I think I like Gentle On My Mind best. The pink open blooms do it for me......The color on Flying Trapeze also draws my attention. Too bad it's not performing all that well for you.........I've grown fond of that cantaloupe color so your shot of Crown of Creation rounds out my top 3..........There were lots of Chipmunks in Colorado when I was there and for some reason I don't think of them being anywhere other then out west. I bet you'd like it like that too - Chipmunks only out west...........Maryl

Flying Trapeze does well here, but but bud count is in 6-10 range.

I really love all these photos, Julia! What are you doing with the plants where you are eliminating beds? My favorites are Allegheny Skyline, Gentle On My Mind, Crown of Creation and Light of the World. /the chipmunk is so cute, but I know their tunnelling is to the detriment of daylilies. We used to have quite a few here, but I think they were hunted so relentlessly the the cats, that there aren't any more here. I do know the rabbits have disappeared since the pack of coyotes began hunting in this neighborhood.

Debra

I particularly like Allegheny Skyline, Julia. Gentle On My Mind is quite Lovely too, ad I always liked Flying Trapeze. As Debra said, we had chipmunks here too and they are cute, but destructive and The cats eliminated that particular problem here also.

kay

I think Inca Puzzle and Flying Trapeze are my favorites today.I always like seeing your pictures, a field of flowers! This has been the season of short scapes here, you are not alone. Too much bud drop this season too.

Sherry

I like the colors on Gentle on My Mind and Flying Trapeze. And I rather like the color on Dyna Girl. Winter Treasure looks quite white. To what do you attribute so much of the lower bud count and shorter scapes? Is it due to late freeze, freeze and thaw, lack of sufficient rain, or combination of these? So disappointing to have that happen but you still have lovely blooms.

Lots of pretties! I like Dyna Girl and Winter Treasure especially. Love the color on Crown of Creation. If you are eliminating the whole bed will you keep some flowers or just relocate them all to a new one?

Beautiful butterfly on beautiful Ribbit Ribbit. Chipmunks are cute pests. Our cat hunts them sometimes but they are still here. Well they have a hotel (patio box) and a restaurant (bird feeder) so they are not going anywhere..

A lot of very nice ones that I always enjoy seeing: Allegheny Skyline, Inca Puzzle and Flying Trapeze.

This year was the last try for Berma Albercrombie for me. It gets worse and worse. This year it was deep down in the foliage and very few buds.

Brad.

That chipmunk is my cats nemesis.

Most of the beds that I'm eliminating are ones that have only a couple of plants in them since I moved several of them 2 years ago to other spots.

I believe the short scapes is due to lack of rain as well as the bud drops. We did have a late spring with snow squalls into late April. If I had the option to do watering I'm sure things might have been better but it is not an option here.

Brad: So sorry to hear Berma has not done well for you. This year mine is barely above foliage. Not typical for here. I don't recommend Inca Puzzle for your area. I think mantis had complained about it being too short and not enough blooms. I think his weather is more typical to yours.

Julia