Pat I have roses planted in the tomatoe cages, LOL It's to keep the cats from scratching up the new mini roses, otherwise they dig in right beside the rose in the soft soil and uncover the rose and/or don't cover the hole and expose the roots. That's why the cages are wrong side up. That's why the dragon has wire all around him to keep the cats out, but they do hop in there on occasion and use it to potty in too. I've had to replant several of those plants now. The cats have made a total mess of my calla lillies. 3rd little plant above the dragon's head is one, it's yellowed leaves is from the cats peeing there. The alyssum gets a little bigger I'll take the fence down. It's not as full on the other side yet. I didn't name the dragon yet, Wayne, my husband calls him Lucky:) He thinks he's going to bring us luck this year, which we really need, bad... Did you see the link I gave you for that dragon? That's not a bad dragon and the best price I've seen. All the nurseries had higher priced ones and so have the catalogs on a full sprawling dragon.

Those are beautiful. It appears lilies can withstand the heat better than we can. Normally I don't like orange lilies (because of the ubiquitous ditch lilies all over the place here), but I'll make an exception for that one! Love the purple and just drove by a lady's house w/front yard chocked full of perennials, spotted what I thought was an unusual daylily but didn't want to get out of the car there, looked kind of like your pinkish one. Are you the one I talked to last year about Brave Heart? I bought some on ebay but never got them planted, too tired by then. Whew, hit a key and almost lost this. I'm losing it lol. I'll look forward to more of your photos. I ordered just a few iris from Wild's and as an afterthought, asked about Brave Heart. She said it was on the list, took my order for 3 and said they'd call if it was not available. It's not in their catalog or online one this year. So I'll feel extremely fortunate if it comes, still don't know where to put them. Aren't they a little shorter than most? Your colors were so intense on that. There is another photo on the web, and it's raspberry but not as pretty as yours. Is yours in part shade or shaded by other plants? Soil and zone could make a dif, too, also the way cameras capture colors, time of day, and transmitted through umpteen servers before it shows up on my monitor, which could be off a bit, never calibrated it like you're supposed to. You did well with the photos standing in that heat. Maybe you have the ac on, and it's almost worse going out in the heat than not running it sometimes. Right now I'm using my commercial fans but will probably have to turn on the ac soon. It's really humid because of all the rain we've had which makes it feel hotter, but cooled down nicely now. Sometimes I envy people who live in the south that they can grow things we can't. But then I think of the summer heat there, and it gets just as bad here but not prolonged like for you.

All three of these look wonderful! WOIA is has a fabulous opening. Cosmic Odyssey is a beauty with that blue eye. I hope your plant fares better than mine. I'm down to only one fan of CO, and it doesn't have any buds. The plant never did well for me, although I had three fans until now and did use its pollen for hybridizing. Unfortunately none of those seedlings ever made it through the winter. Be sure to plant CO in a sheltered area and mulch well for winter. I'm going to move my sole survivor next to the house this year and hope for better results. The bloom has one of the bluest eyes I know of. Gold Kissed is such a pretty, round gold. I really like it! Debra

If my experience is typical, sutekesh, you may have to give your Oklahomas an extra season to prove themselves. Mine is in its 3rd year--and was just a malingerer for the first two years. Kate