Hooray for scapes, it won't be long in your garden before you are in full daylily swing. Meanwhile, all your other garden photos are wonderful. What a spectacular clump of glads. And I love the little red WalMart rose in the pot, both the flowers and the blue green foliage. It's very charming, and looks perfect in that container. The Lyda Rose are pure and innocent looking to me. A quick glance at your close up shot of them, and they almost look like pink dogwood blossoms. And isn't plumbago a terrific plant. I don't grow it, but I also have a very hot troublsome neglected spot where it would be perfect. Maybe this is the year I will decide to stop neglecting that spot. Looking forward to more photos from your garden. Christine

Thanks all, I know I was stunned when I saw the scapes, but it is so encouraging. Funny how just an emerging flower stem can cause so much excitement.!! I think Bowie is willing to share the bench, they did spend some time together on it, but of course Whiskey jumped off when I tried to take that picture. Val, that daff that Whiskey is smelling, (actually he was trying to take a bite of it) is Fragrant Rose, and they were especially pretty and long lasting this year. They have been in bloom for an entire month now. I think the cooler weather kept them hanging on, plus the pink color stayed, it usually fades out in any heat. I also have just lots of buds on my dwarf iris, I just starting adding them and love them too!!!This is most likely time for them to be budding.

Thank you Robyn, There are a lot of enablers on this forum which explains my daylily collection. Chris, Bud Bennett in Maryland is the one who hybridized Salty Skipper. He has some beautiful daylilies, and is 84 years young. He ships from April through early July, and has to be reached by mail or phone. Salty Skipper was not on the available list, but he may have it. Mine will be large enough in another year to share a piece of it, but not this year. I am so grateful to the one who put me in touch with Mr,. Bennett so I could get it. Thanks for all the nice compliments Celeste. That is Eye Yi Yi. Thanks Cindy, it is great. Those are good ones, Linda. Anika, I told Chris about the way I got it...by begging. Thanks you Sheila. CD is new, and CK is behaving better than it did first round. kay

I have no scapes (at least, not yet - I'm beginning to think anything may happen), but I have had two DLs come out of what I understand is called "summer dormancy" about 3 weeks ago. I have 3 in pots - the one that is semi-evergreen bloomed a bit in late spring. Another (a Dormant type)gave me one bloom, and the third (also a Dormant type) gave me NONE. I don't hold it against them, as I ordered them from Vermont, and I think moving to Central California was too much for them. I had great hopes for next Spring, though - but now I just don't know. If they went into dormancy in the summer and came out of it in early Fall, what will happen this Winter? Let alone next Spring! They look healthy, and in fact all of them have new fans coming up. But I'm worried that all this unexpected behavior means they will be so out of sync with the seasons that they won't be able to cope with the winter weather (we are supposed to have a milder Winter than last year, but I'm not counting on it, and last Winter was a killer!) Can anyone enlighten me on this? I'm just a rank beginner...