What's blooming at Shive's Garden

15 years ago

There are so many daylilies blooming now, it's hard to keep up photographing the first-time bloomers. Here are a few from the past three days.

CERULEAN WARBLER

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ROBES FOR THE QUEEN

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ROARING RAPIDS

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MANDALAY BAY MUSIC

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MOONLIGHT SAIL

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RICTER

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TRANQUIL WATERS

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RICK'S CHERRY CHEESECAKE

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RAINBOW SERPENT

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TURQUOISE TEMPLE

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METALLIC BLUE EYES

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UNINHIBITED

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Debra in Nashville, TN

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Comments (15)

farmerbell
15 years ago
OHHHH, Debra. I am drooling so incredibly much! I had to stop looking at these pictures mid way to search for the price on a particular daylily that I just "had to have". They are all beautiful, as usual, but I had a bunch of favorites.

MOONLIGHT SAIL (my favorite - stunning edge and watermark)
ROBES FOR THE QUEEN Look at those teeth!
CERULEAN WARBLER - great color
RICK'S CHERRY CHEESECAKE - love the contrasting colors
RAINBOW SERPENT - really starting to like those spiders

If you get tired of any of these, just let me know. LOL. I will find a spot for them. Great photography. I had a lot of new openings today, but the rain sorta melted them, but I am so happy for the rain.

Ann
i_c_dillies
15 years ago
Debra,
Beautiful pictures.

My favorites are:
UNINHIBITED
METALICE BLUE EYES
TURQUOIS TEMPLE
RAINBOW SERPENT
RICTER
RICK'S CHERRY CHEESECAKE

You really have a fabulous collection of daylilies.
I'm really looking forward to what's coming up next.

Thanks for posting these.

Lrae
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Original Author
15 years ago
Ann - I was so glad to get the rain today. My daylilies were starting to have bud drop it had gotten so dry. MOONLIGHT SAIL did have a great edge today. It's a nice one - so many of the Stamiles are!

Lrae - I don't have many doubles, but UNINHIBITED is such a pretty one. I love the mix of soft pink and cream.

Thanks for your kind comments!

Debra
opnjmprs
15 years ago
Love CERULEAN WARBLER!!! ROBES FOR THE QUEEN another got to get. Your pics are super.....thanks for sharing.

Linda
Ed
15 years ago
Hi Debra,
Great pictures! Thanks for sharing.
'Moonlight Sail' is very nice. Does it do well for you?
Ed
shive
Original Author
15 years ago
Hi Ed - No daylily has done particularly well for me in two years because of severe drought conditions. Moonlight Sail has increased from three to six fans since I got it two years ago. Many of my daylilies have not increased at all during that time. Bud count this year is only 12-13 per scape, but that's normal here in my garden - another aftereffect of the drought. My issue in the past with this cultivar is that it has opened splotchy - either from heavy dew or thrips - more than 50 percent of the time. This year I applied a systemic where MS is planted. The photo is of the ffo. I was happy it had no splotches.

Debra
katlynn719
15 years ago
Debra, what a pretty group! Hard to pick a favorite...but as I srcoll up and down my eye tends to pause at RICK'S CHERRY CHEESECAKE most often...beautiful picture.
Kathy
luvtosharedivs
15 years ago
Debra,

They are all gorgeous, but I keep going back to Rick's Cherry Cheesecake. I must add that one to my wish list!

Great photography!

Julie
juliet11
15 years ago
Love those edges! My favorites are Cerulean Warbler and Rick's Cherry Cheesecake, but all of them are beautiful. Thanks for sharing your great photos!

Juliet
shive
Original Author
15 years ago
Rick's Cherry Cheesecake is one of my most impoved daylilies. When I first saw the bloom, I didn't know what it was - had to look at the tag. While the colors were the same as last year, the shape was totally different. Last year the flower opened flat ever time and had a triangular shape. Now it's a bagel with slight ruffling and a much better edge. What a difference a year makes! It is definitely a favorite now.

Debra
newyorkrita
15 years ago
Debra, I always look forward to seeing the pictures of the daylilies from your garden.
snowlion
15 years ago
Debra, You daylilies.........just wonderful. Who is your supplier for the spiders?
phaltyme21
15 years ago
Your flowers are lovely including the photography.

I shouldn't have look----I'm starting a new #1 list and
these flowers are at the top.

Kay-phal
uroboros5
15 years ago
I wanna get me some of that cheesecake!
shive
Original Author
15 years ago
Snowlion - I got TURQUOISE TEMPLE from the hybridizer, Ludlow Lambertson at Art Gallery Gardens, as a bonus last year. I got RAINBOW SERPENT in a trade with an online friend. It's available for sale from Dan Hansen's Ladybug Daylily Gardens. I've bought a lot of spiders over the years off the Lily Auction. There are lots of good spider sellers there.

Debra