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Blooms for a Couple Days

5 years ago

Haven't taken many photos since I have been busy early, but will post some today.

FFO: Neon Flamingo

FFO Bohemian Rhapsody: I actually intended this one to leave the garden, but in all my reorganization, I kept this and got rid of one I intended to keep. Disappointing, but it happened.

2nd FO, missed the first one from rain: Jewel of Jewels:

Double on Keep on Looking; This one has actually put up an instant re-bloom scape:

FFO: Rambunctious Rosy

As Always, Little Light of Mine has been showing out:

I have always been fond of Desperado Love:

Total favorite: Mean Green:

This is a pitiful bloom, but the last two years there was nothing. It
added a fan and finally is blooming, so hopefully it will survive. It
does have gorgeous blooms. Cerulean Warbler:

And I will finish the ten with Philistine Champion:

kay

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Brad KY 6b

5 years ago

Nice Kay!

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organic_kitten
Original Author
5 years ago
Thank you, Brad
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shive
5 years ago
My favorite of these is Jewel of Jewels. What a stunning bloom! Is it new for you? That's a beautiful shot of Neon Flamingo. I'm looking forward to seeing more bloom on mine this year. It was new for me last season, and since I was away so much, I only saw a couple of blooms. Little Light of Mine wins the clump award. That one always does so well for you. The one you gave me is loaded with buds and good lateral branching this time, and a couple of the fans have double scaped. so it should put on a good show here too.

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Nancy
5 years ago
I really like that clump of Little Light of Mine. I am still kicking myself for not getting Neon Flamingo, is it as pretty in person as photo? Usually they are better :) Desperado Love looks wonderful too.
lilykate7a
5 years ago
Little Light of Mine looks great and healthy! So nice in that clump. Mean Green for a new plant ( is that right?) looks big and healthy, too. Great blooms. And of course the clump shot shows amazing bloom.

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organic_kitten
Original Author
5 years ago
Yes, Debra, Jewel of Jewels is new for me. Can you believe that this beauty was actually a bonus?I am so pleased with it. LLOM is always an excellent performer here, and I hope you will find it is there also. Nancy, it is just as or pretty or better than the photos...a gorgeous bloom. I found instant rebloom scapes on more plants today.

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organic_kitten
Original Author
5 years ago
Kate, you were typing when I was. Yes, Mean Green is new here, but Julia sent a lovely clump of it. LLOM always blooms like crazy. I looked back and had the firt blooms on May 25...and it has had a clump twice before today. And it will have others, then El Desperado typically starts.

kay
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
5 years ago
So many beautiful ones! Jewel of Jewels is outstanding. I hope ours blooms this season (it doesn't like our winters). What an amazing clump of Little Light of Mine! We got Neon Flamingo last spring, but it didn't do much. I hope to see it bloom this year.

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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
5 years ago
Philistine Champion always catches my eye. The clump shot of Little Light of Mine is wonderful. I like the color on Bohemian Rhapsody. If it performs for you I'd say it's worth keeping for the color alone. But I like orange......Maryl
organic_kitten
Original Author
5 years ago
I am very surprised at the beauty of Jewel of Jewels since it was a bonus on the auction, Nancy. Neon Flamingo is such a beauty, I hope it performs for you. A good Forum friend who no longer posts her, New York Rita, gave me my start of Philistine Champion and it has been a really good plant here ever since I got it. Both of you commented on Little Light of Mine. It has always performed wonderfully here for no reason I can figure, but Debra said hers is looking to do very well this time, so that is good...maye it is just a really good plant. Emmerich did a fine job with that one.

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samhain10 - 5a
5 years ago
All so beautiful - again I'm having difficulty choosing a favorite!
organic_kitten thanked samhain10 - 5a
ruthz
5 years ago
Those are all beautiful and hard to pick a favorite but I think it would be Neon Flamingo.

First time I've seen anyone post Cerulean Warbler in ages. I love that one but I got it several years ago and it bloomed once and disappeared. I would have wanted to replace it but assumed it just didn't perform well.
organic_kitten
Original Author
5 years ago
Ruth, Where I originally had Cerulean Warbler, it was a prolific bloomer. The ginat New Dawn rose grew so much that it put it, Rennie's Delight, and Roman Cohort had to be moved for that reason. CW jut sat here last year and did nothing but I saw that it had purt on another fan, so I was hopeful, and sure enough, it put up a single bloom spike and bloomed...I will not let it bloom again, and home to sav energy and become the plant it used to be.

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