Kate, I’m loving your Blackberry Dragon, scrumptious color. Laura Harwood is looking great! Ocean Spirit caught my eye too, I must be in a purple mood today. Morning Sky is a pastel beauty. Are the scapes spindly? Just wondering why it was drooping.

Sherry

Blackberry Dragon is a real winner and Laura Harwood looks wonderful. Gorgeous clump of it. Big Hearted Jim is a truly nice one; no wonder you said you were liking it. Loving Ocean spirit, but Blackberry Dragon is my pick.

kay

Sweet Child of Mine-thanks to Debra who recommended this one

Desert Flame-I like the color of this one and it holds up well to heat and sun

Trahylta-has bloomed well

Forsyth Garret Mason-another good performer

Ramming Speed-huge blooms-bloomed like crazy-still don’t care for it!!

Hope everyone has had a happy and safe holiday

Ocean Spirit and Forsyth Garret Mason are captivating! You have a beautiful collection of blooms :-)

That clump of Laura Harwood is hard to beat. Just beautiful! Blackberry Dragon looks good, and Lady Duck does have scads of buds on rebloom! I'm glad you got blooms on Sweet Child of Mine!

Debra

Kate: Desert Flame has been on my long list for years. I just didn't know how it held up in the heat. So you say it does pretty good by late afternoon for you?.........You really do know how to take a good picture of purple. Yours are so lush and, well, purple.......Ocean Spirit is one of my favorite UFs to look at. It seems to be very pretty in everyone's garden..................Maryl

Sherry-looks like I was in a purple mood too as most of these were purple!! It is hard to describe what Morning Sky does in my garden. Scapes are not spindly. The first buds develop and then begin to turn down as they grow longer so most of the blooms are literally upside down. I have had it for several years and it always does this. I may move part of it to another spot to see if this continues. It is a pretty bloom.

Kay, Blackberry Dragon has such deep color. The “blackberry“ part of this name is appropriate.

Debra, I really like Sweet Child’s color.

Thank you, melle, I have waaay too many plants!!

Maryl, Desert Flame is one of those whose color almost defies description-just look at the color variation in the database. It is in an open bed in full sun all day facing west sun and still looks great! That photo was taken after 7 in the evening on a hot day!

Ocean Spirit is on my wish list, so it does good for you? I do like the look of it, but really, really need to limit any I add to something that blooms really well. My Queen of Camelot seems to be stubborn. Last year the scape failed to bloom, this year it has not put out a scape at all. Unless it decides to put out a late one, I say hopefully. I do like the color on Sweet Child of Mine, and Blackberry dragon-that deep rich color can't be beat.

Nancy, that is my first bloom on Queen of Camelot and that was yesterday so maybe yours will scape-mine did not bloom last year. Ocean Spirit is not in the best spot-part shade and poor soil yet it multiplies and blooms well. I need to move it but hate to mess with it! The blooms always bring the word “ethereal” to mind when I see them!

Blackberry Dragon is gorgeous - as are all the others in this post! Lots of ones I'm not familiar with. I would not be able to deal with your heat. We're in the 90s, but at least it's not humid right now... I think that's coming back tomorrow. I still have been spending all of my time after about 11AM inside in the AC.

Gorgeous clump of Laura Harwood, such a contrast. Love the colors and form of Indian Ripple. ENEs are so beautiful so Forsyth Garret Mason is my third favorite!

It's so hot and humid here too, but no rain, the ground is cracking..

Wonderful clump of Laura Harwood. I really like Blackberry Dragon as well

Brad.