Favorite Perennials for Spring in Your Area

[Ann B.]

Hi, Everyone!

I have so very many favorites, that I am not sure which to list, but I thought it would be fun if everyone listed their favorite perennials for the spring, especialy the blooming ones.

Help me out, everyone!

I will venture around my landscape, and jot down some of my favorites after I give all of you a chance to share your favorites with us!

Don't forget to mention your zone! That helps all of the guests of Landspro who do not know the members as well as the rest of us do....

Thanks!

[Rebecca]

Hi! Ann,

Believe it or not, but one of my favorite of the very early perennials in my gardens is a sweet little lavender violet! It's about half the size or smaller of the standards blue 'Violet' and isn't nearly as invasive, yet it dtill gets around! It's primary spot is in my small rock garden, but I have found it growing in a few other places as well. It also holds up better to the heat than the blues ones do.

Another of my favorite early spring flowers is the little Gracian Wind Flowers. I have them in blue and in white. I;ve been harvesting the 'seeds' the past few years and scattering them about in another area and they are now starting to bloom as well.

Then there's the tiny specie Iris, followed by the one Dwarf Bearded Iris that I have.

I spotted a purple Anemone that has grown from a blown in seed that sprouted close to a beautiful self-blue Columbine. A larger blue Columbine that is out in one of the front beds will be opening it's first flowers of the season any day now and I see a few seedlings not too far from it. They will get transplanted to other, more visible spots.

A small clump of Forget-Me-Nots is just beginning to bloom in the small oasis between the two front porches and the Lily of the Valley are spiking too.

There are buds showing on the Rouge Cardinal Clematis and also on Dr. Rupple. I just bought myself a new Clematic, unfortunately I can't remember it's name! It's a double light lavender-pink and I plan on planting it opposite of Rouge Cardinal on the arch that covers the sidewalk.

The little Dwarf Rhododendron has just finished flowering, but a lovely pale pink standard Rhodie has taken it's place. Both of these plants were rescued out of the dumpster from work; the PMJ just last year, the standard one(s) I've had for two years and this is the first time the pale pink one has flowered. I have four others plus an azalea rescue that will also be blooming in due time. The Azalea is a red as are two of the Rhodies, the other two also haven't bloomed yet, but I think one of them will this year. Only the larger red is going to flower this year.

All of my perennials are 'favorites' each in it's own season. The tall beaded iris, the Siberians, the native wild blue flags and all the lilies and least we forget, my favorite of all, the daylilies. All will begin their displays as the seasons progress.

There's the miniature roses and the old root stock roses that I've kept and a very old 'Blaze' climber, in much need of a good pruning right now. The Hollyhocks and 4 O'clocks, Speedwell and Veronica. The Obediance plants taht are trying to take over their area. The Purple and White Coneflowers and the Yellow ones too along with the Black-eyed Susans! There are several hardy Hibiscus scattered about, but there isn't a sign of them yet, they need a lot of warmth to break dormancy, but I know they put on their show starting in June and they'll go until frost! Sedums, Spurges and Hens 'n' Chicks; Hostas and Heuchras and Hardy Geraniums (Cransbill); Blackbeery and Candy Lilies, grown from seed; the Russian Sage and the Bunny Ears; the Maltese Cross, Wild Phlox and Goldenrod; Chocolate Mint, Peppermint, Sage and Marjorum and an occasional bunch of wild catnip that eluded the hoe! Bringing the summer to a close will be the mums, Toad Lilies and the rich blue-purple of the Monkshood. There's always the little treasures tucked here and there that I don't ever remember until them bloom and there always seems to be a surprise or two that Mother Nature gives me for a season or two.


BTW, I finally saw new growth on the Dr. Rupple cutting from last summer! And another little rescue is slowly coming back to life.

Isn't gardening the most wonderful blessing!


