Charley, like that Don't Mess with Me, but I shouldn't even look at those Carpenter evergreens.
Dana, Plum Tuckered caught my eye. Is it fairly sunfast?
Betty, I see Mint Jellies is a dormant. How do dormants do for you in your part of California? I've visited at SLO, not too far from Bakersfield.
Susan, how does Now or Never perform for you in 5B? Certainly is a looker. So is Velvet Rainbow, but so many Petits don't flourish here, and if you don't hybridize, well.... Two Sues has been a show-off in clump here. It clumps rather fast.