5th year in my garden for this plant. Beautiful bloom when it opens properly.
This cultivar has been a disappointment in my TX environment of benign neglect so far, after 4 years. Has never been close to the bud count, branching or the scape height registered.
I'm giving it one more year to perform otherwise it goes away: didn't bloom at all following the Great Freeze of 2021 and limited bloom last year.
Sometimes has funky blooms, especially earliest buds
The plant had lots of rust the first year after getting it. After the first winter with the usual freezes here, I don't have any records of VSG being a "rust bucket". Not recommended for freeze-free environments.