Rebecca

[sue salley]

Zone6-b
Many of my favorite spring flowers are wildflowers. They put on an early show then they disappear til the next spring.
My first flowers to bloom are miniature iris. I have blue,purple and my favorite yellow. They sometimes bloom in Feb. A little species tulip that has a yellow and white bloom that grows close to the ground makes a cheery display. I like the species tulips better than the hybrids. Another one is Greggi. It has variagated leaves and a vibrant orange bloom. The plant is short but the blooms are hugh. The blood root is one of the earliest wildflowers. It's simple white bloom is a a warm charming welcome to the coming spring. And wow the pink lady's slipper is something else. The jack -in-the-pulpit is unusual and the lily of the valley smells so sweet .Shooting star blooms early as does the sweet woodruff (makes good maywine,too). The ferns may not bloom but the fronds curling out of the soil is one of my favorite spring sites.
The crocus and the daffodil are easy to grow and put on an early spring color riot.
I think I love the spring flowers the best of all because I know warm weather is coming. After the long winter they are such a welcome sight.

[vicki]

Hi,
Zone 5 (?) here. My forsythia and daffodils look great. I have 6 huge forsythia and about 15 bunches of daffodils. First year I've had a display of daffodils. After digging them up and replanting last fall, it sure made a difference! I really like the arabis 'snowcap' I planted last summer. It is really pretty. Besides the minature hyancinth those are the only blooming spring flowers I have so far. I love them all!

[Ann B.]

But I am going to list my favorites a few at a time...

That may mean that a few of you will get several email notifications for updates to this thread. I apologize for that.

This one is for Sue Salley!

I promised you a picture of the Purple Lady Banks rose blooms. Like I said, they are not fully doubled like the yellow form, but they sure do bloom nicely. The color changes during the day from a deeper purple to a lighter one.

Here's the pictures:

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This is the rooted cutting with your name on it, Sue!

Beautiful, huh?

[Ann B.]

This one is for Tom!

Tom,

I have one rooted for you and will make more as soon as this semester is over.

Mine have been blooming now for several weeks, and all the other varieties in town have stopped blooming some time ago.

Ben Morrison Azalea:

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What can I say, I like variegated whether it be in leaves or in the bloom color.

[Ann B.]

This is a native (wildflower) perennial that I came upon quite accidentally years ago. I sowed a packet of mixed perennial seeds, and this one is the one that I liked the most. It took me quite some time to figure out what it was.

I call it a pink cornflower, but it has a lavender/majenta tinge to the color. This is the first bloom for this spring, and they will be more doubled as time goes by, but I look forward to seeing the blooms every year.

The tiny blooms in the background are those of a spirea that produces both white and pink blooms on the same stems. If you look closely you can see the pink and white spirea blooms forming. It is quite neat also, but starting to get a little large for the space. I may have to move the pink cornflower.

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The foliage is somewhat evergreen here. It is more full this time of the year.

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[Ann B.]

These are only of few of my favorites. Like Sue Salley, I always enjoy watching the leaves of the ferns unfoil....

Japanese Painted Fern and Variegated Hosta:

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They are growing so very FAST!

Pretty!

[Ann B.]

I do enjoy this one breaking dormancy...

It's not a beauty for the bloom, but the color in the foliage is fantastic!

My Variegated Hydrangea:

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[Ann B.]

Somewhere I have the name of this one! It faithfully comes back for me every spring, and it blooms until frost. It is very dwarf and blooms like crazy, a pretty true blue....

The camera wouldn't focus on the blue, but I think you get the idea. The dark purple blooms to the right are that of one of my favorite annuals, the Helitrope 'Marine'. I collect a few seeds from them every year, so that I can have more!

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I have never tried to propagate it, but I really should because I enjoy it 9 months out of the year!

[Ann B.]

But this one blooms only in the spring...

I prefer the everblooming antique roses, but the blooms on this one are especially pretty. The leaves are tiny, and the shrub is small. No problems with blackspot on this one...

I'll have to look up the name of it later!

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[Ann B.]

The only Grandiflora rose that I own. It is in mostly shade, and will have many clusters of blooms for months to come.

It was a special gift from a friend, the first rose ever given to me....

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I don't fertilize it. I don't prune it. I don't disbud it. I don't spray with fungicide or herbicide, and despite the weeds that keep popping up around it, it flourishes.

It's a gorgeous rose!

[Ann B.]

Thunbergia battiscombeii....

