Jen - Maverick sure does live up to her name. I looove!
It looks like one of the other buds has 6 petals or is that just wishful thinking on my part? Anyways, lovely!

And interesting that you mentioned the fuzzy branches. I have been meaning to ask if anyone else has any fuzziness going on. My marathon white bloomer has fuzzy branches. I mean, they -feel- fuzzy but you can't see any fuzz. I just love that. Love that tree and everything about her!

ETLD is beautiful and so healthy looking. The leaves are so green and flawless (except the bird poop... shame on them, that should be a no-fly zone)

Desert Sunrise is on my list. Yours is gorgeous! I need to contact Wendy and see if she has it. She sent me a ginormous Rhonda. I have never ever received a plant that big with as large a root system as that thing had. Happy happy happy! :)

Wow! Maverick is gorgeous! How cool that she gave you 7 petals right off the bat.
Congratulations!

And Wendy has Rhonda? Ugh. Why do I lurk on this forum. Laugh. A friend is sending me Plumeria 'Gardenia' which makes my list 16. I suppose there's no hope for me. Laugh.

-Robert

gorgeous!
Tally Ho!

Very nice Jen

jen

those are so great! I can never get tired of seeing others peoples plants. I say keep em coming.

Mike

SOOOO glad I am not the only one walking around the garden with a measuring tape.

Beautiful pics.

Darn it Jen! I am going crazy for Maverick and this year I really don't have the extra to buy her:(

At least I have a small 1 gal ETLD, and hopefully she will bloom for me.

Well maybe next year I will have to get a Maverick!

Thanks for the pics!
Andrew

Did you post...fuzzy branches? Not the undersides of the leaves, though, right? Just checking.
And I absolutely love reading posts like this one, E.Thornton is responsible for several lovely cultivars...even though a lot of people don't always credit her...(like the Thornton 's Raspberry, for example, they just call it "Raspberry " which doesn't credit her)

Thank you, guys! I was told by the Willises that Maverick is to pinks what Lemon Drop is to yellows. The only big difference is so far the tips are only going to break into one new branch instead of multiples like LD. Maybe with age she'll get branchier. I'll keep the pics coming.

You're right, Mona, from what I can tell the only 5-petaled bloom it has is the really deformed one. Weird, right? Yes, her tips and new leaves are fuzzy, like Aztec Gold's and Spider's. (And I happen to know Wendy had another DS when I got mine.)

Robert, 16 is nothing; you're not considered "diagnosable" until 25. :P

K, not only do I carry one outside, I have a dedicated "garden measuring tape".

Jen - thank you for the info! I just went out to check and sure enough, both of my AG's have fuzzy branches. Being a tree-petter, how have I never noticed that? I just thought my marathon white bloomer was special! (Yes, I do always refer to her as my marathon white bloomer. LOL)

We just took all my rooted and unrooted cuttings into the GH because of Andrea but tomorrow I may go pet some other branches looking for fuzziness. I do like to stroke my marathon white bloomer. It feels good. :)

Diagnosable, huh? Do 10 unplanted cuttings in a bucket and 40 tiny seedlings count towards my 15 rooted plants?

You know what is funny about all of us collecting all these plants is that Bill has warned us several times about running out of room and we just continue to ignore that.

I do have to be proud of myself on this. Southwood nursery here has their JJ plants 30% off and I have successfully walked away without buying any. probably helps that they dont have any I want but still I resisted.

Jen, Maverick looks great!!

Mike

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH JEN!!!!

She is beautiful!! I knew she would be, but she really is a knock out!!! I just love mine too.. This is a must have as well as ETLD. Remember when we bought them and we couldn't stop feeling the fuzzy stems? LOL.. I still feel them. Wonder what the neighbors think of that!!! ;-) HAA!

I am just gushing over your blooms.. Mmmmmmmmm, Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! Good!!!!

Thanks for the beautiful pics!! LOVE THEM!!!

xo

Laura

This post was edited by loveplants2 on Thu, Jun 6, 13 at 22:14

I'm gonna bore y'all with more Maverick photos.

Finally, a "normal" 5-petaled flower, on the second tip:

1st inflo is really going now:

Both tips firing:

After our surprise rain storm:

And here's a random bloom, from a NOID red cutting from a neighbor:

More pics later!

Damn those rain drops just make it all so much more irresistible! I have a little notepad with all the names you guise keep dropping, I feel like the littlest sister running after her favorite long legged siblings trying to keep up.

Simply gorgeous,,,

Laura

Jen....

Hold on let me wipe the drool from my keyboard....

All so gorgeous!! I've not seen Maverick before and what a keeper! Your NOID isn't too shabby either..LOL You lucky girl! Congrats!

Nicole