Northeast Gardening: End of season report card, 1 by Hemhostaholic

Hemhostaholic wrote:
Pirl, you couldn't have said it any better! By all accounts, especially the hybridizers descriptions, this DL should have just blended in with everything else, but honest, when this baby bloomed, I was on the deck, saw it, and was scratching my head...this particular area I had placed my Ensata DL order and my Oake's DL order which were going to be "filler" for the new bed. I, at the time, didn't think I would acquire as many DL's as what I did. This was blooming near 'Bella Serra', 'Flight of the Raven' 'Lavender Vista,' and a few other purples, but this one was saturated with color.

With me bragging about how saturated the colors are, I find it a bit funny that my second favorite DL to bloom this year is 'Wild Child.' Because, and I hope no one is offended, but 'Wild Child' is one messy (blank) DL...it's all over the place. The colors bleed, they are stippled, it's hooked, nobbed, and has teeth, the edge is all over the place, the petals and sepals are twisting or straight out, it is truly a 'Wild Child,' but, therein lies its appeal...lol.