Debra, Mantis, et al., for a beautiful Lambertson that would work in a blue and white bed and that (so far) is hardy in my zone 6 garden, try SUBTLE KNIFE. GET JIGGY is also a very pretty one, and except for the first flower or two each year, has shown intense pattern. But it does have a pink(ish) background color as far as I'm concerned, rather than the cream described in the registration info, so maybe it should be sited at the end of the blue & white bed...where you transition to your (well, if it were me doing the garden) pink and orange bed. :) What about LAST SNOWFLAKE as a white one for a blue & white bed? I thought you had that one, Debra. Mine is perfectly hardy and beautiful, even without coming anywhere near the registered 7 branches and 60 buds. (Although to be fair, the sheltered spot it's been in is too dry, and I never remember to water it.) For people who like spiders, UFs, and such, whites might include any or all of these Gossard's: HEAVENLY ANGEL ICE, HEAVENLY CURLS, HEAVENLY GHOSTRIDER, HEAVENLY SNOW WHITE, HEAVENLY WHITE LIGHTENING, ICEMAN, LIGHTENING FORCE, POLAR BEAR EXPRESS, STARDUST DRAGON, TAHOE SNOW BLIZZARD....I'm sure there are more, but, well, you get the idea! Also, there's SMALL WORLD JACK FROST. According to the AHS database, it's registered as cream to white and as having 7 branches and 50 buds. Wow. Now I want it.

thank you Slow, I was quite pleased with this,,, until my daughter did a painting for hers and totally showed me up! KIDS! she calls it 50 Shades of Chrome This post was edited by nicethyme on Tue, Mar 4, 14 at 15:43

vaporvac, here are some pics of the "former" garden. You're very kind, but I see the difference, and am trying to be accepting of changing conditions. Marlorena, both of my "Le Vesuve" seem to be deteriorating, with more and more dead branches and a very sparse understory, where before they were so covered with leaves I couldn't see under the rose. The same thing is happening to Mme. de Sombreuil and Rosette Delizy. In my garden the writing is on the wall, but I'll hold on as long as nature will allow me to. Former Garden pre-drought: To make myself feel better, I took some pictures of Rosette Delizy.

Beautiful landscape scenes despite your drought! Thanks for sharing those. That seedling is gorgeous. I love both the color and the form! Your first year with seedlings has been so impressive. I saw someone on NGA about a week ago reposted your Smoke Scream seedling pic on the September blooms thread and said that's the daylily they most want. That one is quite the homerun!