Debra, every bloom on HM is perfect. I just wish it was a faster increaser...I Think I will try to pet it a little this coming year and see what happens.

Hyacinth Macaw is so intricately colored. How does the Secret of Contentment perform for you? It is lavishly ruffled, but has opened perfectly for you.

Hyacinth Macaw is really interesting with everything going on, I really like it. I love Ruby Lipstick. And F. Princess Leah. Well, they are all beautiful! I'm seeing quite a bit of rebloom already. I have 6 fans of Rock Solid, 3 of the fans have 3 scapes at different stages, 2 have 2 scapes, the 6th is very small & not blooming. I can hardly believe it! I'm also getting what I guess is instant rebloom on a couple of seedlings. I'm getting some plants with ground blooms, short scapes, few blooms. Actually, looks like several plants are taking the year off completely. Bill Norris is one, it has never had a bad year. It always blooms nicely, & reblooms, but not a single bloom scape this year. At the other end, I have a couple of plants I've counted between 30-35 buds on the scapes. Even one with the ground blooms is putting out a rebloom scape, looks like it is going to be at least a little taller this time.

Mantis, every single bloom of SOC opens beautifully early first thing in the morning. Nancy, I have had a down year form some of my usually reliable ones, but we have talked before about how they seem to take off after a really good year. Re-bloom is something this year, isn't it? We had such a crazy winter....it would be way warm, then a few days of freezing cold then repeat and repeat. Some of the plants would start growing and get frozen so many times I feel lucky to have a decent year...and we have been blessed with rain...not in May, but otherwise.

kay

You had me at Secret of Contentment. What a lovely lavender....Blueberry Breakfast always catches my eye. One day I may find room for it.....Ah, Laura Hardwood. I bought it new last year and was so disappointed with it that I gave one pot of it away. My remaining plant is just now budding up. If it melts, fades, and canoes like last year I may indeed have room for another...........Maryl

Right up my alley, Kay, lots of purple! Favorites today are Hyacinth Macaw, Waterdrops and Salty Skipper! Love your clump shots.

Sherry

Laura Harwood does extremely well for me here in Central Ohio. Nice.

Wooooo weeeee I love all the purples. I think I have Waterdrops! lots of beauties.

Dick and Maryl, I am beginning to thinkLaura Harwood finds the weather too hot here to be really happy. I always give three years, and that means she gets one more year to decide. Blueberry breakfst has been blooming aways for a couple of weeks, Maryl. It does well here.

Blueberry Breakfast is gorgeous in a clump. Secret Of Contentment is a lovely ruffled bloom. Less blooms on Salty Skipper? Pretty color but looks like it is just getting above the foliage this year in your garden.

Yes to both questions on SS, Julia. It has been such an odd year. Some plants are normal, some bloom in the foliage that don't usually...lots of rebloom, but some that usually re-bloom haven't. And some that have never re-bloomed have put up re-loom scapes. Oters, like Blueberry Breakfast are growing normally.

kay

I too love purples so this post really appeals to me!

I like these that actually have a purple instead of the regular maroon or wine color

we get here for purple.

Blueberry Breakfast, Jazz After Five, and Salty Skipper are wonderful.

Nice group of blooms. My favorites are Forsyth's Princess Leah and Blueberry Breakfast.

Lori

Avedon, when Jazz After Five makes a clump, it is quit gorgeous

Kay, I know Bob Selman is the hybridizer of Jazz After Five and he has an instant buy on it right now--it's a real temptation. The pictures he shows are just beautiful.

They are all so pretty, kay,i can not even try to pick a favorite out of them, beautiful, every one of them

Beautiful blooms! Jazz After Five is my favorite!

I have always received beautiful big fat healthy starters from Bob. It is one that I believe you would love.