Finally I have a bloom that has actually opened up all the way, but most are still only partly opening. Next week hope to be better.
Champagne Elegance: Listed to be early-mid, but is always very early in my garden. It seems to always be somewhere in the top three plants to open. Of course as I get more plants, it seems to come down the list a little, but it is always very early. Early enough to even compete for the title of early opener along with some very early NOIDs every year.
Ming Porcelain: Still blooming, but not quite opening fully yet.
Royal Eventide: Every day a few more buds try to open, but I had to spread these open with my hand a little and they still were not looking fully opened, nothing does the job as good as nature.
My yellow NOID, after I shot the photo I pulled all the open and part way open blooms off trying to discourage the little back bugs you can see in the photo. They seem to enjoy nibbling around the edges of the blooms and also leave bite marks on the face of the petals.
