Flowers
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Look at all the buds and blooms on this large melon one.
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The narrow petals alternate solid orange and rusty.
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The green throat contrasts with the dried-blood red of the petals.
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This one is just huge.
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This is another very large one.
The pink fades to yellow with a white rib down the center of the petals.
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This one has been blooming the entire month - first when growing in a border in full sun, and now in a shady garden.
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Each is more impressive than the one before.
This is a large pink one.
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This is a recurve. I think I like the straight petals better.
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But the combination of three recurved and three straight is nice, too
The pink fades to a green throat. The center rib is a creamy color.
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This is a very dark red, recurved.
This was blooming in the beginning of July and is finished now.
It is highly ruffled.
Several are "diamond dusted". They are lovely.
Some open evening.
Some are fragrant - but not very.
These are all named varieties whose names have been lost.
To make our selections, we used a spreadsheet to insure that we had early-mid-late season, large-small, variety of colors, scents, diamond-dusted. It was a fun way to spend the late winter.
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Created July 30, 2007