There is a lot that is improper with me. I am a shlep. I was more worried about getting the photos on there right. I had just done an update in Yosemite and figuring things out was making me real cranky. Those bugs are hitting every flower I have. They are making me real cranky too.

Thank you for sharing the pretty blooms. I'm positively bloom starved bloom. Happy to see everything settling in for you. Wish you and everyone a great season.

January.....Shirley (brittneysgran) February.....Emily (GardenGirl37232) March.....Susan [skyblue52] April....Amy- amybabyboy3 May.....Annie (canyonwind) June.....Shirley (brittneysgran) July.....Beth (beth_b_kodiak) August.... September.... October.... Jeanne (sandlapper_rose) November..... December.....Tammy (mcc371) I will post our January Swap when I return from a much needed Florida vacation, which will be January 4th. Shirley

No Nik, Mutabilis seedlings sometimes inherit their parent's trait for multicolored flowers. My observation has been mostly self seedlings inherit it. The cross I really want to see is Comtesse du Cayla X Mutabilis. My observation on that one, based on the innumerable times I've attempted it (both directions) is, they HATE each other. What did work was a presumed triploid mini crossed with Mutabilis, but it hasn't expressed the multicolored color shift. I say presumed triploid because it has yielded results with some pretty "mulish" mates that only fertile triploidy can explain.