This one is herbaceous here, but the first blooms opened this week. There are many, many large blooms and it will continue to bloom until the first frost.

The blooms are almost 2 inches wide and about the deep....

Again, this was a gift from a friend. This time in the form of cuttings...

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Abosolutely one of my many top favorites!

[Ann B.]

It is a mistake, but a welcome one that I encourage....

It grew from the root stock of my Mr. Lincoln hibrid tea rose. It bloooms profusely in the spring and again some in the fall.

It has to be pruned because it is somewhat of a rambler. The first picture does not show it's true deep, dark red color because of the bright sun. The second one is really a little darker than it actually is but closer to the true color, and contains only two clusters of blooms....

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A pleasant welcome volunteer to my landscape....

[sue salley]

Thank you Ann. The lady banks is absoltely beautiful. I have an old rose that I do not know the name of but it has pink blooms,sometimes double, that belonged to my grandmother. It blooms al summer and has no disease problems. I want to try roses by cuttings this year so I will try to start you one.
Just wanted to let you know that our sale this weekend went super. We sold more Sat. that we ever have in both days before.
It is at a historic site that used to be a stopfor stage coaches and riders to exchange horses and money, because Tennessee and Virginia had different money at that time. It is run by volunteers who are the nicest people in the world. It is a working farm also, plowed the old way with horses. The Doctor that owns the work horses plows each year at the festival. It is a joy to see these massive animals at work.
There are lots of plants there. I bought several flats of new mother plants. I found a cactus called Tennesse Walking Stick that is supposed to be hardy here. Never seen that before. I bought a night blooming cereus for $4! A blue corydalis I've looked for for ages, a Christmas rose, an unusual aloe with a pot full of babies to divide. You can tell I had a good time. I also found a hardy geranium that has very unusual leaves. I'm really fond of hardy geraniums.
I was telling Shepp what sold well . Yesterday it was wildflowers and herbs. Today was trees and perennials. Sold all the Japanese maples and mountain ash that we took. Lavender and lily of the valley by the flats. Also traded a shrub to a lady for some nice starts of pink lily of the valley.
I tease the ladies down there that this show is my vacation every year. I don't get to go much and this show is so fun that despite all the work it is the greatest. If i could do this show once a month I could quit work.
Had a great weekend but now I am exhausted so will see you guys later.

[sue salley]

BTW I took some pictures with my digital camera that I don't know how to work. Will put them on forum as soon as somebody shows me how to get them from the camera to the computer. I know you hook the camera up to the big box and thats all I know.
As soon as I get it down pat I will take some pictures of our greenhouse to show to you.
Goodnight.

[Ann B.]

Sue,

Send me the pics, and I'll help upload them to Landspro...

It so refreshing to see how much you love what you do!

As you can see, I love these gorgeous plants, too!

I take care of them as best as I can, and they reward me many times over....

I have more pics, and more favorites, but then again, there aren't too many that I do not like. ;) They bring me joy, just like a smile and hug from Hunter does....

What you are describing that is blooming now, bloomed a couple of months ago here. I am constantly in total awe over the differences in seasons around the country, but similar in so many other ways....

I am hoping you will tell us more stories when you are not so tired. I could sit and read about it all day long!

I'm proud that you had a wonderful and successful weekend. You are an encouragement to ALL!

Rest Well!

[Ann B.]

I promised to look up the name of that one particular antique rose.

The name is "Chestnut Rose". It's very different from my other old roses. The leaves are tiny. It is not very tall, and this shrub type rose is wider than it is tall.

The blooms are large and darken as they age.

Here's one link of many that I found on this particular rose:

The Uncommon Rose (http://www.uncommongarden.com/r/chestnutrose.html)

Enjoy!

[Tom]

My true "favorite" changes from week to week all during the year.

A few weeks ago I sent in a picture of my 'favorite' bulb bed that I have been experimenting with. But now, they have faded, and the Iris are really showing their stuff. As noted somewhere before, I do like to stick a bunch of the same thing together for impact, and focus. Just to the left of these Iris' are all of the Tiger lilies I have. Later this summer they will be my 'favorites'.

