I LOVE Smoky Mtn Autumn. I have it too, but has not bloomed. I love the Zinnia also. I have zinnia coming up from seed. I rake and dig so much in early spring I hardly have zinnias come back from the year before. Love all your clump shots. Sarah

Gee, I thought I had answered later posters, but I guess not. Thanks to all of you who have commented on the clumps...Clown Parade has done beautifully for me for the first year, Dick, I have the sibling, Marilyn Lee Boch, but while it does well, Clown Parade is the better plant here. Billi, it seems odd that you will be getting warm when we cool off, but that is the way it is. Mantis, you know I have whined continuously about all of the weeding I've had to do; thank you. Debra, I figure I have to kill a plant three times before I give up on it. Hope AL works for you this time. Maryl, I wish that was Bermuda grass you saw. That bed has been weeded but not mulched , so I have to continually weed until it is mulched...that stinking grass is closs to a nut grass...requires digging out, but that is just a leader and I can pull it back. To all who like Philistine Champion, it is another wonderful plant. Julia, if you read this, how is your doing? kay

I love the seedling bed shot as well. And it is a good thing I don't hybridize as it would be very difficult to cull and compost when that time came!! I have some cast offs from Phillip Adams when he was hybridizing fifteen to twenty years ago and they still look as good as many I see today. Having said that I do very much like your Cosmic Sensation photo-a wowzer for sure! And Hook 'em Horns did put on a show. Great post and wonderful photos. Kate

This seedling is All of My Love to You X Randy Stephens. It would be an intro if it develops enough buds. As you might imagine, Bob likes this one. It is New Tangerine Twist X ((Born to Run X Southern Summer) X Gypsy Rose)) Here's another that Bob likes (I do too). It is Pineapple Bites X Ashwood Inferno. Bob didn't care much for this one. It is Best for Last X Sonoran Desert Rose. It looks a lot like it pod parent but it has the plant habit of the pod parent. Best for Last does not do well for us. This seedling has a killer scape and is tall too. This is its first flower open today. I was disappointed that the color on this photo is not right. This flower is actually pink. It is So Beautiful to Me X Sonoran Desert Rose. This is a first year seedling. It is Sonoran Desert Rose X (Swimming with Sharks X Randy Stephens). That's enough for today. Nancy