I am so happy to see your pictures again! I was here back then, but mostly lurking, which I still do a lot because I am not very good about id-ing my plants since the dogs destroyed my labels and I gave up There are a few I know the names of, but not too many. You were one of my secret mentors when I started my hosta planting! I am sorry your 'When I Dream' was a disappointment, but there is so much to love about your gardens! Thank you for that!!!

I'm so jealous! Thank you for sharing the picture. All I have blooming now is chives, so I'm happy to see a cabbage white, or even thrilled to see a bumble bee. I have seen a huge bumble zooming around. I'm hoping it's a queen scouting around for a nesting spot. I hope you continue to see lots of huge butterflies. Martha

Hi Marricgardens , Seven Locks is really a lovely daylily . I really enjoy it . Yes , Flying Trapeze is actually more intense . It is a huge bloom and just radiates across the garden. Looking at the garden that it is in, your eye is automatically drawn to it .

Climates are different obviously, so the plants that do well here may not do well for you. However, I would guess that all the verbena family are annuals for you. For my area the large purple porterweed (stachytarpheta frantzii) is a terrific butterfly/hummingbird plant. We haven't had a hard freeze here for almost three years and these plants are ever-blooming if it doesn't freeze, They bloom best in the late summer and fall. Right now mine are in full bloom; some are over twelve feet tall. I've tried many different porterweeds over the years, but the large purple one is the best by far. For some people it can get too large, but not in my garden. The other porterweed that has done well for me---meaning it is a perennial that is ever-blooming-- is what we call the native porterweed. It is small, produces blue flowers and attracts small butterflies, moths and bees. For a gardener in Trinidad I imagine that the red porterweed would be an excellent plant. In my area it dies out at even the suggestion of a frost.