[Rebecca]

Good Evening All,

Thought you'd enjoy seeing a photo of one of my favorite spring time Perennials

I have these in several differnt colors, including self yellow, self blue, red and yellow and new this year a lovely blue with white. The blue with white grew from seed planted by Mother Nature and came as quite a surprise to me! I also have a little plant that was a rescue and it looks like there are actually three seperate plants! The first to open a flower was a two-toned lavender, the second one is a pink with white and the thrid is yet to flower, but it is showing buds! These are dwarfs, barely a foot tall with blooms! Oddly enough however, the blooms aren't at all dainty, but nearly as big as the standard varieties! Haven't gotten any photos of them yet, sorry.


Rebecca

[Ann B.]

Rebecca,

Your gardens sound gorgeous! And it is so much fun to see pictures of everyone's plants and gardens, isn't it?

Columbine is one of those perennials that is difficult to grow this far south, and one of many that I would like to succeed at trying one day...

I hope you will be able share more with us about your gardens. I am fascinated!!!

Thanks!

[Rebecca]

Ann and All,

Here's another of my favs, the Korean Lilca. I grew this one from a seedling I found at the foot of the mother plant. It's fragrance is heavenly!

Enjoy!

Rebecca

[Ann B.]

That is a very good example of exactly what I mean about plants you can grow up north that we cannot grow here...

Lilacs....

You have no idea how many times I have listened to customers inquire about purchasing Lilacs, only to be told they do not grow well here. Most of them retired down here form up north and are wanting to grow their favorite plants.

There is a southern form of the Lilac, but it is not nearly as spectacular as what you have up there!

Thanks so much for sharing! Maybe, just maybe, if I can figure out a way to grow the Clematis, I can learn to grow one of the spectacular Lilacs!!!

How Wonderful!

[Ann B.]

One of the babies featured on Landspro under the Root Cuttings Section....

The story goes that every time you take a picture of the blooms of this particular variety that the picture always turns out looking like a pink flower. This particular variety, the Blue Danube are truly, truly baby blue blooms...

They bloom profusely about this time of the year, and they will continue to bloom.

I am sure they would bloom even more if I deadheaded them. Every year I say that I am going to harvest seed and plant them, and you bet, this year I will for I have numerous plants now. I will also do more root cuttings. I gave most of them away, but kept a few to overwinter without protection, and they did fine. This is one of them...

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They are so very pretty, aren't they? And they are an extremely cold hardy herbaceous perennial that is so very easy to grow from small pieces of root!

Believe it or not, propagating by roots may be slower than via stem cuttings, but it certainly is faster than seeds, and with perenials such as this one, there are no stems from which to take cuttings, so....

I dig up roots from the outermost edges of the established plants, and it's so much FUN to watch them develop into plants with hardly no work at all!

[Ann B.]

It looks like it is going to be reverting back to blue...

Also, every year it gets a little larger, this year being no exception.

I don't mind it's being this size or it's being lavender or blue as opposed to pink, so I won't worry with adding lime this year. Maybe next?

http://www.landspro.com/images/hydrangea_dwarf_pink.JPG

We'll see....

[Ann B.]

were bitten back by an early unexpected, and unforecasted frost, so it is nice to see them leafing out and forming blooms!

I had purchase two at the end of the season with no blooms for $2 each. There were three plants in each pot, but I repotted them to larger, 3 gallon pots immediately and added polymer crystals for the winter storage.

This is one of them....

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You can rarely go wrong with hibiscus! They are always beautiful!

[Ann B.]

I have an all time favorite. It is a slow grower, but mine is now about 6 or 7 foot tall. It is a curly privet and has more succulent, curled leaves.

I do believe that the late hard freeze made all of the various types of privets bloom like crazy! The common one is going to give me fits with seed this year, but I hope to collect seeds from this one!

http://www.landspro.com/images/privet_curly_blooms_01.JPG

It is also loaded with blooms!

I do love this evergreen shrub!!!!

[Rebecca]

Ann and All,

I was finally able to get a photo of the two toned light lavender columbine! And as I had surmised, there are three tiny plants growing together, the lavender, a pink and white and a pure white. I will have to carefully seperate them when they get a bit bigger.

Enjoy the photo!

