Dee -- the clear plastic knife rules me out as the source. I don't think I've ever used that method of marking plants, even on the day of the swap. Are the ones you have single or double? Mine are most definitely single blossoms. Very daisy-like. And still going strong -- I LOVE them! (As an added plus ... the ones in the picture were cut 10 days ago, and look like they just came in from the yard today.) Jaynine -- I'd seen the photos of Cambodian Queen (and now have to have it!) but from the photo, there's more pink in it than mine have. Mine (the petals) are very distinctly part white, part very soft pink (at the tips, maybe half the petal is pink in tone, from nearly white to a soft lavendar-pink at the tip), the rest of the petals are all white. That's why I ended up with a deduction (nothing more than that) of Venus (Pink). All I know is that now that I've seen these other photos, my goal is a BIG mixed bed of hardy mums for NEXT fall -- from Cambodian Queen to the dark pink J. C. Weigelan.

Here is the original message I posted--the one where I forgot to post the password: This is the time of year for beautiful mums and I particularly enjoy 'Sheffield Pink'. It is so carefree--never needs to be pinched, blooms reliably and it gorgeous to boot. I got my first plant about 4 years ago, planted it in the spring and it bloomed beautifully that October. The following spring, I noticed 3 or 4 small plants in the pathway near the original mum. I assumed the original plant had put our runners. That fall, the new plants bloomed and I had several colors and some variation in blossom--some were more double, some had blossoms that were much smaller in size. The beauty of this is that the new plants have the same carefree habits of the original. Every year I get new variations. I do not know how to post multiple URL's, so here is an address that will take you to an album with pictures of the original mum and some of the seedlings. When the Photobucket page opens, scroll to the bottom and click on the album 'Sheffield Pink' Mum. At that time you can click on slideshow to see the pictures.

i can't wait to see what (if?) i get for seedlings. the photos you posted are wonderful as well as very interesting in the variety of seedlings produced. i bought my sheffield pink mum from greenhouse gallery in lebanon this summer primarily because i thought it was mislabeled and was looking for feverfew (tanacetum parthenum) and the foliage looked a lot like what i remembered when i had it in another garden in iowa. i read about the sheffield pink online after i bought it and decided tho it wasn't what i had hoped, it might be even better. i was stunned when it first started blooming-i called the flower color orangish pink tho now they've faded a bit to pink or even nearly white. i LOVE it! now to find out i may have all sorts of new cultivars next year is an added bonus. good thing i've planted it where it can spread to a bigger area-it's nicely in among some purple oxalis that have managed to return for 4 years now so it looks really nice there.

Hi deanna.. Here's my advice. I planted several Radyon's Favorites in my sunny garden. They were enormous!One of them grew over and covered an Agastache, and the other dwarfed an Aconitum (photo below). Another one crowded out my Dick Clark rose. I finally had to cut the Radyon's back so the rose would show. They are lovely and provide great color, but I'd suggest giving them plenty of room. Molie