Michael Bennett has always reliably rebloomed for us here in East Tennessee, so the bloom season is decently long; last year it started June 6th and extended to the end of July. Pod and pollen fertile. Here are some of the many faces:
Some days MB is a darker garnet.
I forgive it for blooming down in the foliage. In a clump it puts on such a great show.
Check out the wide branching (mid-June)!
The temple bell stops
But the sound keeps coming
out of the flowers -Basho
