Daylilies 060607

Here are today's finds...it's still early and these daylilies will only get better:

Inky Fingers:




Moonlit Masquerade:


Painting the Roses Red:


Appsian Rhapsody, having a little trouble opening...but look at that color...and no thrip damage:


This is the second bloom on Carolyn Hunt...can you see the improvement from yesterday?


I suppose I should have/could have waited to post yesterday's Carolyn Hunt picture...but my excitement kicks in...they just get better and better! Today there were two fancy ones that opened, but neither bloom was what it should be...yet...I'll get a decent picture, it's just hard to be patient.

The Lilies (Lilium) are starting...the Asiatic and/or LA ones...Here's one and I'll try to get the other two I noticed tomorrow:


I think this is the first year that the Madonna Lilies weren't the first...hmmm, I'll have to go have a look tomorrow.

Here's Dianthus 'Siberian Blues' that I grew from seed several years ago. They are a very nice lavender color which goes well with either pink or yellow flowers. I like them so much that I purchased more seeds this year. This has been a very reliable variety for me.


Red Hot Pokers (Kniphofia uvaria)...blooming and trying to fight off Weigela 'Wine and Roses'...


To close...I thought I might be infamous as the only person to actually kill False Indigo (Baptisia australis)...a long lived plant....however, it should be commended (I think) for its efforts to survive...Do you see it?? It is coming up in the center of the Weigela...


Yes, the Weigela is a very pretty shrub in bloom...it also grows and grows...and is the process, now, of being cut back (too late for the False Indigo...I hope it makes for a nice combination!)