She sure is a lovely one Ruth Ann! She has that porcelain glaze look to her flower and a beautiful unusual deep pink to! I love long tendril to, I hope I get some on one of mine...lol. Do you water everyday Ruth Ann? By the way, at least one of the two daturas of Jack's that I showed pictures of their first flower are now coming in with a MUCH lighter tone as in much more yellow is showing up and so the purple may just mottle better in these next flowers. They should be out tomorrow or the next day - I'll get pic's then. Thanks for sharing your pleasure - Sandy

Lisa, can hardly wait to make the cornbread salad. I LOVED meeting you today, and look forward to picking your brain with flowers. Blessings to you. Nowyousedum. . . I forget who you are. . . but Hahaha re your Bible study get-together. We went to a wonderful one on the Beatitudes last year--class began with about 20 folks. Six weeks later, at the final class, three of us showed up. Garry, our pastor, and me. All we could do was laugh! Pastor had planned communion at the last one, and the three of us took communion. It was glorious.

I like when new standouts are brought to the market. But with paniculatas it seems lately I see five new varieties offered for sale every month and most of those will never pan out or ever be seen again on the market. I wish trials were longer and new varieties were really "proven" new varieties instead of some tiny anomaly noticed, named, and rushed to market. I don't want to invest in and grow a plant out for YEARS only to find out it can't even support itself- those issues should be weeded out during the breeding/development stage long before they reach maturity in my yard. Instead we're sold Quick Fire, Little Quick Fire, Smaller Quick Fire, Limey Quick Fire, Super Quick Fire, Fire Quick Fire, Flamey Quick Fire, Super Tiny Limey Quick Fire, and all the other permutations. Meanwhile none of them ever turn out to be what is expected- a smallish paniculata that blooms well, fairly early, and doesn't brown out as they turn "dark pink" or whatever other cockamamie blush color they promise that is really just beige. And yeah, old thread. I see that.

Ingrid - Yes, it's been 2 seasons already, and we have managed to move the following roses from off or near the house into the New Garden Cl Rainbow's End Anna Olivier what might be the correct Bloomfield Abundance Mme Caroline Testout Pink Pet Schmidt's Smooth Yellow Little White Pet Reve d'Or my Mystery ancient one whose original plant grows in a hedge a white china rose whose name I can't find Also an original plant from the ancient garden is thriving there - we did not move it, my Dh put the fence around it - common name "Spice Plant", and a totally new vollunteer Holly Hock showed up this Spring - it is gigantic. Here are a very few pics for you: This is the stump of the plant of Anna Olivia which was growing 15+ feet up our house, after it got chopped down and transplanted This is the same Anna Olivier bush now, creeping up the fence to hopefully leap over to the top of the "tunnel" in the Side Garden next door: This is Fortune's Double Yellow - we did not move this one - my DH just built the back garden fence to include it: This is the bush of Cl Rainbow's End that we did move off of the house - my DH built is a trellis to grow on: Here is the amazing Hollyhock which just joined the garden all by its own volition: Overview of one half of the garden early this Spring, before anything was blooming much, but you can see that it is a garden, not a bare place as it used to be: