It's early into my bloom season, but I think I'm seeing the same thing here, branching & budcounts down not only on sdlgs but on reg stuff in the display garden too. Probably to be expected with the drought last summer/fall/winter, long warm fall, crazy up and down temps after thaw, terrible spring sickness here too and now excessive rain. Cloudy, seems we've rarely seen the sun. Some are starting to grow the lower branches but I doubt the budcounts will be up by much. I'm glad for my previous years of records for planning to line certain ones out. They stay lined until they prove themselves again, if not then the compost pile isn't very far away.
Debra, the near white is really pretty! I love sdlgs that can go in any direction you cross them.
Nice variegated Orion! I was thinking of you yesterday when checking my vari sdlgs. There's a couple I call 1/2 & 1/2's, leaves are 1/2 green 1/2 yellow. It's really funny to see the scape do the same with a clear line between the two colors going up the scape then green buds on the green side and yellow on the yellow side! I'll try to get an image whenever this rain stops.
Nice applique's Dennis! Love seeing the different colors and the sepal spackleing.
A few sdlgs open today...busy digging day so not much time to do images.
this is a previous keeper applique sdlg, as you can see I'm still stuck on the purples
For now, there should be a few pinks with app's in one of the keeper beds.
lined out relief form, possible intro
these are new tagged relief forms. I'll watch and take more photos then decide in Aug who stays.
