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Houston, We Have National Tour Daylilies! Come On...

15 years ago

...as, at last, I've got the first garden ready for your viewing. This is from my perspective which, I hope, may be slightly different than others you might have seen on the AHS Robin or elsewhere. At any rate, who doesn't like to look a pictures of daylilies, right?

So, come on along as we take a look at the first garden I saw in Houston.

Here is a link that might be useful: First Garden

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MaxBaerHems
15 years ago
Beautiful Tour GG...thanks so much for taking us along on your garden tours......your presentation is impeccable..as always...makes one feel they are right there taking the tour, with you. Thanks..:)

Rick
katlynn719
15 years ago
gonegardening, that was wonderful! Thanks so much for bringing it to our attention. Of course we all love the DL's. But I was also impressed with the container gardens. For the life of me, I can't figure out how they grow sweet potato vines in combination with other plants. I love the "draped" look they add to the pot. But when I've tried it, they choke out everything else in the pot in a short period. In my yard, a sweet potato vine will get 12 ft tall (long) and 5 ft wide. Do you think these planters are only temporary and they seperate the plants as they get larger? That's too much work for me. Any idea's how to make it work?
Kathy
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yeah.. you buffalo peeps need your own post ... but honestly.. i dont care.. at least we have an active post ... then there was the MI hosta society overnight bus trip .. 1996 or 97 got to ann arbor at some ungodly hour.. like 6am ... and headed out to mansfield OH .... at 6 am .. it was a gorgeous cool MI morning .... with the potential of many great gardens ... we are all dressed in shorts and tee's .... 3 or 4 hours later as per usual tour bus rules ... we are all freezing to death from too much air conditioning ... lol ... and we pull into van wades hosta gardens.. one of the worlds premier hosta display gardens ... which is tucked in a small valley next to a river ... the bus doors are thrown open.. and as you stepped to the ground.. it was like being hit in the lungs with a sauna ... near 100 degrees ... and 100% humidity .... and no wind to mention ... its one thing to loll in a sauna .. its just another thing to take a 2 or 3 mile hike in the garden ... ohhh.. to be in hosta nirvana.. with the heat of hell .. lol ... didnt stop me though .. but it stopped a lot of the older folks.. who just found benches ... and scanned the gardens.. then crawled to the next one ... to put it into perspective.. IT WAS THE GREATEST HOSTA TOUR I HAVE EVER BEEN ON !!!!! .... except for this post.. i forgot all about hosta hell.. lol ... ken
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Let me back up what Vernon said. There are many beautiful daylily gardens across this country and around the world. I've seen only a few of them. However, based on the opinions of many who visited far more gardens than I have, I would put Tim Bell's garden against all comers for the title of "Most Outstanding Daylily Garden." It is part of the tour at the National this year. If you are unable to attend, please remember to stop at Tim's garden if you ever get to south central Georgia. The picture below is just one view of one section of Tim's facility. There is much more than this. In addition, this picture was taken somewhere between late June and mid-July - - I don't have the day noted - - which is a minimum of 4 weeks after peak bloom, and maybe as much as 6-7 weeks after. If you love daylilies, you need to spend at least one hour here. P.S. I am not Tim nor am I benefiting in any way from posting this. I live nearly 220 miles from Sycamore, GA. I am just a daylily hobbiest who enjoys beauty.
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I keep getting booted out. Here are some more pictures closeup of walkway garden Another close up of front walkway garden -opposite side close up (sorry about the focus) - the oriental garden View of the Oriental garden facing the front of the house. Magnolia and peony in the foreground A different section of the oriental garden, viewed from metal gazebo End of front walkway facing street Front yard beds looking north long view of front walkway beds Driveway bed...
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shive
15 years ago
What glorious photos of your tour. I enjoyed seeing other things besides daylilies. The garden art was wonderful! You are taking some wonderful shots with that new camera. Thanks for sharing your photos!

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maximus7116
15 years ago
Nice job, Katie! Now, I know you have a million other photos you could be sharing with us right now. I'm anxiously waiting!
gonegardening
Original Author
15 years ago
Let's see that would be AT daylilies....some days!

Rick, you are so sweet! Thank you! I try to do them like I would like to read/see...meaning, tell me/show me some things that I wouldn't otherwise know (like how early you have to get up...lol!).

Hi Kathy: I don't have the answer, except I do know around here...they are commonly sold for planting like that...either in a mixed container or for you to make one with. I've never had one to grow as you describe, lucky you (!), but you are in Florida, after all. They might actually be closer (Houston folks), climate wise, to you. One garden especially (I'll get to it....it'll be the last one) had a lot of tropical plants in it. I heard one of our bus captains say (after being asked...I'll probably write about this because it is a bit more involved and pretty interesting) that the garden was probably only 10-15 miles from the Gulf. Thank you!

Hello Debra, I'm trying! Thank you for the kind words. Stay tuned, there were some really interesting things in some of the gardens (non plants!)....they were great! I like to look for things I haven't seen before or that I find unusual/interesting/creative/different. Gardeners are such interesting/neat folks!

Chris....you might be kidding, but you are closer to the truth than you know! Lol! I take...excessive....photos. My DH keeps telling me that I don't have to take three of the same thing...but, geez, you never know, right! We won't talk about the two very huge memory cards (or whatever they're called) that I took...and used...and the fact that I had to drag out my point and shoot to get my prized picture of Jack Carpenter receiving the Stout Medal (yes! Just wait!)...because I had exhausted my new camera. Hehe.

Thanks you guys! Be patient with me...it takes me a while, but I'm almost done playing with the pictures from the second garden. I'll try to get them up this weekend.

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