[Rebecca]

Here's a shot that shows all three of the tiny plants in bloom.

Rebecca

[Ann B.]

Rebecca!

Those are so very beautiful! Did they self seed? Is that how you came about 3 different colors so very close together?

Oh, I can only imagine how beautiful your gardens must be!

Thank YOU, Rebecca!

[Rebecca]

Ann,

Actually they came that way only I didn't know it when I rescued it out of the dumpster at work last summer. Didn't even realize it was a dwarf!

I did have a standard blue with white that was a self sow that bloomed for the first time this spring. Funning thing is I did have any in that color to begin with! Do have self blues and Pink with White, self Yellow, and a red with yellow. All I can figure is that the blue and the pink with white got together (hummingbirds, perhaps) and I ended up with two Blue with White plants and both in different locations!

As for these 'Dwarfs', the plants are quite small, but the flowers are actually fairly large, about the same diameter as a quarter, maybe a bit bigger. My standards are all from the MacKenna Giants strain. Nearly all of them grow in full sun too! Those that are in the shade aren't anywhere near as vivid in their coloration.

I'll be saving seeds from the dwarfs and the Blue and White one towards the end of summer or towards the end of their bloom cycle. If anyone wants a few, send me a private message with your mailing address and I'll send them to you once they are harvested. Really!


Rebecca

[sue salley]

Rebecca, That is a beautiful columbine. I love blue flowers. I have stopped growing columbine to sell because they get leaf miners so badly and by the time they are ready to sell the leaves look terrible. How do you prevent this from happening?

[Rebecca]

Sue and all,

I don't do anything to prevent leaf miner damage! I just don't get leaf miners! Just lucky I guess. The only assistance I do get to protect any of my plants from insect damage are the Lady Bugs and Praying Mantis that Mother Nature proviveds. The Mantids even do a good job of keeping the grasshopper population under control, now if they just eat the Japanese Beatles! Unfortunately, by the time the young mantids are big enough to tackle the beatles, the beatles are pretty much gone.

Another thing that might contribute is that I do grow a wide variety of perennials and I think that really helps with insect and disease prevention.

All, or nearly all, of the columbine in my gardens have come up volunteer. Several years ago I did scatter some seed in the fall and had a few plants to move to other locations the following spring. Any more, I just leave a couple of seed heads on certain plants and keep all other spent blooms clipped off. This also keeps the plants blooming much longer.

I have found the olny plants that really seem to have any problems are the ones growing in full shade. Most are growing in full sun. I water the beds only during extreame dry spells and , if the plants get lucky, they might get a dose of liquid fertilizer via an on hose sprayer once or twice through the growing season. Too much fertilizer seems to promote growth but less flowering and too much water usually leads to root rot. Most of what I grow, fortunately, thrives on a certain amount of neglect! :)

[Rebecca]

Evening All,

I had another nwe color combination show up in another Columbine seedling today. The flower is basically yellow overall, but the petals are edged with a wide band of lavender! The flowers are a nice large size too! See for yourselves!


Rebecca

[sue salley]

Rebecca,
That is the most unusual columbine I have ever seen! It is beautiful.
Have you grown the Nora Barlows or the chocolate one?

[Rebecca]

Sue,

No, only a few of the MaKenna Giants.(spl) Most of them have died out and what I currently have growing has come mainly from seed collected throughout the neighborhood. The blus self is a Nature Sown Plant, and I have no ieda where that seed flew in from as no one in the immediate area has them! They are an intermediat size between the dwarfs and the standards, very compact plants and bloom stalks. The yellow self gets absolutely huge! and is very impressive when in full bloom!

The blue and white ones have a plant habit similar to the self blue, but they tend to have much taller bloom stalks and the branching isn't quite as close and tight either. Sure does make a neat package.

BTW, I <u><b>do</b></u> have leaf miners. I've seen their mark on a wild type red and yellow growing in the front dooryard garden. Bummer. :mad: Oddly enough, I haven't spotted any on the plants growing in the back yard. Go figure!

I'm attaching a photo of my yellow self, taken just this evening! Enjoy!


