Your lilac is stunning and it's the one thing I miss most from when we lived in OH. I do have one started here and it's about a foot tall but no blooms It's not Miss Kim either which is bred for the south. I have Kerria too! love it! Isn't it's common name - Yellow Rose of Texas?

I hope all your plants that got bit will do well

Woofie, BEAUTIFUL bloom and lovely story - thank you!

Thank you Larry, for a wonderful article and beautiful photos!

Thanks for all those kind words, Vic. I'm glad to know another Kerria grower. It's as rare as hen's teeth up here in Iowa. Yes, one of it's common names is Yellow Rose of Texas. I didn't know that until I started researching Kerrias. In our neck of the woods the only Yellow Rose of Texas we know is this one (also called Harrison's Yellow Rose):

I swear Larry, I think my words are wearing off on you.
Hen's teeth.

It's a common expression among us country folk here in Iowa--and evidently in country folk in Kentucky as well. Check this out: http://www.sciencedaily.com/re...

Oh my. I've never taken a shine to chickens because of their pecking ability which they seem to use most often when I am anywhere near them and now you indicate the possibility of pecking with teeth? Crocodile teeth. Oh my. This could increase the current feelings of hostility that are apparent between chickens and me upon close encounters.

I think since it's very near 1 a.m. here in Kentucky country, I might oughtta just hush for the night.