I bet Blackie is feeling a little faded. :)
nice pics!

Your Wonder of It All is just beautiful - every time. Mine isn't nearly as pretty. You must be giving it everything in needs to be dazzling. I suspect mine isn't getting as much sun as it would like. Ms. Blackie looks all tuckered out today. Maybe it's those 97 degree temps. It actually was cooler here tonight than it's been in two weeks. I hope you get a break from the heat soon.

Debra

That Wonder Of It All is beautiful. I want it but I am going to have to discard some perennials or quit buying. Your China Bride is lovely also. Love the kitty. Sarah

I have WESTBOURNE'S KIRBY KIDS PLAYTIME but haven't seen it bloom yet. Perhaps the amount of heat your having is washing out the colors so it looks more whitish than the peach blend it is suppose to show.
WONDER OF IT ALL really blooms good for you.

Julia

Wonder of it All is really doing great for you. W. KK Playtime is in bud here, so I'll get to see it soon. Ms Blackie i looking tuckered out.
We got an inch of rain Thursday afternoon, just when I was getting ready to water. Usually it waits til after I water. Then Sat afternoon a cold front has come through, we got hail, winds, & a lot of rain. I haven't been outside yet to see how much we got here. Supposed to be about 85 degrees today!

HI Jean,

Glad you were able to get outside. I really am impressed with Wonder Of It All.

IMHO, Red Volunteer is an awesome plant. Even though a dormant (if my befuddled early morning brain recalls correctly), it is going gangbusters here. It was just planted in the fall and it already is a big clump. It has bloomed continuously for a very long time. The blooms stand tall well above the foliage, and it is a beacon in the garden - draws the eye immediately. The color is a beautiful slightly rosy vivid red that does not fade in this intense heat here. Another interesting thing is that thrips are not interested in it. I've been busy crossing it with all the latest and greatest round and ruffled ones in the hopes of getting one just like it but with the "in" look. Surely as many times as I've either dabbed pollen on it or used its pollen I might just come up with the right one. I highly recommend this cultivar for those who love red and want a very healthy, vigorous and prolific daylily.

Persian Market is another good garden daylily. In the country, it was a big healthy and very colorful plant that bloomed for the entire season. It did not like the move and is not doing well this year. The blooms were very small and the plant just doesn't look like it is thriving. I sure hope next year it is back to its old self.

I had China Bride, but I think I left it behind or gave it away, simply because I am so limited with space.

Hope you are feeling better very soon.

Nancy

Looks like many of your daylilies held up pretty well with the heat. I do like El Desperado. Ms. Blackie is so pretty and she looks worn out in the first picture. Glad you were able to get out. Your WOIA, is so beautiful, you should keep posting that one. I always wondered if black cats just get hotter in the sun, since the black fur must absorb the heat.
cindy

Jean, I really like China Bride. I hope you are feeling a little better. Ms Blackie is looking very sleek and pretty.
kay

Jean- I am glad you were able to get out and take some pictures and post. I know it has been your bloom season all these past few days and have been missing your usual daily pictures.

Ms Blackie looks tired out from all that gardening :-)

Those daylilies look like they took the day's heat very well. Kirby Kids Playtime does look paler, probably from the heat. Last year when we had the really early bloom here in lots of heat, many of the daylilies were paler than normal. GRANT'S PLAY is my favorite today.

Glad your up and about. Love blooms especially your favorite Wonder of It All. MS Blackie does look tired after her garden chores.
Linda

Jean, glad to see you are up and about. Wonder Of It All get's her picture taken nearly everytime I go out to the garden. I also love that daylily. Ms Blackie looks very contented! Ellie

Wonder of it All must love heat because yours looks fabulous every time. Ms Blackie doesn't look like she's that crazy about heat though. She looks very tired. Glad you are able to get out, but do take care of yourself.
Val

Debra. WOIA does get special attention as I just love this daylily so much.It gets watered early each day when I go out after my paper.I take my 2 gal water can full of water with me and give it a good drink, then it gets water again in the evening in this heat.It geta a water soluable fertilizer once a week, too.Its in a big pot, and I will have to put it in a bigger pot or divide it maybe, this fall.

Sarah. Thanks for looking and commenting.

Julia;WOIA is blooming its heart out for me and had 8 big blooms when I took the picture, but only took a picture of the one bloom.

Nancy;Wish you would please send some of that rain this way.We are really needing some rain here.

Cindy. I like El Desperado, too, and it was faded a little too.I think most of them fades in this hear.Even Ms blackie keeps going from one shady spot to another,I guess to see if one place might be cooler.

Kay: No, am not better yet with this knee.Just decided I was tired of not taking pictures and decided to go out and try again. I paid for it last night, but, lucky me had a couple super duper pain pills left for when I had broke my wrist and didnt take them all, so I took one of them last night,and it helped.

Rita;Grant's play is a very pretty red,and I am like you.I like the bright colors.Even the oranges now,and I didnt like orange ones for awhile. Ms Blackie is tired from going to place to place looking for a cooler place to rest.

Ellie; I cant believe that any one would not just love WOIA. I go out every few hours to look at it.I just think it is soo pretty and can't get enough of it.It has just had its last bloom on the first scapes and is now starting on the rebloom scapes and so far I have counted 7 rebloom scapes on it. I LOVE IT.

Val, Yes, this WOIA truely must love the heat,as it is sitting in all day sunshine and always looks beautiful.Its in a pot, too, but a big pot and is fast filling it to the brim. Ms Blackie wears herself out when I am outside watering or taking pictures because she thinks she has to stay within a foot or two from me,and she hunts for shade to get in each time she moves to follow me. Maybe shes just so grateful that I took her in and feed her regular meals.She was a stray that came here about 7 years ago, just starving,and nothing but skin and bones,and she was so wild,I could not get close to her at all. I went in and only had some sliced ham in the fridge that a cat would eat, so I took a few slices and chopped it up small pcs,and took it out to her,and she would not come eat it until I got at least 15 ft from her, then she came and ate it.That went on for months and months,and each time I few her,I stayed a little closer to her, until finally she would let me closer. A few months after that,I was able to pet her.Now, she dont want me out of her sight.Shes just a loveable little doll.

Jean

Jean - Well that special attention is working well for WOIA. I fertilized mine in the fall, but was unable to fertilize this spring because of so much rain every weekend. Your plant obviously likes all the water and the liquid fertilizer.

Debra

Jean, I love the veining (I guess that is what it is called) on China Bride.

Red Volunteer is a good one and I agree with Nancy. When I first got it, I thought "oh it's just a plain old red". But I wouldn't be without it now.

Wonder Of It All is breathtaking and I'm sure we all appreciate the effort you are taking to get pictures to share. Please take care of your knee.

Vickie