Absolutely gorgeous as always, Mantis. I especially adore the clematis trio. And Larissa is a beautiful rose. Your Marie Hooper Memorial is my pick of the daylilies.

kay

Oh my, what gorgeous colors!! And the clematis-wow! What a neat idea to put all three together. I am undecided about Jessica Lynn. Mine was such a faded color I am not even sure I took a photo. Yours looks better. And bud count on Lava Flow was definitely better here! I like Marie. Love large blooms. Hoping for rain for you. What a difference that would make. Wish you had some of ours!

Kate

The clematis are stunning! I love the colors together. Very pretty rose as well. Marie Hooper Memorial is lovely.

Lori

Your Hospital bed always looks luscious. Lilies don't do so well here, so I enjoy seeing others. You grow them magnificently..... The rose and the Clematis are beauties too and as for your daylillies, how could you miss Lava Flow. It's just shouts out to be noticed...........Maryl

Kate, some of the Jessica blooms were washed out. This pic may be a bit darker than reality, but blooms varied. Not sure how they hold up either. But the real problem is probably tenderness--not tested.

It's great to see your pictures.....they are all quite lovely. I also like that you grow 'Larissa' too. That is one of my favorite roses (for many reasons) but mainly because it is the only light colored rose I grow that the Japanese beetles don't destroy. Very vigorous, healthy and winter hardy here in zone 4, as well. I downsized from a couple hundred roses to probably less than 40 because of the beetles and this one will always have a home in my garden. Marie Hooper Memorial is my favorite of the daylilies.

Double wow on the clematis! Thanks for sharing.

Love those garden pictures, so lovely! So nice to know that Jessica Lynn Bell and Marie Hooper Memorial open well in cool mornings. We've had a couple of cooler morning the last couple of days, & you can tell it. We're headed into the first 90 degree temp this year in a couple of days. It has been pleasant so far this year, hate to see heat coming, but gotta happen.

Marie Hooper Memorial is lovely, my pick of the group. Such a nice clematis photo! No rain here for over a week and temps in the 90s for four days. I've got plenty of scapes coming up but hate to think of extra watering so soon in the season.

Sherry

Sherry, I shudder to think of having to water next week--barely mid-June.

Everything is beautiful, so enjoy your photos and comments. Really sorry you are not getting the rain you need, hope some comes your way soon, and that those temps go down. It's way too early for this to be happening.

I really like Jessica Lynn Bell, but I fear many of Tim Bell's varieties are just a little too tender for us. The lilies in the hospital bed are beautiful. I love the three varieties of clematis growing together. Is Larissa a once blooming rose? It's really covered in flowers.

Nancy

So are your scapes coming short? Lovely clematis and lilies. I hope you get some rain.

It is too early to tell, but so far I do not see the short-scape syndrome experienced in the South. We had a record warm February and then January weather for two weeks in March. If the same thing was experienced farther south, that may account for the short scapes. But our plants never got that advanced in February. Larissa is a repeat bloomer.

All those images make me drool , not sure I can pick a favourite , I love them all. Not much blooming here yet but iris and Columbines and Dames Rocket .

How odd, everyone talking dryness .....it seems it has not stopped raining here .The sun is quite hot when it peeks out from behind clouds but then we get the rains .It has been the greyest winter and spring that I can remember in over 30 years living here . It rained again last night and although we were sitting on the edge of a storm on the radar map and it appeared we wouldn't be touched , we got a goodly amount of rain . About an inch by my calculations . Scapes are springing up all over and that IS very unusual for us . I don't usually see scapes until maybe beginning of July . Are all these scapes coming up now leftovers from last year ? I wonder if there will be a lot of re-bloom here this year?

I love the bloom on Jessica Lynn Bell! Maybe it will beat the odds and thrive for you. The Larissa rose is a delicate beauty, and the clematis and lillium are showing off nicely.

Debra

Beautiful. Love your color combinations.