I know that my Clematis "Rhapsody" has a green bar on the reverse is why I asked..Some of the anthers also have a slight greenish-yellow to cream on the anthers..also read what it says about having bluish tinge at the base of the white filaments...but I couldn't tell in your pic about your anthers unless they are more open..so you'll have to determine that....see my link...Jeanne Here is a link that might be useful: Rhapsody

Aw, thanks for the welcome. I can't wait to post more pictures, once I get more blooms. I really enjoy seeing everyone's beautiful flowers. Since I am a newbie to daylilies, this year I stuck to buying older, inexpensive varieties - so I hope that I don't bore anyone with my obscure flowers. It is just such a pleasure to find people who "get it" and can appreciate my flower obsession. My garden is planted in a community garden, and the vast majority of people plant only vegetables/herbs. I know that some of them think I am crazy for planting only flowers, but I tell them that I help to attract tons of bees and butterflies to pollinate their crops!

Glad to see pictures of the Baron. I've always assumed he'd look something like cabbage but yours is really beautiful and I'm just amazed you can find ANY time to garden while in nursing school. My daughter-in-law just completed it and it was grueling! You should be very proud of yourself for your accomplishments! Gibsongirl, that button eyes just melts every part of my being! I recently became interested in historic iris also as I have many old varieties that I couldn't identify. I am in the Guardian Garden program as of a few months ago. Will be exciting to participate in the saving and sharing of iris varieties.

Your RdR looks like it has fully recovered from shock and chlorosis, Lin! That one bloom and the crisp green foliage say it all. I laughed when you mentioned last year's rust plague. I suspect I sounded a bit unhinged in my posts back then. My garden was absolutely going bananas with unusual and disgusting infections. The unprecedented rust attack on my poor RdR and others was ghastly! I've never seen so much orange in my garden...and I'm not referring to apricot roses and California poppies! RDR was dripping in strings of furry fungus. Consequently, I've been rather paranoid this year. I've spent most of the spring checking under every leaf,. So far, knock wood, my RdR is totally clean and everything is back to normal. Even if your RdR gets quite a bit of blackspot initially, Lin, it will surely improve with age. Around 4 years, mine began to hit its stride in terms of health and beauty. Portland is a high blackspot pressure region, but RdR has been really clean for me while other roses (I mean you, Abe Darby) are a total mess. Central NJ and western OR might host different strains of blackspot, so I'm really interested to hear updates on your RdR's health and performance. I haven't taken many photos this year, but I located a couple of RdR shots among the few. They are not much to compare to the gorgeous ones of your bloom, but they do testify to my RdR's cleanliness. Your photos are positively enchanting! I love how you captured tiny droplets of water beading on the foliage and perfectly unfurled raspberry petals, Pure art! Carol