James W. Waddick wrote > I did not get bloom on 'Ellen Bousanquet' this spring, but it > is sort of on the edge here - hardiness-wise. Just within the last > few days it sent up a puny stalk with only 4 buds and one is > deformed. So still no rebloom, but a very late and struggling first > bloom very late in the season. I live in Phoenix, Arizona. I planted my Ellen Bousanquet before I realized she is a swamp thang. She survives our Arizona full sun and 110 F summers in baking clay with minor leaf burn. The more I water her the better she looks and grows. And, she seems to bloom shortly after each fertilizing. Are you watering heavily and fertilizing heavily? Leo Martin Phoenix Arizona USA