Joe K- a miniature

White Perfection

Goodwill 90

K K K Katie

Bliss

Willow

I am positive it is Goodwill, it is interesting what a few thousand miles will make! That bloom has been opened about 5 days but the petals are certainly wider. Hmmmmmmmmmm!

I have it planted up next to the garage and it only gets about 5 hours of sun per day. Would that make a difference?

Thanks for sharing your lovely photos.
Marsha

And compare it to your robust NE soil rich colors! I'd like a hot tip on your fertilizer brand!

You are going to laugh but all I do is add regulate garden fertilizer,10-10-10 to the soil in the spring right after the tiller goes though. Then a week before I plant, I throw some compost from the village compost pile ( mostly composted ground leaves) till again and then plant. Usually thats all they get, sometimes I give them a shot of tomato fertizer though the hose and sometimes not.

This year, 90 was growing in front of my clematis and clems need a lot of fertilizer. The clems get tomato fertilizer, alfafa pellets, and this year some Super Thrive. So I'm sure 90 got a taste of this concoction as its about 12" in front of the clems. 90 grew to about 5 1/2 feet tall, is that about the right height?

Most property in this county have zillons of rock and stones in there soil but my yard is a bit different, as I have very few. It seems that the last 3 past owner of this dwelling had an above the ground swimming pool, and not one of them put it in the same place. End result, plenty of sand! Each owner amended the previous location and planted grass, and then came me. I, in turn, tilled the whole place up and planted gardens of veggies and flowers. At this point, you could throw an old boot out there and it would take hold. LOL!

My DH is a bit of an elf, ears and all, so maybe it's elf voodoo!

So if you can figure out this system......

Here take a look

The veggie garden, pool site 3, all sand when I bought..

Pool 2 in perennial garden and favorite dahlia bed near the house, pool 1 in iris bed near the bench

Willow

Well, maybe I'll try alfalfa pellets. We got two new goats who are accustomed to them, so that's what we get for feed now and they can learn to share with my garden LOL. It might be the early morning light, or the camera showing lavenderish color. It really is a pink, but nothing, NOTHING like your intense color.

I had 3 plants of Goodwill 90 last year, two were 4 feet and one reached 5 feet tall.

I also got a new camera and I think the saying goes for brunettes or better yet the on coming of grey as well as blondes!!!lol

Your photo and and blooms are just magnificent! My dahlia's are doing their thing now that we had some rain. Better late then never! Rumor has it that frost is on it's way in two weeks, UCK!!!! Hope it holds back a little longer than that otherwise I will have to do the sheet shuffle.