Seedlings!

Today is a very exciting day! The seedlings have started blooming! DH told me to look out the window at the daylilies blooming (imagine that) and I immediately saw this one:


It is quite large (I'll have to measure it)...probably a MAGIC OF OZ kid...has lots of buds (yes!)...even a nice looking prolif....plus, it'll be tested today with temps getting close to 100.

I also found this one:


This is a tremendously beautiful bloom (spoken like a proud mama!)....I can't find a thing wrong with it. It's open very early in the morning...it's good size (I'll have to measure, but probably between 5.5-6 ins)...and it's just lovely! This one is from LESLIE RENEE x SMILE AGAIN.

There's actually a third seedling open (note, last year's first one is not the first this year)...all very first flowers. I'll have to try to get down to where it is a bit later, when that area is getting a little more shade in order to get a better picture.

There's nothing like getting up to see brand new daylilies!

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Some of the regular daylilies are starting to bloom now...here's the first bloom for 2008 from DESTINED TO SEE:


BALLERINA ON ICE (one of my very favorite daylilies):


You can't appreciate this one from the picture, necessarily, but it is a teeny tiny bloom called ITSY BITSY SPIDER:


When it has more blooms open, I'll do a comparison so you can easily see how tiny it is. Very cute! Yesterday, it had its first bloom open and without the pinching of the petals, just looked rather ordinary...like a small yellow daylily....today, we see where it gets its name from.

AERIAL APPLIQUE continues to bloom...now in its new spot:


Making me especially happy, I see it is already putting up another scape:


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Not that I actually wondered, but if there was any doubt about why the garlic is lying on the ground...


Leo, who enjoys the garlic....

(Can't wait for tomorrow!)