Reldon,
Ebb Tide has done well for me. Is yours getting strangled by the crab tree? I wasn't too impressed with ET until last year. It was wonderful and now a (you guessed it) my favorite! Mine had the flecking too. I think Trudy gave the plant to me a few years back.
I don't really see that it is so 'the same' as MA, but then my MA gets lots of sunshine. It actually got smaller last year. But as you know, there is some serious crowding going on in my gardens.
Hope to see you soon @ the spring ROHS mtg. I'll be saving you a seat.
Eyes are up all over the place here & some are beginnig the 'unfurling' . I suppose they will all get frozen before the real spring arrives. Boo! Hoo!
Connie has tulips in bloom. Mine might have been too but the deer have decided my front yard is their evening meal buffet. So much so, infact, that I had to put a heavy metal egg basket over 'Yoshie' as I owe it to Jamie as the winner from the AHS on-line auction. Can you imagine recieving a half-eaten hosta as your prize plant!
MM