Love the green throat! From June 25th of this year...
Orienpet 'Bonbini'
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
Bonbini
While working on photos tonight, I came across this one....
Love the green throat! From June 25th of this year...
Orienpet 'Bonbini'
Love the green throat! From June 25th of this year...
Orienpet 'Bonbini'
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Drive By Posting...
I've been going through photos (thousands upon thousands) and actually have organized three days (so far!) of photos from June....I came across this one and it made me smile...I hope it does the same for you....
June 26, 2009..
(I know...shockingly, it's not daylilies!)
June 26, 2009..
(I know...shockingly, it's not daylilies!)
Monday, June 08, 2009
Bits and Pieces...2009 Edition
....for lack of a better category for miscellaneous things...
So, I'm doing my complete looking around (after discovering I missed the first two blooms on FIRESTARTER...tragedy for sure...)...you know, the morning and evening browsing...and I realized how much I let go by me this year...already....
Not wanting that to continue, I noticed the Japanese Iris seedlings blooming....
What's especially neat about these...is that I did absolutely nothing. Now, I like that. Garden on auto pilot or something. I'm happy enough with their (self) placement and I especially like that they are different from their parents.
Here's a close up of one of the seedling(s) blooms...
Here's a parental unit (a choice of three...two dark purples, different shades,
and a white that hasn't made an appearance yet..)
Because I just like it, a sort of glamor shot...
These are , of course, the Japanese Iris that do not grow anywhere near water...and, as I say every year, we are not telling them differently.
I always enjoy the surprises that gardens bring every year. There are the losses...and the gains...Last year, I didn't get around to mulching some of my more tender things and then there was the erosion caused by clogged gutters (which did get fixed last summer)....given all that, I'm not surprised the dwarf canna (or any non potted cannas) hasn't made an appearance....however, go figure, a couple of tuberose braved these elements and are up (yea)....because I just couldn't do without tuberose (although there are many things I am finding out I can do without...lol), I do have a pot full of them...but, anyway, the butterfly ginger is returning...and look here, what is blooming...
Somebody forgot to tell the dahlia(s) it wasn't supposed to make it...This one is actually standing proud and tall, while it's partner is lying on the ground (stakes, anyone?)....those pesky four o'clocks are trying to fool me and come up in hard to get to places...I'm determined to eradicate them....right now, they are ahead.
The roses are pretty much done with their big flush of blooms...some will bloom intermittently, though...this one is still going strong...Gardenia...the fragrance is more rosey to me rather than gardenia-like as its name would imply...and, I must rag about this...I am supposed to have the shrub form but am entirely convinced I have the climber as it throws up these great arching canes...not a good thing where it is planted (with those Japanese Iris)...but, it is pretty...
Such easy lilies...these Lollipop ones...in full bloom now...Asiatics for those that care...
An astilbe that I meant to plant last year with the others...blooming away in its pot...again...poor thing...perhaps I will get you in the ground this year...perhaps..
And finally, I've noticed some daylily scapes curving...nothing to impede them, so who knows...but interesting...
Tomorrow, perhaps, I will show you my newest 'pets', working pets, that is...
So, I'm doing my complete looking around (after discovering I missed the first two blooms on FIRESTARTER...tragedy for sure...)...you know, the morning and evening browsing...and I realized how much I let go by me this year...already....
Not wanting that to continue, I noticed the Japanese Iris seedlings blooming....
What's especially neat about these...is that I did absolutely nothing. Now, I like that. Garden on auto pilot or something. I'm happy enough with their (self) placement and I especially like that they are different from their parents.
Here's a close up of one of the seedling(s) blooms...
Here's a parental unit (a choice of three...two dark purples, different shades,
and a white that hasn't made an appearance yet..)
Because I just like it, a sort of glamor shot...
These are , of course, the Japanese Iris that do not grow anywhere near water...and, as I say every year, we are not telling them differently.
I always enjoy the surprises that gardens bring every year. There are the losses...and the gains...Last year, I didn't get around to mulching some of my more tender things and then there was the erosion caused by clogged gutters (which did get fixed last summer)....given all that, I'm not surprised the dwarf canna (or any non potted cannas) hasn't made an appearance....however, go figure, a couple of tuberose braved these elements and are up (yea)....because I just couldn't do without tuberose (although there are many things I am finding out I can do without...lol), I do have a pot full of them...but, anyway, the butterfly ginger is returning...and look here, what is blooming...
