Tropicals & Tender Perennials: By Dawn's Early Light, 1 by Happenstance

Happenstance wrote:
This is my first year for these gorgeous plants and I know very little about them, other than I think they are fabulous. In May I purchased two pale yellow unnamed ones at a local California home center and a week later went back and found a double white. Each plant was about 24" tall in a 5 gal can. They are on their fourth cycle of blooming profusely and although I don't know their names they are my favorite new plant in the garden.

The pale yellow seems to be evolving into a wonderful two-tone cream w/yellow and yesterday some of the new blooms opened and are a fantastic dusty peach. Is it normal for them to change color or are they just responding to the fish emulsion I'm giving them? The flowers in the shade seem to be richer in color than those that get more sun, which makes sense if the hot afternoon sun is washing the front one out.

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