30 June: airy, held up well in rain, leaves yellowing, flowers not interesting, sprawling habit, needs more flowers, popular with bees.


15 July: nice vertical accent, not enough color, few open flowers but lots of buds, foliage overshadows flowers, nice leaf shape/texture, maybe not for formal gardens.


30 July: bushy, bees like it, few flowers, leaves look weedy, needs more flowers, foliage beginning to yellow, nothing special.

15 Aug: foliage yellowing, not enough color, looks weedy, fading, needs more flowers, tall.


30 Aug: fun foliage texture, deadhead, weedy looking, few flowers, healthy foliage, leaf spot.

15 Sept: good late season performance, looking weedy, foliage yellowing, dull flowers, bees like it, not much visually, improving now, better flower color.