Somebody forgot to tell the dahlia(s) it wasn't supposed to make it...This one is actually standing proud and tall, while it's partner is lying on the ground (stakes, anyone?)....those pesky four o'clocks are trying to fool me and come up in hard to get to places...I'm determined to eradicate them....right now, they are ahead.
The roses are pretty much done with their big flush of blooms...some will bloom intermittently, though...this one is still going strong...Gardenia...the fragrance is more rosey to me rather than gardenia-like as its name would imply...and, I must rag about this...I am supposed to have the shrub form but am entirely convinced I have the climber as it throws up these great arching canes...not a good thing where it is planted (with those Japanese Iris)...but, it is pretty...
Such easy lilies...these Lollipop ones...in full bloom now...Asiatics for those that care...
An astilbe that I meant to plant last year with the others...blooming away in its pot...again...poor thing...perhaps I will get you in the ground this year...perhaps..
And finally, I've noticed some daylily scapes curving...nothing to impede them, so who knows...but interesting...
Tomorrow, perhaps, I will show you my newest 'pets', working pets, that is...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Some Early Daylilies
Today's offerings...these are all established daylilies and so are blooming on VA time...
HIDDEN RICHES (Salter EH, 1996, Tet):
APPLIQUE (Stamile, 2002, Tet) in the morning with the sun shinning through:
APPLIQUE in the afternoon....very first flower open for this year. Last year, this one bloomed once, maybe twice and then dropped all its buds due to our drought...hoping for better luck this year!
CHRISTINE DIXON (Hansen D, 2002 Tet):
WAITING IN THE WINGS (Stamile, 2002, Tet)...another bloom, this one a skinny minnie after rain:
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A favorite Asiatic lily (Lilium) Lollipop:
HIDDEN RICHES (Salter EH, 1996, Tet):
APPLIQUE (Stamile, 2002, Tet) in the morning with the sun shinning through:
APPLIQUE in the afternoon....very first flower open for this year. Last year, this one bloomed once, maybe twice and then dropped all its buds due to our drought...hoping for better luck this year!
CHRISTINE DIXON (Hansen D, 2002 Tet):
WAITING IN THE WINGS (Stamile, 2002, Tet)...another bloom, this one a skinny minnie after rain:
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A favorite Asiatic lily (Lilium) Lollipop:
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Daylilies Blooming Today
It had to happen. I mean, daylilies have a post peak season. Much as I want them to, they simply don't bloom forever (although some try, I think). With the start of blooms on Sandra Elizabeth (listed as a very late), I simply can't ignore that the season is winding down (no!). Walking around, I realized there are daylilies blooming and thought it would be interesting to see how many are still blooming. I was surprised and pleased. In the multitude of mental notes I make, it does occur to me that...one day...grouping these together might be more pleasing and make more of an impact vs. the one here, one there...but, for now, here's what I found:
With buds, just not blooming today:
Enormous blooms of Look Here Mary:
FFO on Lavender Kingdom:
Bridgeton Finesse:
Susan Weber:
Rose Corsage:
Final Touch:
Hyperion Elite:
Malaysian Monarch:
Angel Cups:
Very tall (and probably not even at its height potential) Yellow Sledgehammer:
(It is kinda nice to not have to bend over...something to think about!)
Oh Dickie on rebloom:
Cherry Smash Cupcake:
Shoo Fly Pie:
Ain't I Something:
Janet Bennett:
Glory Bright:
Later Alligator...with a 'pointing' stance:
August Frost (maybe July Frost??):
Wouldn't you know this one anywhere? Wild Horses, on rebloom:
Florida's Garden Light:
*****
Just for grins. It's hard work being a garden cat. You probably knew that. Here's what it was like for Leo as he "worked" with me (because you know he's never far away).
First, he starts out in the grass. What?? She's moving again??
I see where she's going. Quick, I'll beat her there! No! She's walking over to the other side!
She can be like forever looking at those....
I said, can't she hear me, it's time to go in....now...food, water...
Ah, at last...sleep (put that flash away!)...
*******
I couldn't resist...they're blooming right by some of the daylilies I was looking at...
Purple and yellow is such a pleasing combination:
Coneflowers...apparently, I am supposed to grow them...since they refuse to leave...
