Oh good. California input on Boscobel''s behavior & color.

Love Me Tender and Poinsettia look most interesting. Does Love Me Tender bloom decently? How tall does Poinsettia want to grow? TIA

Beautiful blooms as usual Beth. Enjoy the growing season.

Irisgal, I'm liking BOSCOBEL so far. The first bloom was a tad bit more pink than this one and it nodded. This one is upright and has more of a dusty coral-pink tone. It'll be interestng to see how it behaves in the coming season. So far, so good tho. LMT blooms pretty well, and the blooms are quite lovely, but they do blow kinda fast. The plant is around 16yrs old, is in a raised bed, and has never gotten taller than about 3ft max. POINSETTIA on the other hand grows quite tall, reaching around 5ft or more sometimes.

Thanks Kublakan. I am trying to enjoy this season, but it's been a weird one so far. Colder than normal and lacking rain (altho it did drizzle a bit in the night last night) and much more disease and bugs than in the past. The B/S is usually going away about this time, but because it's colder, it's staying longer. And I have tons of rust all over the place. Rarely ever got it on anything in the past. I don't know if we're ever going to get temps above 75 this yr! We're normally in the low 90s by now and hitting triple digits by June. It's weird.

Thanks Beth. Drats on Love Me Tender blowing fast. But such interesting color patterns. 5' on Poinsetta. HMF didn't list height and I envisioned huge! I've been lusting after a pernetiana.

We are darn right chilly.

I love Caribbean, Heart O'Gold and Tropical Amazone especially. Always enjoy your roses.