Aruba, unfortunately when I was up in Salem in 2010, the year SUN SHINE IN was introduced, it rained the entire four days we were there and I only had one brief spell where it cleared up for about two hours -- and it was the two hours we were at Keith Keppel's, amazingly enough. But it had been raining all spring up there so the blooms were scarce and pretty waterlogged. The best I could do was a stalk shot -- with my sister's head in it, of course. But it is a real beauty! When I took the CITY OF GOLD clump shot at Mid-America the previous year it was in the mid-90's in Salem and they were definitely at their best, and probably several clumps planted close together at that. If you like more ruffled blooms then SUN SHINE IN might be perfect for you, but CITY OF GOLD has those great bitone colors which make it very striking. Now, of course, just speaking for myself -- I would get both!
Kent, did you manage to get a clump shot of SUN SHINE IN?
