Here are a few photos from this morning. Some plants were photographed earlier, using Iphone. This time it's with Nikon SLR.
I really think the hand me down varieties are nice. Most seem healthier than the bought newer ones. My guess is that the newest ones are over-hybridized for lush flowers, but not for disease resistance or durability or hardiness. The hand me downs are ones that flourished over the years in local yards to the point where they had overcrowded their spaces, and were thinned out resulting in rhizomes to give away. Ones that did not do well and were not liked, did not survive to the point of being given away. So local gardens did the sorting out of the better ones.
However, there are some newer ones that are very nice, such as "Victoria Falls".
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