After doing some further research, I can't determine exactly which one, so genus Solanum it shall remain. Thanks.

I like blue and use it a lot - in the garden; in the house; in my wardrobe... but I've never felt the need to pursue 'true' blue - if it's reasonably blue, I'll likely be happy with it :-) Color preferences are definitely a personal thing, although it does change over time I've found. In general, these days I prefer cool colors more than 'hot' ones. I do like pink - but mainly the cooler shades of pink. And I prefer to use large quantities of a color - I'm drawn for some reason to monochrome type color schemes where the planting includes variations of a limited number of colors. Sometimes though the introduction of an unexpected color can be just what's needed. Gardengal- orange is one of those colors that I don't normally use but I particularly like the spring scene out the window of my home office. The squirrels obviously raided a neighbour's tulip bed and added their booty to my garden! I wouldn't have planted these tulips myself but I love the combination and, luckily, it has been coming back for at least 5 years now! Without the orange, this would be a rather dull scene...: Another accidental orange combination I really like is this one of some of those cursed ditch daylilies that came with the house plus the next-door-neighbour's Jackmani (?) clematis tumbling over the fence. I like it so much that I have refrained from ripping out the ditch daylilies (that are otherwise a PITA!) I seem to have strayed off topic somewhat here but I really like playing with color and am always looking for color combinations/ideas to adopt. How do you use orange gardengal - i.e. what are some of your favorite orange scenes?

I've grown balloon flowers for years and always got frustrated when they grew too tall and flopped over. Year before last I staked them but last year I took my courage and pruners in both hands, whacked them down to about 8" the last week of May and waited to see what would happen. At first it's scary because they seep milky white sap from the cut stems but give them a couple weeks and they send out new growth. They turn into a blooming machine and just keep going like the little pink bunny. I took this picture last summer when they were blooming so fast I couldn't snap the pictures fast enough. This is a single plant I bought 8 or 10 years ago. They produce lots and lots of seed that's easy to harvest because the seedpods are upward facing. There are dwarf purple balloon flowers blooming now at the entrance to the office where I work and you can bet your last bottom dollar if they set seed I'll be harvesting seeds in a few weeks.

Lynxe, I'm not willing to go overboard becaues I've found that the prices always go down with availability. I'm just looking around right now, and really wanting a blue=ish daylily. I really like the lighter shades shown in the photo above of "buyorsell888." I'm finding it on the 'net for $12, but wondering if I should wait and see if I can find a better one. I'm drooling over "Another Day in Paradise" and "Master of Disguise" (see Blue Ridge Daylilies 2011) -- neither of which is a real blue, but with gorgeous blue markings. I'm thinking I might be able to afford them after about ten years, LOL.