Mary Ann those are really nice pictures I really like the beards they look like they are glowing on it.
Lucy none of these pictures were re bloomers they were all taken this spring at my home or in Oregon at the end of May. I do have 2 of his that just bloomed last month but I think they are confused because of the different seasons, I just got them from him in April. I certaintly don't remember any of his flowers blooming heavy and fading fast if that is what you were wondering, they have actually been the opposite for me they seem to with stand the hard rain and straight line winds so much better than the older varities with open standards which is important to me because of our storms we always get in the spring will wreak havoc on the older ones.
My opinion on his flowers is that they are wonderfully unique, the color combinations are the most important to me, I buy strictly for the flower, some of my favorites have only 6 buds on them and the branching is tight but the flower itself is beautiful and I will always buy something that is different and unique over the same old color combos with a different name on them, I want to see something out of the ordinary and his is that, and next would be if the plant grows well and increases and his have way exceeded my expectations, I am usually happy if the plant doubles in a years time and some of the ones he sent me have 5 good sized increases on them since April. Every major grower that I visited on the west coast was crossing his plants with there own and hoping something like the ones above are in the seedling patch.
I think more buds and branching would be great but none of those guys would throw any of the ones above away.
