For beautiful color and round form, these two kept catching my eye - over and over and over: The first is 30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO and the second is ENOLA GAY.
For very tall, it was NOTIFY GROUND CREW. I had planted it at the bottom of my front deck steps a couple years ago, and this year it really put on a show - flowers at eye level and others you can see from inside or out on the lawn. Perfect spot for it. And fragrant too!
For amazing scapes, there were several. I can't find my pics of PENTHOUSE PLAYGIRL or JACK KEROUAC, both of which have amazing scapes, in addition to UP ON THE ROOF which Char posted , but Judy Davisson is no slouch in this department either, and her MISTER GREEN JEANS, in its third year in the same spot, really put on a show with its huge yellow UF blooms and scapes like trees.
My favorite seedling (I LOVE orange) is more of a tangerine color than it looks here, but very bright, 45" tall and nice large blooms. I'm not crazy about how prominent and raised the midribs are, though . . . we'll have to see how it looks next year.
And finally, for weirdness . . . these are two totally oddball results from totally oddball crosses. The first is from H. Hakuunensis x CAYENNE. The second is H. Hakuunensis x TEXAS FEATHERED FANCY, which is a dark lavender. Not at all certain I even like these, but they sure had surprise value, esp. since they are dips. Really don't look at all like either parent, or even like something in between. Just goes to show you can get some real surprises with nutso crosses. lol
I love seeing what other people like and everyone's seedlings. Every one has some nice ones. Becky, that last one of yours, the blue/white one, is really pretty . . . I hope the plant habit ends up being intro-worthy. Really nice!
Rob
