Jamie Dockery clump - looking down it, it's on the edge of my deck

Jane Trimmer

Spartacus Adorned

Garden shot - Black Falcon Ritual in the front, then in the back from left to right: Ashwood Still Night, Rev It Up and Yellow Monkey

Linda Beck with a rip

Not Guilty

Matchless Fire

Another garden shot of the jungle - you've seen most of this before. Winter Treasure and Early Shirley on the bottom, Barbara Alsop, Atomic Inferno, Concrete Blonde, Yellow Monkey and Primal Scream along with other perennials.

And here's a couple more repeats to round out the 10...

Up And At 'Em and Getting Airbourne

Claudine's Charm with Abby Davisson

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

And More! The garden shots just wow me, simply stunning!

Nancy, Claudine's Charm does have beautiful blooms most of the time! It is one of my favorites that I will always grow. I will watch for not so nice blooms on it and will take pictures of those.

Thanks for posting. Great flowers, great garden shots.

All are looking good!! I think I like them all! Really like Wyatt's Cameo. And Claudine's Charm. And Sweet Isabela. And all the rest!! And by the way, that is most definitely not a jungle!! Did not see grass, weeds, bushes, etc. Oh wait, that is what my jungle bed looks like!!

Kate

Jamie Dockery looks like it's part of " the greatest show on earth". Such lovely garden shots, just love those!i like the shape of Morticia, my favorite colors along with Claudine's Charm. By the way, we never get bored.

Sherry

The garden shots are fabulous, and I love the clump shot of Jamie Dockery! The first set of blooms were gorgeous, but the second set really wowed me.

Debra

Who could possibly be bored with such amazing beauty? You have 'wowed' us yet again! I see you are getting plenty of rain, as are we. What a difference from last year here when it NEVER rained and it was our worst drought in history. Last year taught me to not complain about the wet stuff, even when it ruins my blooms. Of course my favorite shot is the one of Up and At 'Em with Getting Airbourne! Love that photo.

Don't think it's possible to make a choice, and your garden shots are to die for. Oh, no - not bored yet.

After relooking at these, I pick Claudine's Charm as my favorite of the bunch.

Thanks, everyone! You are all too kind. I'm sure the boredom will hit at some point soon! Kate, there are weeds! Just probably not noticeable in the pictures. I'm sure there are shorter hidden ones and I *know* that there are at least two that are a few feet tall - and one that is several feet tall! I wish I could get to them to yank them, but it's going to have to wait til the blooms are gone. Celeste, yes we got rain a couple of times within the past week finally - less than two inches total, which helped a lot! Since everyone likes Claudine's Charm so much, here is a picture I found on my computer from 2013 of the scapes that you can sort of see - this is in the jungle area before it got jam packed and overgrown and became the jungle :)

I think you may favor purple as you have so many lovely ones. I also enjoyed seeing Wyatt's Cameo and Sweet Isabella. Your garden shots show a well laid out garden with form and color complementing each other. Very nice........Maryl

Thanks, Maryl! Yes, I love purple - it is my favorite by far. And I love other colors too, pretty much everything except for light pink :)

Wow, fabulous blooms!! Love the garden shots! Not close to being bored! Claudine's Charm is always a favorite. Sweet Isabela is beautiful. I also like Tactical Deception, will look that one up. Glamoureyez, Via Dolorosa, and Wyatt's Cameo also catch my eye. Great pictures!

Lori

Lots of nice Emmerichs. Earlier, you had said that you actually prefer Jamie Dockery to Claudine's Charm--something about afternoon bloom quality. Still feel that way?

Great photos! What a lovely garden you have. I love the coneflowers mixed with the daylilies. Sweet Isabela is beautiful. Matchless Fire is a real beautiful too. All are lovely, but those are my favorites today.

Nancy

Hi Mantis, wow you have a good memory! I don't recall saying that, but I'm sure I did - the afternoon bloom quality comparison is true, at least in my opinion. I love both JD and CC, and right now don't think I could say which one I like better. They are both in my top 25 favorites (which if I sat down and actually counted is probably a lot higher than 25!)