More Southern Indiana FFO's (Part 3)

14 years ago

New Yesterday:

WEDDING BAND-purchased this spring so I expect it to be much better next year.

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HUCKELBERRY CANDY-not sure if this counts as an FFO since I just bought it last week. End of the day, so it's looking worn out. Poor little thing.

RED VOLUNTEER-wasn't sure I was going to like this one after what I saw last year, but I love it now.

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PINK PEPPERMINT-I like the nice cool colors.

SPANISH FANDANGO-I have this grouped with some of my other spiders and they really put on a show.

ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND-bought in the fall 2007 and it's not a big increaser in fans, but it is a great late bloomer.

I'll close with a shot of what I call my sitting garden that we created in 2007. It's my favorite spot.

MARY'S GOLD in front on left, CORRYTON PINK on right of bridge, NOID on left. RED VOLUNTEER, FOREVER IN TIME, and PEACH MAGNOLIA are in back. Several others are in this area too. Next year should be much better.

Vickie

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lalalandwi
14 years ago
I love Pink Peppermint! I don't think I've seen that one before, very pretty.

I really like your bridge idea. Were you able to find one or did you build it?
Cindy zone 6a
14 years ago
Pink Peppermint is a nice double. Love your sitting area, it looks really relaxing, the dry creek bed and bridge is a super idea. Looks like you have lots of other nice plantings too.
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Those are beautiful. It appears lilies can withstand the heat better than we can. Normally I don't like orange lilies (because of the ubiquitous ditch lilies all over the place here), but I'll make an exception for that one! Love the purple and just drove by a lady's house w/front yard chocked full of perennials, spotted what I thought was an unusual daylily but didn't want to get out of the car there, looked kind of like your pinkish one. Are you the one I talked to last year about Brave Heart? I bought some on ebay but never got them planted, too tired by then. Whew, hit a key and almost lost this. I'm losing it lol. I'll look forward to more of your photos. I ordered just a few iris from Wild's and as an afterthought, asked about Brave Heart. She said it was on the list, took my order for 3 and said they'd call if it was not available. It's not in their catalog or online one this year. So I'll feel extremely fortunate if it comes, still don't know where to put them. Aren't they a little shorter than most? Your colors were so intense on that. There is another photo on the web, and it's raspberry but not as pretty as yours. Is yours in part shade or shaded by other plants? Soil and zone could make a dif, too, also the way cameras capture colors, time of day, and transmitted through umpteen servers before it shows up on my monitor, which could be off a bit, never calibrated it like you're supposed to. You did well with the photos standing in that heat. Maybe you have the ac on, and it's almost worse going out in the heat than not running it sometimes. Right now I'm using my commercial fans but will probably have to turn on the ac soon. It's really humid because of all the rain we've had which makes it feel hotter, but cooled down nicely now. Sometimes I envy people who live in the south that they can grow things we can't. But then I think of the summer heat there, and it gets just as bad here but not prolonged like for you.
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Vickie - Great group of ffos. There may be larger daylilies with eye and edges, but not ever surpassed Moonlight Masquerade in my book. It is just a great, great daylily. Debra
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Thanks, everyone, for your nice comments. I need to make a correction--the garden shot is of the NORTH end--not south end. Right now the south end is a kind of work in progress. We are putting in new DLS down there, mostly hot colored one like Alabama Jubilee, Oranges For Christmas, and Screamcicle. AJ bloomed today, so look at my latest post to see the picture. Oranges For Christmas has one scape and I just found another one today, exciting!! Screamcicle is a small plant, may not be able to bloom this year, but I'm hoping it can do one scape because of our longer growing season. I want to answer Jean about yellow being a favorite color--I really don't have a favorite color, that would be impossible for me. There are just too many lovely daylilies of all colors for me to settle on just one. It just happens we put a lot of inexpensive yellows on that end because we wanted the bright color and the fragrance. Avedon
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timberohio
14 years ago
Vickie that looks like a very peaceful sitting area. Love the bridge. It will be spectacular when it all fills in.

Great photos. Can't wait for my Wedding Band to bloom.

Andrea
berrytea4me
14 years ago
I got PP last year and it is a wonderful double.

I really like your SF.

Nice garden. Thank you for sharing your photos.
organic_kitten
14 years ago
That will be so nice to use.

I have got to add a sitting area. I have just taken a chair out to enjoy the garden, but it isn't 6the same as having a dedicated space.

Your plants are very pretty.
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blue23rose
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14 years ago
Thanks for the nice comments everyone. The sitting garden started out with me just wanting a little bridge over the drain area that runs out from our garage. I was afraid someone was going to run around the house and twist their ankle in the dip that was forming.

So my husband and I built the bridge, he dug out the drainage area a little more and filled it in with rocks. Then one thing led to another and this is what we ended up with. I would rather have put in some other type of material for the walkway, but these square pavers was simpler. My husband does a lot of the work, so I didn't want to ask him to do a walkway with a bunch of bricks, although I think that would have been more subtle and natural.

Someday, it will be filled in and the plants will soften up the blocks to where they don't have such a cold look to them.

Vickie
njmomma
14 years ago
Very nice! Love the Pink Peppermint, and I don't usually go for doubles, but the colors on this one are very nice. I have Red Volunteer too after seeing it in a big clump I had to get it. Mine hasn't started blooming yet.
tweetypye
14 years ago
PP is a great double..love it. Wonderful photos, especially that last shot of your sitting bed. Looks like a great place to relax and enjoy the garden.
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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
14 years ago
I really like that double PP. Looks like it has alot of substance. Your sitting area is neat. Good thoughts on design. When life gives you lemons make lemonade.
carefreeplants_2008
14 years ago
It's always a thrill to see Red Volunteer. This wonderfully red plant started the craze for me.

Pink Peppermint is so refreshing to look at, very pretty.

What a really nice garden setting -- the bridge looks inviting. It's so peaceful. It's beautiful!

Bj
jean_ar
14 years ago
wow,,Love WEDDING BAND and PINK PEPPERMINT.You had a very nice idea with the Bridge.It looks really nice,A nice little sitting area.I don't find the pavers looks cold,as you said.I like it, but, you could change the looks by painting the pavers,if you wanted some thing different.

Jean
Julia WV (6b)
14 years ago
Wedding Band looks good. Your retreat is really nice. Nothing like a place to sit back and enjoy your hard work.

Julia
newyorkrita
14 years ago
I love SPANISH FANDANGO and PINK PEPPERMINT.

I love the way you have done that sideyard garden. That Bridge over the dry creekbed just adds so much. I love the way it looks. I just see lots of room for more daylilies in there and maybe other plants too. Lovely garden setting.
luvtosharedivs
14 years ago
You have a great variety of blooms, Vickie.

Red Volunteer is one of my favorite reds, because it has some blue in the coloring.

Love your sitting garden - what a wonderful place to sit and take a break to enjoy the beauty of your display, which surely will look spectacular as the plants fill in.

Julie
blue23rose
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks everybody. It's great to share pictures and I love seeing everybody's gardens and daylilies.

Jean, that's a good idea. I hadn't thought of painting them.

Rita, I just knew you were going to say that:) I have about eight daylilies coming in the fall and I am sure several will find there way into this spot.

That shrub up against the house is a Weigela that was cut back. It actually covered that whole area and was almost out to the pavers. It was so weighted down when it bloomed this year, it didn't even really look pretty, so I cut it way back and intend to keep it that way.

There are also crape myrtles, liriope, russian sage, a star magnolia, carnations, lavender, hostas, caryopteris, knock-out roses and a kwansan cherry tree. A couple more years and I may not be able to walk through it!

Vickie

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