Soaking in Saturday's Scintillating Show Offs and Shockers
Well, last night I finally got the good soaking rain my gardens needed. There were lots of spots of color in the gardens this morning, and I didn't get everything photographed before the rains started up again.
Sweet Prairie Wind will probably be the best budded cultivar in the red bed. It's one of the few with any lateral branching this time, and the scapes are the registered height. I only have three fans, but every fan has double scaped. The rain caused minimal damage on this ffo.
Incandescent had an excellent ffo. I like the shocking orange with the dark eye and edge. Planted last fall, this Maryott intro has 9 inch scapes at this point. In person the eye and edge look more black than red.
California Classic is another Maryott cultivar I got last fall. It's supposed to be a VL bloomer, so I suspect these scapes were formed in the fall but never got a chance to emerge before frost.
Spacecoast Francis Busby with a nice ffo on nice tall scapes
Beyond the Sea, back from a three year hiatus. I moved this one from a bed that had become too shaded last year. I always liked its flowers, so I'm glad to see it blooming again, although with short scapes and very few buds.
This Longing on ffo - short scapes and not many buds this time
Aztec Headdress with a nice duo this morning. Scapes are about 10 inches shorter than normal.
The Ultimate Sacrifice on ffo, slightly marred by the overnight rain. I'm happy this one has normal height scapes, but the lack of spring rain resulted in a modest amount of buds and no lateral branching.
I'll end with a slice of the red bed. The tall yellow Sweeten Creek is front and center, with the short Crimson Reflections, SC Francis Busby and The Ultimate Scacrifice in the background.
The Ultimate Sacrifice in the middle. Crimson Reflections to the right. SC Francis Busby to the left, and Forever Redeemed in the back.
Debra
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Comments (11)Good morning talented trivia takers! It is a very cool, wet morning here-yippee! Not actually raining at the moment, but it definitely looks like we are in for a full day of it. Keeping my fingers crossed at any rate. **** for Bobbie, Nancy, and Annette. Bobbie was right that there are several firsts with Van Buren. The one I was thinking of was that he was the first U.S. President to be born a citizen of the United States. His predecessors all were given waivers on that particular requirement. Van Buren was born in 1782 when the Articles of Confederation were in effect and we were already calling ourselves the United States of America: To all to whom these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our Names send greeting. Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts-bay Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. I. The Stile of this Confederacy shall be "The United States of America". That was what I was actually looking for as, to me, it seems the most important, but you all also remembered/figured out that Van Buren was what we today call an ESL or ESOL student-he did speak Dutch as his first language and he was the first President not of Irish or English descent. Well done, friends! I hope you all have a marvelous day. If it doesn't rain all day here, I am going to risk compacting my soil and finish digging up some ferns that have gotten way too numerous and way too big for where I have them out front (and yes, I am avoiding schoolwork, but that needs doing today as well-ugh). Several neighbors would like some and the rest I will move to the back. They are seemingly indestructible, so perhaps they will stand up to the galloping gardeners! Happy Sunday. Cynthia...See MoreWANTED: Lovely, rainy Saturday Swap!
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