First Bloom of the Season

13 years ago

And here it is. One of the extra early daylilies I bought from Olallie Daylilies in Vermont when I started my season extending kick two years ago. They thought so much of it when they started selling it that they couldn't even bother giving it a name (being very sarcastic here). Ladies and gentlemen, let me show you- (big drumroll)- VT EB 40-9-01.

I had planted a bunch of these Olallie extra earlies, they did squat. So I decided I had them in a bad spot. Very early this spring I moved them out to a new bed in the front yard in full sun and near no trees. The same ones are rewarding me with scapes that bloomed last year, so far nothing on the other moved ones.

I have scapes on SKIPPY, VERNAL TUTONE and FOREVER STELLA. In fact the plants are loaded with scapes so there should be lots of bloom.

I also have a scape on MOUNT ARRARAT my new 2010 intro from Karol. It came that way this spring. My other to show a scape is another Emmerich, BE FRUITFULL AND MULTIPLY. One of those leftover from last fall type scapes. Other than these of all my hundreds of daylilies no scapes anywhere. This would not be unusual as it is way too early here for scapes as I learned from years past.

I can't wait until the main beds show scapes :-))

Meanwhile the lupines and tall bearded iris are supplying lots of bloom color around here.

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Comments (18)

crackingtheconcrete
13 years ago
OOoooooooooooooooooooooooh.. *big eyes*
I like the shape of *checks id #* hahahah.. that daylily.. kind of big and starryish and I am green over your TBIs and lupines. They look great!!
organic_kitten
13 years ago
Rita,

What is the two tone blue iris in the right foreground of your picture? Unusual, and I like it! Love both pictures. You are so cruel to rub in the lupines, but keep posting. I love them:)

kay
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newyorkrita
Original Author
13 years ago
It is DANGEROUS MOOD. I got it at Schreiners last year. PAUL BLACK is too the very left, which I also just love.

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DANGEROUS MOOD
Cindy zone 6a
13 years ago
Nice first daylily and it is extra early for sure!!!
Your Lupine look so good and the iris are stunning.
cindy
newyorkrita
Original Author
13 years ago
Yes, but now I had the one daylily and I will have nothing else for weeks :-((
mizellie
13 years ago
Rita, your lupines and Irises are just beautiful. The med blue stand on dark blue ( blackish) is that Twist Of Fate? Whatever it is, it's gorgeous!! The daylily is pretty but !...Ellie
newyorkrita
Original Author
13 years ago
The iris is DANGEROUS MOOD. Very dramatic, yes?

The daylily is one of the very extra earlies and therefore one can not expect too much. I had a choice of lots of yellow daylilies when I was looking to go extra early.
katladie
13 years ago
I am glad you got a daylily, and when mine are finished, yours will still be blooming for weeks to come. Love the beards and lupines.

Sharon
tarheelbelle
13 years ago
Dangerous Mood is gorgeous! That one is going on my wishlist.
Love the lupine. Wish I could grow those here, but I have never had any luck with them (or delphiniums).
Michelle
newyorkrita
Original Author
13 years ago
Here is another iris I think is quite dramatic, STARRING.

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Or how about a blue one? SEA POWER.

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shive
13 years ago
Rita - Isn't it wonderful to have daylily blooms this early. Your irises are wonderful! My irises got really beaten down by the flooding rains here a couple of weeks ago. They kept blooming, but the scapes were almost laying on the ground. Your lupines are cheerful looking. They remind me of one of my favorite children's books, Miss Rumphius, about a woman who plants lupines everywhere as her way of making the world a more beautiful place.

Debra
organic_kitten
13 years ago
I love the Dangerous Mood. I will have to get that one. I may need Starring too. I have Paul Black, and it is a winner.
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coachshaffett
13 years ago
I think Seapower will have to be my favorite. That is Awesome! But all of your flowers are awesome.
jean_ar
13 years ago
wow, that first daylily is a bright one.and you lucked out with 3 at once.I like that Iris STARRING. Looks like it has a hat on it, or maybe my eyes are just shot after being on this computer until nearly 4am and back on it most of this afternoon, trying to figure out why my printer won't work with this new pc.Was trying toprint out a letter,and just couldn't get it to work.My Manual was no help either, so I went on line searching to find a answer.Found several things and both said the printer is not compatible with windows 7,so guess now,I need a new 3 in 1 printer.

Jean
newyorkrita
Original Author
13 years ago
I am finding some scapes around the garden finially. These are on the earlier of my regular daylilies. More scapes than I thought I had. And it is still early for scapes here. But you know how that goes, one day there are none and the next day they are everywhere.
carefreeplants_2008
13 years ago
it is always a good thing.
have a single fan of Zahadoom that doesn't seem to be doing anything. and then yesterday, found that is has a scape. really happy, and I still ask myself, where did that come from?
rarejem
13 years ago
Hooray for a bloom! Even if it's not fancy, it's bright and cheerful and blooming in May!

Your bearded iris are stunning, and as the majority of mine got decimated by slugs this year (it is a BAD slug year...I picked no less than two dozen slugs off of one of my iris the other night, ranging from 1/2" to 3" long) I will happily live vicariously through yours. More pics please :).

Julie
newyorkrita
Original Author
13 years ago
Julie, I always just lived with the slugs here but this year couldn't stand it and got a 5 lbs shaker of sluggo. It is just GREAT. And so easy to use and doesn't harm anything but the slugs.

If any of you want to see more of my iris I have some picture threads on the iris forum and on the iris galley forum. Unlike the daylily forum, they do use the gallery on the iris forum. So go over and take a look.