Like Leo, I'm exhausted, too! So much I want to share with you...do you suppose I'll ever get caught up??!
Added Dimensions
Alexa Kathryn (rebloom)
Amanda’s Intrigue
Angel Cups
Betty Woods
Big Kiss
Carolicolossal
Cherry Smash Cupcake
Desert Icicle
El Bandito
Elegant Candy
Elegant Finale
End of the Day
Final Touch
Frans Hal wannabe
Glory Bright
Hyperion Elite
Ida’s Magic (rebloom)
Jay Farquhar
Katie My Love (rebloom)
Later Alligator
Laura Harwood
Look Here Mary
Love or Else
Madge Cayse
Malaysian Monarch
Mary Frances Regan
New Series
Oh Dickie
Pardon Me
Peggy Jeffcoat
Prissy Frills
Rose Corsage
Seal of Approval
Shoo Fly Pie
Surprisingly Pink
Susan Weber
The Jury’s Out
Tuscawilla Tigress
Unknown Yellow
Vulcan Fuego
Whistle a Happy Tune
Wild Horses (rebloom)
Woodside Commemorative
Yellow Sledgehammer
You Know Who
With buds, just not blooming today:
After Awhile Alligator
All in All
Emma’s Green Giant
Filled to Overflowing
Gilded Shadows
Holly Dancer
Ice Cream Dreams
Kirsten’s Corsage
Lola Branham
Orchid Corsage
Sandra Elizabeth
Shores of Time (rebloom)
Susquehanna Parfait
Terry Lyninger
Truly Angelic
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Rebloom or other scapes up (but not yet blooming):
Big Mac Attack
Carolyn Hunt
Forbidden Desires
Fortune’s Dearest
Kitty Wells
Peggy Turman
Spacecoast Gold Bonanza
Now, that's not half bad, really...glass half full?
*****
Patience is rewarded...a few pictures to enjoy.
Laura Harwood:
Enormous blooms of Look Here Mary:
FFO on Lavender Kingdom:
Bridgeton Finesse:
Susan Weber:
Rose Corsage:
Final Touch:
Hyperion Elite:
Malaysian Monarch:
Angel Cups:
Very tall (and probably not even at its height potential) Yellow Sledgehammer:
(It is kinda nice to not have to bend over...something to think about!)
Oh Dickie on rebloom:
Cherry Smash Cupcake:
Shoo Fly Pie:
Ain't I Something:
Janet Bennett:
Glory Bright:
Later Alligator...with a 'pointing' stance:
August Frost (maybe July Frost??):
Wouldn't you know this one anywhere? Wild Horses, on rebloom:
Florida's Garden Light:
*****
Just for grins. It's hard work being a garden cat. You probably knew that. Here's what it was like for Leo as he "worked" with me (because you know he's never far away).
First, he starts out in the grass. What?? She's moving again??
I see where she's going. Quick, I'll beat her there! No! She's walking over to the other side!
She can be like forever looking at those....
I said, can't she hear me, it's time to go in....now...food, water...
Ah, at last...sleep (put that flash away!)...
*******
I couldn't resist...they're blooming right by some of the daylilies I was looking at...
Purple and yellow is such a pleasing combination:
Coneflowers...apparently, I am supposed to grow them...since they refuse to leave...
Like Leo, I'm exhausted, too! So much I want to share with you...do you suppose I'll ever get caught up??!
Friday, June 29, 2007
June....Racing By Much Too Quickly...
June is such a full month, isn't it? I'm just going to jump in and share some pictures from today.
Rose of Sharon, Blue Bird (Hibiscus syriacus)...although I removed almost all of the Rose of Sharons in my yard, I saved this one (it would be hard to get it out plus, I like the color) and a double one.
An Orienpet, Silk Road:
Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine' blooming at least two weeks later than everyone else's around here...I suppose that's what you get when you plant it in less than full sun...
The seed pods of the hardy cyclamen I showed you a couple weeks ago have opened...and the cyclamen are finally deciding to go dormant.
One of my favorite summer perennials, Helenium 'Mardi Gras'...it just looks like a party going on to me...and never fails to cheer me.
A reseeding annual (an understatement if you have this!), Balsam or Touch Me Not...
