The photo where you've weeded and mulched is my favorite photo! I've had a weed explosion with all this rain, and the pine straw I use for mulch was unavailable for weeks because rain prevented bailing. Now I've injured my shoulder weeding, so your photo is kind of like my dream. The El Desperado clump is my favorite of the clumps, with White Eyes Pink Dragon second.

Debra

Wow, El Desperado really likes you this season! I like your garden shots again today!

sherry

Even on good days the gardens here don't look that immaculate no matter how hard I try Kay. The garden shot looks lovely .

I guess I may have to break down and get some mulch in here ........maybe just maybe it would help to control some of the those pesky weeds. The worst is Sow Thistle those things can grow a foot over night with a good rain.

White Eyes PD and Keep on Looking are my fav's here . I have tossed around the idea of getting Keep on Looking , Now I have seen an image in a real garden I really like it , I just might have to add it to my gardens. WEPD was installed in my garden last year . Hope it is a good year for bloom this year.

Thank you all. Debra, I had been under the weather and the fact I could work for a couple of hours was a spirit lifter which is why I said that photo was pretty. I need some mulch available right now because i use a lot f it to keep down weeds and keep moisture in as well as improve soil as it breaks down. Signet, it is worth it to try.

Sherry El Desperado and Little Light of mine do this every year. Signet thank you, but they are a work in progress, sometimes the gardens look better, sometimes they need work...most times they need work.

Debra, I hope that shoulder gets better quick. I have had that interesting problem before. Rain brings out blooms, but weeds even more, I think.

kay

White Eyes is still looking good. And nothing beats El Desperado for a clump shot!! This year has been a trial in keeping up with bed grooming. I have a truckload of mulch by my beds but need a supersize weedeater to get my weeds down. Nice ones, Kay.

All your pictures are beautiful. Great clump of White Eye Pink Dragon. Curious to know what blueberries you grow, do they do well for you? Thinking of adding them here. Sorry you are not feeling well, hope there is a quick recovery.

Beautiful garden shots! Your El Desperado clump is fantastic. Trahlyta, White Eyes Pink Dragon, and Carrick Weldon round out my top picks.

Lori

Trahlyta is really nice in your picture....... I've already said I liked City of New Orleans. So bright, and with heat resistance it definitely is one for me to think about.........White Eyes Pink Dragon always seems to give a good account of itself..........Maryl

That cluster of White Eyes Pink Dragon is exceptional! Nice photos.

Your clump of El D is magnificent! I moved mine a couple of years at, it has not been happy since, guess I need to move it back. But I have a seedling from it, looks exactly like it but an earlier bloomer with even more buds, I have been enjoying that one for a while now. Trahlyta looks good. Your photo makes Heavenly Angel Ice look taller, but I know mine is not nearly as tall as Trahlyta. White Eyes Pink Dragon is again a favorite for me, tied with Keep on looking. I do love clump shots.

I always like White Eyes Pink Dragon. It's on the list I shouldn't have.

Love the garden shots, especially the one with Strutter's Ball, etc.

My daughter Brianna really likes El D.

Brad

Love those clumps and group shots!

Kate, all of my beds were grass originally. In 2008 I decided to clear beds...by hand. I use a tool called a Cobra. I use it to weed or to clear new space. Toss the weeds on the glide then burn them, then put that mulch over the ground leaving the circle around the plant, and you are in business....still have to regularly touch it up. We will not discuss the horrendous hugely weedy iris bed that you cannot mulch.The problem with weeding is it is constant. El Desperado is just a ham. always likes to show out like that. As long as it is the rabbit eye variety, they grow fine in the south, Avedon. We are only keeping a few bushes. I have been told by a professional grower that cottonseed meal was the best fertilizer. Thanks, Celeste, Nancy, Brad, and Laura.

kay

Thanks for the info on the blueberries, need to check on cottonseed meal.