Lovely group of blooms! It was a hot one here today too. The highs are forecasted to be in the mid-to-upper 90s through Monday. My favorites today include Carnival in Mexico, Take My Breath Away, and Hush Little Baby.

Lori

While Carnival in Mexico is a showy flower, I find the plant to be very top branched. Your picture seems to confirm that. I wonder what others have experienced. Same experience with April La Quinto--throws some beautiful flowers, but not vigorous. Lovely Margie is quite the novelty; I see it is out of Susan Weber. I hope you can post a pic of Jubilee Ball earlier in the day. It looks as though Jubilee Ball may be taller than Wild Cherry Wine. April LaQuinta certainly held well in the heat.

Carnival in Mexico is relatively new in my garden. I added it in April 2016, but it did not bloom last year. This year I had a few blooms and the scape was short. Will see how it performs next year.

Lori

We stayed in the mid 80's with humidity so I guess your catching that heat moving up from the south. Jubilee Ball has a nice form and I like ones that rollback/recurve.

I have Carnival In Mexico and I'll look at the branching. It has been blooming non-stop here. I got it in 2012 and a big clump.

Carnival in Mexico catches my eye often, interested to know if they do bloom in a cluster at the top. Although I guess if Julia hasn't noticed an obvious problem, I wouldn't either. I have one seedling that has over 6" heavily ruffled blooms & lots of them. It opens despite the ruffles but sometimes the buds squish the blooms so you don't get a nice effect. Take My Breath Away is a really ruffley one. I've tried Hush Little Baby 3 times before & it died each time. Last fall I got another one & this one almost seems like a different plant, it looks so much more vigorous & better blooming than any of the plants I've had before. Maybe I just found the right spot, I love that color.

Here is a pic of Carnival that shows branching, but mine is not a big clump. My apologies to David for distracting from his post.

Jubilee Ball is another pretty Bennett pink. I like the fact that it's taller then Wild Cherry Wine. May look around for a rust free vendor for it.......Hush Little Baby always makes me look. If I had room, I would probably be over loaded with pinks..........Maryl

I always like the blooms on Carnival in Mexico. So pretty. Jubilee Ball is another pretty one.

kay

Jubilee Ball is my favorite of these as well as Hush Little Baby. Today I am feeling in a 'pink' mood!