Kay,

Thanks for the clump shot of Pink Tarantula. Laura Harwood is looking great. EITPF is certainly one that I will have to get, because you never know what it is going to look like from day to day. I do like the looks of YANKEE PINSTRIPES, but I will never grow it being a Baltimore Oriole baseball fan. Thanks for sharing these wonderful images from your garden. Can't wait to start showing mine.

David

My top favorite is Twinkle inspecting the side bed. The daylilies in the other bed shot are lovely! Catchy title for your post - it made me smile,

Debra

That is a great picture of Boss Hogg. And there is Holiday Ribbons twirling in the wind! And I was wondering if it was time for Tree Turtles! PT is going out in style!

You are very welcome, David. I really like that as everyone knows since I post it so often...I never thought about baseball, just northerners on the Yankee Pinstripes. Maybe you can work a trade with Kate since she isn't wild about EITPF. Debra, I am glad the title made you smile. Since there are several of the feral cats and they are all curious, I have photobombers pretty regularly. Kate, it is hard to get a bad picture of that big bloom. and Holiday Ribbons is probably going to show off more all the time and in later years. Tree turtles has bloomed several days, but I just now decided to go ahead and post it. Thanks y'all for looking and posting.

kay

I thought I spotted Laura Harwood in your bed. She makes such a nice showing for you.....Always like the colors on Pink Famingo, and Stenciled Infusion goes into the Hall of Fame. always lovely.....Twinkle is of course a "little star"..............Maryl

I’m enjoying your garden shots today, especially that furry photobomber! I’m loving that clump of Laura Harwood, it will be quite awhile before I see mine. I’m with Brad on the Explosion in the Paint Factory, it won’t be in my garden.

Sherry

I am enjoying your EITPF images. I added it and Yankee Pinstirpes this season to go along with my Fizziwig and Pink Stripes . I hope they do well but we are so very dry and that just puts stress on a newly planted daylily. Love Boss Hogg and Stenciled Infustion. My most favourite is Holiday Ribbons this time .

I do think it is rather fun to see what E:ITPF does, seems like you get more yellow on yours than lots of pictures I have seen. Stenciled Infusion is beautiful, does it ever have a bad day? My favorite is Boss Hogg, and Curiosity cat close behind. I think their names are fun too, although Boss Hogg seems rather an ignoble name for such a pretty plant. Tree Turtles always cracks me up too. Laura Harwood always seems to look good for you. I will miss seeing Pink Flamingo, it has been going strong for quite a while.

As always, thank you all for looking and commenting. Maryl, Twinkle has been made miserable by a couple of big male cats as they tried to run him away. I talk t and fuss at them when appropriate even though they are feral so when Horton was fighting Twinkle, I stood over him and demanded he stop nad he didd.stop. Twinkle has been back eating since then, He is a chicken thief...I give them boiled hxixken as a treat and he will snatch from the others as he is very quick.

I am enjoying EITPF, but I think t is one you either really enjoy or dislike. But then, we don't all have to like the same ones. Heather, I potted Yankee Pinstripes and actually put in on the south facing windowsill in my bedroom because it was tiny and it did not like out hot dry weather. ut it in the greenhouse for winter and planted it this spring and it seems to really be doing well. I look forward to seeing your blooms Heather.

Sherry, laura is just a really good plant here and I always enjoy seeing others shots of it.

Nancy, I got it EITPF from the hybridizer but doubt it makes a lot of difference. I did have one almost totally yellow bloom and a couple like Kate's, almost totally red with just a few yellow splashes.

I like the names too, Nancy. I am with you on liking some names. And there are a few I would not get becasue of the name too.I think Stenciled infusion is a favorite of everyone and Holiday Ribbons seems to be pretty popular. I had no idea what it looked like when I ordered it and have been very pleased with it. I agree with everyone that Boss Hogg is odd for a pretty bloom.

kay

Beautiful blooms and group shots! Your beds look so pretty and fresh. Of the blooms, Stenciled Infusion is my favorite, and Pink Tarantula seems to always look lovely.

Ah thank you Laura. That is the mulch. You are not seeing the Chamber weed in the back (retirement) bed. I think the two you mentioned are favorites. I weed regularly but some places don't get it as often as needed.

kay

I really like Holiday Ribbons. It looks like it was out in a good windstorm. The picture of your side bed with Twinkle is lovely. I am sure he enjoys a well groomed flower bed. It will be awhile before Explosion blooms here. We love the striped ones. Pink Stripes starting blooming here recently. We have a seedling that has broken color and we can't wait to see it bloom this year. Yankee Pinstripes is neat too. Boss Hogg is lovely, but I agree that it's not a very pretty name. Stenciled Infusion always catches my eye.

Great post!

Nancy

Thank you, Nancy. I look forward to seeing your Explosion when it starts adn Pink Stripe as well. Poor Twinkle has to be careful since he has not been caught and neutered yet and the old males in the same condition pick on him. All are on the list to meet the vet and have that change done.

I am really liking the color and Brightness of Boss Hogg.It really is surprisingly large andso far the blooms have been perfect. And as you said, Holiday Ribbons seems like it is a special one with the windblown curled ribbon effect. It will be neat to see it in a clump.

kay

Somehow I missed this post. Very nice garden and clump shots.. Will even endure Explosion LOL.

Brad

Thanks Brad, you are funny. Explosion has settled down for now. I saw a similar one for ?749 on the auction yesterday. So ya love it or hate it.

kay

I love the pic of the cat inspector )) And the bed looks so nice, no drastic difference in height and size like I have here.. I again love that look on Explosion. Oh Boss Hogg is beautiful! I was wondering what's the purple in the squash bed, and there it was later, Laura Harwood - great bouquet.

Thank you, Nat4b. The feral cats look eo wander among the lilies on a regular basis, and, unfortunately they find lily clumps perfect to chase each other around in play. I put colored spikes next to endangered plants. Thank you I really like Boss Hogg and that squash bed actually is whee the original squash grew over the bed and rooted itself a new plant right there among the lilies. It is producing and they are through blooming so it stays. Laura Harwood usually does really good here and other than canoe points in the very beginning I find no flaws with it.

kay