I've had this plant for I think 4 years, it's a pretty pink with a nice purple lav. Watermark, on hotter days ( mornings ) it can be considerably lighter and the WM does not have the same vibrant colors. It gets about 24 / 28 inches tall this year with maybe 3/4 way branching and around 15 buds per scape, it normally rebloomes for me
Freaky Good "grew" on me. The first year I was disappointed because it didn't look like the hybridizer's picture. Later, however it settled in and looked better. It also showed another attribute which I appreciate, it sometimes has a crested bloom. I'm using it in my crested doubles program. Below are pics of what I typically see and a crested bloom.
I have had 'Freaky Good' since Sept. 16 2016, it came from Amadore in California. It did not bloom of course that first year here, but it made up for it in 2017, and had a great year again in 2018. The blooms show a lot of different looks in my garden, it is hard to say which look I like best. Here are some examples.
This is at least the third series of scapes on it this year, here it is cleaned up with all the old scapes removed. The branching is not great so far, and the bud count probably averaged about 12.
Divided this clump today, just over two years after the original planting.
09/17/2016 original planting
Clump dug today:
17 divided fans:
5 fans planted back in the original spot today.
This year the plant bloomed in May, then I had blooms and rebloom until September.
This has grown moderately well for me. I wish the color looked as good as it does in the Floyd Cove pics, but it sometimes has a crested bloom so I'm keeping it around to use in my UF dbls program. It has not increased a lot but I blame that more on crape myrtle roots growing up into my raised bed than the plant. I cut the bush and will take out the roots soon when I redo that bed. I think performance will increase after that.
