that has been on the bush for a while. I have some apricots, oranges, and whites together as a grouping. The unopened buds in the foreground that are showing orange and yellow are on the HT Tropical Amazone which turned out to be quite a looker also. It took the heat quite well and kept going even though it just started as a band.

Great photos - I especially like the Western Chorus frogs and the salamander. Thanks for showing them. I took a look at your website too - very nice. Looks very professional and the photos are really good. Bernadette

I too love Moonstone the most. It is so perfectly beautiful when it blooms right. Once in awhile I do get a split center but I think that it maybe due to environmental conditions. It is one that I don't mind growing 2 or 3 of them. Irisgal, I also grow and like Secret and although it is very lovely too, it is just not comparable to Moonstone. I think it maybe due to the climate. Secret probably performs better than Moonstone in CA than in the hot humid east coast. I don't know where I read this but someone had commented that Moonstone likes it hot and humid.