Rebecca

[Rebecca]

I'm attaching a new photo of yet another columbine. Clor isn't quite as intense as the photo shows, but lovely none-the-less.

Enjoy,

Rebecca

[AllGreenThumbs]

They are just gorgeous! I especially like the blue one as I have never seen one like it either..
Thank you for sharing!
Becki

[Ann B.]

Yes, they are beautiful, and I am really enjoying all the pictures.

I started some Columbine from seed a year ago last fall. The seedlings did great outdoors all winter, but when summer time hit, they melted and never came back.

They say that they do not do well here, but you know me... I don't give up that easily.

My Foxgloves are still doing beautifully except for during the hottest part of the day. The foliage stays nice and crisp, but the blooms tend to look weakened.

They are definitely going to seed, though. Next time, I will be sure to plant them where they will be shaded during the hottest part of the day and get sun the rest of the time.

Perhaps, the same will work with Columbine. It's worth a try, isn't it?

It was 90 degrees here today, and I do believe that summer has arrived.

BTW, you can send some more rain my way!

[Rebecca]

Ann and All Reading Along,

I tried to get in touch with 'Mother Nature' this evening and ask her to please send the rain to those of you who are needing it, but she wouldn't answer the phone!

As for the Columbines not liking the heat, this may well be true, but it does get and stay terribly hot here in Central Indian in the summer months and even my plant decide to sleep it off if I don't keep them really well watered, and nearly all of mine are growing in full sun, especially the ones in the back gardens that borders the asphalt parking lot! The few that are growing in shade do seem to tolerate the heat a lot better. So, Ann, before you give up on them, do try them in shade and with a heavy layer of mulch to help keep those roots cool(er).

On another subject, my Nelly Mosie Clematis is reeally putting on a show with lucious pink blooms opening daily. Unfortunately I can't get a good photo of it because all the good blooms are high up on the arbhor and I'd need a tall ladder to get to them!

'Polish Spirit', on the opposite side of the same arbhor is starting to show a little color in it's buds, but they are still quite a way from being ready to open

'Rouge Cardinal' is still in full swing with new buds forming on a nearly daily basis.

Other plants blooming are the miniature roses, my two 'climbers, and the two hybrid teas, ''Queen Elizabeth' and 'Proud Land'. and I thought I had lost them both to the ravegases of winter. And of course the Columbine will continue to bloom for perhaps another month before they rest, then bloom a little more. The TB Iris are about finished and the Dutch are now blooming. I'll have Wild Blue Iris opening soon and then the Asiatic lilies will start their show; the buds on the 'Pixies' are really getting fat! (I really must put tags on them this year!)

The Hardy Hibiscus are growing very well, except for a white flowered one that is too far under the front awening to get enough rain, so looks like it's time to start watering it.

Several different Sages (Slavia) are either blooming or in bud A couple of the Blackberry lilies that I've grown from seed are doing too well, but a third one is getting huge. I can already feel the bloom stalks swelling within the leaf fans!

Of course the really big show looks like it will be late this year. Tha would be the daylilies. They just don't care for the cool nights we've had this spring! They are growing very well, but they just aren't getting enough warmth to initiate bloom scapes. A few of the early bloomers are finally getting a move on, but not very fast and only a few. Once it warms up it will be a different story, I hope!

Received a single new daylily in today's mail, but I haven't decided where to plant it and I'm out of potting mix, so it is soaking in a small tub of water. It looks like there are three seperate divisions, so a couple will deffinetly be potted. This one is a species and sure seems small compared to some of the other new plants I've received so far this year, and it is really small compared to the fans of 'Kwanso' I dug earlier today! Man, that puppy was huge!

Well, I've rambled on long enough and the day has gotten too long so I type atchall later!


Rebecca

Just for a little whimsy

[Ann B.]

Well, my pink 'florist' hydrangea, the dwarf one is definitely starting to turn lavender/blue, but some of the blooms on the same plant are still very pink....

Take a peak!

One of the pink blooms:

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One of the 'blue' ones:

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The pinks are on one side of the shrub. The blues are on the other! Here's the blue side....

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Pretty, huh? I do like the compact size....

I have 3 of them next to my patio.

Enjoy!