In sunny Phoenix Metro, AZ, Sundance holds its color well, fading only at the very end after holding its blooms for a solid two weeks, sometimes longer. It blooms one to each long stem and has very good vase life. The red edging seen strongly as a bud dissapears fairly quickly on the bush, but when cut in bud stays strong, sometimes even deepening in the vase. A must-have yellow for my garden (I have 2).