I'm getting crooked stalks. Any idea what causes them? I know it's got to be weather related.

Polly ...I have some crooked stalks and some short ones. We all want each one to be the quality for best specimen at a show but it doesn't always turn out that way. Unless you have a high % I would just chalk it off. Disappointing though....I had an incredible ruffly lacey seedling bloom last year. This year the blossoms are having real problems opening. Guess it is good-bye to that one.

No, just a few. Gotta be weather, grew too fast or something.

Paul -- I'd give that Iris another year. This isn't the year to make decisions, I don't think -- the weather is too flukey and causing all kinds of issues. JMO.

This mornings bloom......
Adoree
Adoree
Brouhaha

Tomfoolery
Round of Applause
Seapower
Through the Clouds

Applause Line

Dancing Queen
Seedling

Seedling
Artistic Web
Absolute Treasure
Spiced Peaches
Spectator

Seedling

Beautiful every one!

The last seedling is awesome!! So is your photography, Paul. What kind of camera do you use?

The last seedling is awesome!! So is your photography, Paul. What kind of camera do you use?

I like Adoree even better when it's fully open and the fall petal is more pastel-y!

Thanks Mary Ann...I use a Sony Cybershot 12.1 Mega Pixels that was a gift from my family. I am not very tech savvy and just use the Easy setting. I guess I should try some other settings and see what happens. I always enjoy your pictures....nice quality

I'm tellin' ya ,Paul, Ya gotta intro some of those seedlings! They deserve it!...Arlyn

Thanks Arlyn........I decided to try some of the settings on my camera today. I typically use the 'Easy' setting. The camera is point and shoot. Here are the pictures on the different settings. Which do you prefer? Picture # 5 is the best to my eye. More definition in the standards. The setting is 'Twilight'. It is over cast today.

Keep showing me that seedling, and I'm going to have to drive to Utah and snatch it out of your garden. I thing that last shot is really super clear and defined.

I'll split the gas cost with you, Tom....Arlyn

Don't forget our monitors show things differently, but to me 5 looks dark. I go with the last one, also. But the all look well taken. Can you Photoshop to get them centered?

I like #1 and #8.

My pick is picture #7. The standards are very clear, and the overall of the photo is not as dark as #5 -- I thought that it showed off the color tones in the falls the best. Also, I liked the contrast between the white standards and the darker green leaves above it. I wish I could see the pictures side-by-side -- by the time I enlarged each, then clicked off of it and enlarged the next, I'd forget details of the previous. :confused:

I think #6 is nice too.

But like Polly said, each of our monitors is going to show things a little bit differently. So what looks good on mine might not look as good on someone else's. Any one of those pictures are just great Paul (except #4 -- looks blurry on my screen, enlarged) -- so you'd be good to go on any of those settings. It's fun to experiment a little, isn't it? You have a really nice camera!!

Tom -- LOL!!! (bring me back a rhizome -- shhhhh)

#1, 5 &8 appeal to me the most.

In bloom this morning..
Merry Madrigal,,,,,,,two mediocre pictures

Adoree
Seedling
Above the Clouds
Sea Power
Dancing Queen

Subtle Beauty


Reyes Adentro
Dark Design
Sea Power

Seedling