I am still looking for the name of the cultivar I got from Wild. Its first flowers are very large, and it can be showy, but is primarily useful as a garden plant in a mixed perennial bed. As an older diploid, it lacks the clarity of color of newer hybrids. I saw the name a few years ago in a cheapy garden catalog, but forgot to write it down. It multiplies rapidly. The yellow seedling I got from Ashwood years ago because it was a pale yellow (seems to darken as the day progresses). The form really is flawed (segments too narrow without having something distinctive), and the flowers here are larger because this was a well-watered clump.

All of them are very pretty. It seems short scapes are the norm this year, a lot of mine have had short scapes also but they have great looking blooms. Have a happy July 4 with the twins. Linda

Thanks, all! Mantis, I just got FF last September and there is only one scape (two fans), it is a bit shorter than registered height right now. I had to measure Jamie Dockery, it looks like most of the scapes are a bit shorter than the registered height. JD is one of two (the other being Early Shirley) that I noticed has a couple of rebloom scapes.

Love the garden pics - especially the perfect edging to the lawn. I would be interested to know what the multiple planting around the bin is. Judy - you are not alone! I don't have the Pope either. Sharlene