Lestv said:Volunteer Fireman sure is a pretty color.

Sure is!!!

Beyond




Bridesmaid....4 different blooms, all "2X2"

Shaman's Magic...this is "maiden bloom" on this one, and I don't think it was chemical, but it does have a few"extra" parts

Folkwang.....a little extra color in the top bloom's standard


2 different blooms on Victoria Falls

Except for Shaman's magic, all of these were in the "fall out" zone ! So, I'm saying "Round Up Damage"

If they're all in the zone, I would say no doubt. Pretty colors, anyway.

It's a weird year and chemical damage only adds to it.

Celia -- what is that cat complaining about? Or is it just yawning?

Pippin is telling me it's lunch time! Lol

Ah!!

I had to get the shot because he only does it at lunch.

I love that shot of Pippin.

And for this I waited 7 years! This is supposed to be Chutney. It probably is Chutney. I got this 7 years ago from Nola's Iris Gardens. It was a small rhizome, so it took a while to get big enough. Finally it bloomed this thing this year. Maybe I'll keep it one more year and try to see what it looks like.

well, after 7, what's one more, I guess . It does "honk you off' to wait, and wait, and wait...and STILL have to wait, though, doesn't it!!

I think this is a bad year to judge anything -- giving it another year is a good idea.

Seven years?!! Chutney is beautiful. This?

And then I find this mess today. It's the last of this luminata.

The colors are still pretty!!

Yes! It still luminizes as my DH said.

Our weather has been either very hot or unusually cool lately, with a couple of frost warnings thrown in for good measure. I think that is what has caused these....

Bronco Down 4x4


Tobacco Chew with an extra beard...as if it didn't have enough already! Look closely at the middle blossom.


And poor Durham Dream - must have been having a nightmare!

Scared it silly!

I've seen so may "4's", and "2's" this year, I'm *even* getting to kinda' like 'em

I'm kinda partial to them, too. If I could vet MY Batik to do the 4 thingy...

Pam - the end blooms of my Durham Dream were all wonky like yours this year too. I have never had so many chimeras as this year.