Ed, I wonder what makes a flower a "thrip magnet". I've read that mostly early bloomers have that trouble. So far, I haven't seen any thrips in my garden.
I received Wild Child last fall. It's a big, beautiful plant that increased already, but it doesn't have scapes yet. I wanted it because of all the pics I saw in the database on this site, and sellers sites.
I can't have a constantly blotchy flower in my garden, and I certainly don't want to make crosses with it.