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I bought 8 fans and planted them on 4/17/2015.
Because my borders were already filling up with annuals, I put them in a big pot.

The fans increased from April until now from 8 to 18(!).
It produced 11 scapes and started blooming on 7/17/2015, last flower on 8/10/2015, with a total of 51 flowers. :-)
I took away all spent flowers, so I don't know anything about its fertility yet.
It is making 2 prolifs, though :-)

I haven't measured the flowers... sorry I promise to do better next year!
Flowers were well placed and didn't cramp each other.
The scapes ranged from 19 to 22 inches high. Scapes were sturdy and most were well above the foliage
Leaves and fans are narrow, but there are a lot of them.

This afternoon I took it out of the pot to put it in a border (annuals are gone :-D) and I found that in 4+ months it made a lot of roots.
Perhaps this is the reason the scapes didn't get as high as they should?

All in all, this is a spider that I really love and I'm sure it will only get better now that it is in the ground :-D

Nine (smallish single) fans were bought in April this year and were planted in a full-sun border.
They made a total of 11 scapes and 49 flowers (would have been more flowers, but my dog knocked off several buds )

Increased from 9 to 16 fans this summer and is growing 1 rebloom scape at this moment.
First 3 flowers didn't open completely, but at that time temps were in the lower 60s F.
Flowers are a very nice color and are fragrant!

Only 1 minus point: All scapes were shorter than the foliage... :-(
I hope that was because they are young plants, not settled yet, and they will be better next year.

Overall, a very nice cultivar for the front of the border, and for me, a keeper! :-)