Ed Brown's Seedling is not so promising. Even Dr. Blanchard remarked about it's "basically sitting there and doing nothing". Mine has had only three buds this year, which wilt before fully opening. I deadheaded the last so called bloom from it this morning. Will replace it with another variety of that color. I told you my line-up wrong, it should be: a Hypericum (Albury Purple"), Ed Brown's, Appocalypse Now, Stop Light Heucherella, then Clarification daylily(dark pink with purple center). With another Albury Purple Hypericum in the center background of the border. The soil stays very thin and dry in this young border and the plants must compete with ancient lilac shrubs, so I have to make sure it doesn't dry out too much and mulch real well.

The Amaryllis is beautiful. I wish the underground critters here didn't like them so much then I could grow them. Your daylilies are looking good....Ellie

Rita, No I have 2 fans with a bloom on each fan,which is one of the blooms in this post today.The 3rd fan has a bud on it,and it had already bloomed a few days ago,and wasnt a pretty bloom so didnt take a picture of it.Both blooms todAY looks exactly alike.well, maybe these fans need some fertilizer. I didnt get my usual picture of Wonder Of It All.It just had one bloom today and it never did open all the way.Its been so beautiful,I guess it has earned a bad day.It still has buds yet to open. I was just fixing to try and go out and start watering them, when my daughter called me to see if the man got my ac fixed and working now,and I told her yes, and its really putting out cold air now, but,I need to go get started on watering,and she came unglued and told me to not even think about going out right now,Its much to hot out there, 104,she told me to wait till the sun gos down,and even then will be a bake oven out there.I forgot if Oktoberfest reblooms or not.Have to check and see,and if it reblooms, maybe if I put fertilizer around it, the next blooms will be the orange color. hope so. Jean

Hi Dave, Nice show for the Commonwealth!!!! LOVE THEM!!! ALl of your pics look great, I agree with you about Kimo...she is a beauty!! I also love Jeannie Moragne.. OK, all of them are gorgeous!! It is hard for those blooms to hang around with the rain that we have been having, the trees love it but the blooms seem to frop off to quickly. I like it when it stays dry when they bloom, but we cant have it all. Looking for more rain tomorrow too... I have many blooms that looks great, but then the rain comes and they get knocked around alot. : ( Looking good for us here in Virginia!!! We have i think about 6 of us here in Virginia that are lovers for Plumeria!!! Well, they do say "Virginia Is For Lovers... I think We Should Change That To Virginia Is For Plumeria Lovers!!!" Hope You and your family are doing well!!! My K is ready.. should be only a few more weeks now!! : ) Take care Dave, Laura