Another view inside a Magnolia Grandiflora bloom, courtesy of my hanging branch...today I got there before all the pollinators and after I took this picture, I cut it and brought it inside. They only last a day...and the fragrance is light, sweet and oh so pleasant.
The daisies are blooming away
A Summer Daffodil or Peruvian Daffodil, Hymenocallis festalis:
Okay, even though I have hundreds (not kidding) of daylily photos to share (I have to organize them first...and who has that time in the marvelous month of June, I ask??!)...I'm going out on a bit of a limb and am going to show you where some of my daylilies grow. I'm not a big weeder, so no comments on those, and yes, I could use hardscaping (slowly, but surely I am working on that)...but, hey, is a garden ever done?? Is there ever a time when all the chores are done (not here)? So, I ask you to ignore the imperfections....here we go...
If you were standing in front of my home, this is what you'd see on the left side of the front yard.
Other than my seedlings, there isn't an area that just has daylilies. There are always lots of other things mixed in with them. If you look at the back of the above picture, you can just see my fence. Here's what's in front of the fence.
That's my neighbors' home on the left. I am so lucky to have neighbors who appreciate the flowers and are just the nicest people. On the right side of the circle...
The middle or back
Looking across on the upper right side
This is a tiny sliver of a look on the other side of my front yard (garden is all over)...my other neighbors are also very nice, but have a dog that likes mulch, so the fencing and all is well...
We're kinda skipping around, but you can at least see some things. We're in the backyard now.
That's all for now. Wait until you see some of these daylilies up close! Some were having quite the day, today, and I can hardly wait to show you...but, I have to do some other things....I still have about four gardens to show you that I've seen...who knows when I'll get to that...maybe winter??!...and I'm off tomorrow to tour two daylily gardens that will be open. Are you ready for July?? It's almost here...is it just me, or is this summer just rushing by?
Rose of Sharon, Blue Bird (Hibiscus syriacus)...although I removed almost all of the Rose of Sharons in my yard, I saved this one (it would be hard to get it out plus, I like the color) and a double one.
An Orienpet, Silk Road:
Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine' blooming at least two weeks later than everyone else's around here...I suppose that's what you get when you plant it in less than full sun...
The seed pods of the hardy cyclamen I showed you a couple weeks ago have opened...and the cyclamen are finally deciding to go dormant.
One of my favorite summer perennials, Helenium 'Mardi Gras'...it just looks like a party going on to me...and never fails to cheer me.
A reseeding annual (an understatement if you have this!), Balsam or Touch Me Not...
Another view inside a Magnolia Grandiflora bloom, courtesy of my hanging branch...today I got there before all the pollinators and after I took this picture, I cut it and brought it inside. They only last a day...and the fragrance is light, sweet and oh so pleasant.
The daisies are blooming away
A Summer Daffodil or Peruvian Daffodil, Hymenocallis festalis:
Okay, even though I have hundreds (not kidding) of daylily photos to share (I have to organize them first...and who has that time in the marvelous month of June, I ask??!)...I'm going out on a bit of a limb and am going to show you where some of my daylilies grow. I'm not a big weeder, so no comments on those, and yes, I could use hardscaping (slowly, but surely I am working on that)...but, hey, is a garden ever done?? Is there ever a time when all the chores are done (not here)? So, I ask you to ignore the imperfections....here we go...
If you were standing in front of my home, this is what you'd see on the left side of the front yard.
Other than my seedlings, there isn't an area that just has daylilies. There are always lots of other things mixed in with them. If you look at the back of the above picture, you can just see my fence. Here's what's in front of the fence.
That's my neighbors' home on the left. I am so lucky to have neighbors who appreciate the flowers and are just the nicest people. On the right side of the circle...
The middle or back
Looking across on the upper right side
This is a tiny sliver of a look on the other side of my front yard (garden is all over)...my other neighbors are also very nice, but have a dog that likes mulch, so the fencing and all is well...
We're kinda skipping around, but you can at least see some things. We're in the backyard now.
That's all for now. Wait until you see some of these daylilies up close! Some were having quite the day, today, and I can hardly wait to show you...but, I have to do some other things....I still have about four gardens to show you that I've seen...who knows when I'll get to that...maybe winter??!...and I'm off tomorrow to tour two daylily gardens that will be open. Are you ready for July?? It's almost here...is it just me, or is this summer just rushing by?
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