Only my Vera Cruz Rose is really "washed-out", Hetty. The Slaughter Pink is a little bit peaked as well. The two seedlings are just as bright, just as colorful as they were when they first started blooming mid-summer. The Jack's Compact Yellow has been in bloom since June and is still the same deep-yellow. The Madame Gallibert and Celadine look the same, and in fact, the Celadine is showing more yellow, but I don't guess white can get washed-out.