Bubbles said:@needrain Adora and Isabella are prolific bloomers. You might give them a month to show off for you.
They had last year!!? Adora puts a few buds out and they go on to bloom, but compared to Eternity the buds are very few. Isabella is just now blooming for the first time with a few buds on one fork, but the bigger problem for me is that it seems to be a magnet for mites. There are also a few mites on Adora but they probably are migrating from Isabella since it grows downwind and is the closest plant. Eternity and Tequila Sunrise don't seem to attract mites as bad. Just washing the plants with water has been enough to keep them looking mite free. I peeled every leaf off Isabella and submerged it when I took it outside and today every leaf I looked at was covered with tiny mites on the backside. So it's currently two pinks against one pink. There's not that much difference in the appearance of the blooms. At the moment, Eternity has a big edge over the other two. Right now, Eternity and Tequila Sunrise are forming a horde of new developing buds. Adora and Isabella have none showing. When the blooms they have now are finished, they will be out of buds. All that said, they will probably go to next fall before they get completely abandoned. I have no place to bring in tree pots, so new plants will have to coming from cuttings.
