I don't really care about how they look when 'past their prime'. I am so desperate for flowers after our long winter I (almost) and I deadhead frequently to keep them blooming. Maxime is beautiful. I love the edging. I only had one, Taylor Swift, like that. Valleyview Porcupine is similar. It didn't survive the winter. Others like Kaarma Martin Zwan produced tubers to beat the band as did Ice Berg. Well, I did have multiple plants so that helped. I suppose I should update my list here on potential plants I would swap. Some of the many I have potted are iffy but I will give them a chance. But most have eyes. I have tried something new this year. I nipped ends off tubers to get them to fit into reasonably sized pots. I am sure I should have let them a dry before planting but I simply didn't have time or space and they were drying so fast. I even watered them twice when they first came out, just a little, to try to reconstitute them. Now we wait to see who grows. Off the get my plywood for another table today.
