Everyone has had nothing but good to say about Lavender Stardust. Good to know it grows in your neck of the woods. That's a pretty combo with Strikingly Dramatic and what looks to be a Phlox.........Maryl

It is Phlox Laura. I highly recommend - it is very fragrant and it has been blooming since July. I planted it last year as a quart and it is probably 2 feet in diameter.

I started out with one quart-sized phlox a few years back and now I have hundreds, all self-sown. They are highly prolific here and yes, very fragrant. They pop up everywhere! Just like my foxgloves and lupines they will self-sow readily. I have transplanted them into other people's gardens because I am overrun with them. But I do love them. You are well on your way to having hundreds & hundreds of daylilies and once that 'bug' bites you, it doesn't take long. It is a wonderful addiction!

I LOVE your Strikingly Dramatic. I bought one two years ago and am not sure if I lost it over the winter, as it has never yet bloomed for me. I will hope that the plant I think is SD will bloom next year and then I will know for sure... Crossing fingers!

It's great to see gardens in Vermont still blooming!

Sherry

How lovely your flowers are, nice to have so many still in bloom. I try not to be jealous, I know my bloom season starts before yours, but still it is hard not to be envious. I have several self seeded phlox too, I think mine are from Laura too. Funny thing, I bought a small pot of phlox 5 or 6 years ago, I think called Franz something? I forget, but the phlox has multiplied like mad. Never has bloomed even 1 bloom. I moved it a couple years ago & divided, spread it out several places, still not one bloom on any of them. I may give them 1 more year, but I have at least 4 clumps that are sucking up valuable daylily space. I've never heard of phlox not blooming, looks really healthy & NO powdery mildew. The foliage is quite attractive, but I want color.

Everything looks beautiful. ?This has been a crazy year, and I am glad you are enjoying some warm weather. Me? I am looking for cool down now, so I can get out again. the steroids finally have me feeling better, and here is hoping the will reverse this thing. I still have a lot of bloom spikes too. bill Watson put up a spike and this is the fifth time!

kay

Kay, glad you are feeling better. I too, like the cool fall weather. 80s in mid September is crazy. I guess it's making up for the 50s we had here in July.

Very pretty blooms! Nice to have rebloom so late in the season. Strikingly Dramatic is my favorite. I added that one last fall but it did not rebloom here. Maybe next year!

Lori

LIke everyone has already observed, your combo of Laura Phlox and Striking Dramatic is so right and gorgeous! THeir flowers and eyes truly complement one another. I really love this beautiful combo.