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Spidery apricot self which blooms on side of scape in pinwheel fashion. Moderately vigorous. A most unusual apricot. The flowers are heavily dusted in the outer edges with russet (nearly red in cooler weather). The intense apricot with red rouging is eye-catching and unusual.

Floating like giant birds, this chrome yellow variant always draws attention. A green throat accents the blooms. Each bloom looks like it was stretch over a bowl and then segment tips gently recurve downward, giving an in flight effect. Edges are waved and ruffled. Excellent substance. Four-way branched sturdy scapes with 25-35 buds.

Good increaser. Low growing. Blooms with abandonment for approximately three weeks.

Establishes rapidly after transplanting and increases well. A very vigorous near-spider. Strong-blooming atop top-branched scapes.

Exceptional branching, vigor, bud count, form and ruffling. It is also said to be good against soil erosion. Foliage is lush and willingness to bloom apparent even on small plants.

Completely hardy and moderate increaser after getting settled in.

MARGO REED INDEED is a very light creamy pink on cool mornings. Most days, and all hot days, it is a cream white. The edge is very ruffled and whiter than the petals. The throat is chartreuse to green. The scapes come up at different times, ensuring a long bloom season. It does some rebloom two weeks later. Gives many proliferations.

Summer Wine has a texture that reminds me of velvet. Very pretty!

One of my favorite off whites. Huge blooms with an open form and a yellow throat.

80% poly

A 2005 Award of Merit winner (Only 12 given each year). A fabulous orange sherbet flower with a huge striking red eye, a full red picotee edge, and a green throat. Very showy in the garden.

A very large flowered light yellow with contrasting black anthers. Aptly named; one of the most prominent in the garden! (No photo ever comes close to capturing the beauty of this cultivar.)

A very pretty and mesmerizing bitone flower! Petals are lavender (with a hint of blue) with a contrasting chartreuse throat. Sepals are a lighter lavender. Excellent branching & bud count

A vividly colored and saturated glowing "hot" orange flower that grabs your eye. The fabulous color of this flower is unique!

A distinctive wine-red with a lemon throat and wire edge. The back of petals and sepals are yellow which produces a fabulous contrast with the red when the flower is viewed from the side.

An interesting ruffled medium pink flower with a rose eye, huge bright chartreuse throat, and a double edge of rose topped with a gold filagree!

A beautiful bitone flower! Petals are rose-pink with a dark rose eyezone above yellow throat. Sepals are much lighter in color.

I've grown Lady Neva for 3 seasons now and have never had it rebloom in my PNW Zone 8 garden.

This is one of my 'must have' annuals every growing season. I've had them self sow after a mild winter. They don't come true from seed, but give an interesting combination of colors. (See my 2nd photo above) They grow very fast, so when I buy one I buy the smallest, least expensive ones I can find. By late July that small start will have grown enough to fill out a hanging basket. This year I'm trying to overwinter 3 different pots of Million Bells in my unheated attached garage. It's almost mid January and so far, so good. I've made sure not to let them go completely dry, but I'm careful not to overwater them either. They look really healthy and have even grown a bit. In the spring I'll trim their roots, re-pot them in fresh soil, fertilize them, and have another season of non-stop blooms from these beautiful plants.

It's April and my two largest Million Bells have done well over the winter. The smaller one didn't make it. I'll winter these over every year now that I know it's possible.

Produces a lot of flowers over a month or so period. Moderate increase.