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Friday's Few Fabulous Blooms

10 years ago

I was too caught up in photographing seedlings and fighting bugs today to attend to many registered cultivars during the morning. Here are a few photos from Friday evening. Earlier in the day I caught a Japanese beetle devouring Arctic Lace. (Bought Jap. beetle traps short afterward) I've identified my little orange and black bud suckers as Stinkbug nymphs. There didn't seem to be quite as many today, and I didn't see any of the potato flea beetles. Unfortunately regiments of thrips were spotted here and there. The bug offensive will continue throughout the weekend.

WONDER OF IT ALL had angel wings today.

INTEGRATED LOGISTICS - After three years it finally has the pinched/pleated petals!

Here's the Integrated Logistics clump. It's really multiplied a lot in three years. The branching on it's scapes is the best ever!

NUTMEG SPICE clump with 18 blooms. Jean's WOIA clumps beat me by one.

LAVENDER ECHOES - another one of my applique daylilies.

Debra

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Waitforspring
10 years ago
You have some great looking daylilies, but that clump of Nutmeg Spice is amazing.
Val
organic_kitten
10 years ago
Beautiful clumps, Debra. Integrated Logistics is really doing well.
And Nutmeg Spice is showing off beautifully. I Like Integrated Logistics.

I have Japanese Beetles too, have been fighting the little devils for about a week. They are on my roses, but only certain roses. I keep the bucket of soapy water handy and knock them into it. It gives a certain satisfaction. Paul Neyron is one they love so well, they eat the leaves! Detestable lifeforms. I too am still seeing thrips and saw one slug yesterday.

kay
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Lovely garden shots! I especially like the North bed. My DH would sure appreciate that one, he complains that here it is daylilies-daylilies and daylilies again :) And I don't have that many!, it's just a small yard. My favorite is Siloam Ethel Smith! Mine had several scapes but they all dried out. I like that one the most when it opens several flowers at once.
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wow you got some beauties today. lOve that Forever Redeemed gorgeous red, love them bright reds.I had to grab up my 3new ones from the yard this morning and put them up on the porch out of the rain,we have had so much rain,they were starting to look bad and cameroon night has a scape with buds on it.just 2 or 3, but, Im not going to leave it out in the rain for it to rot in it. rained all night, raining when igot up this morning, then quit for awhile,and its thund.ering now ready to start up again.
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Nice! I like your new rose. I'm such a sucker for pink roses. That must be a hibiscus, in the picture. Is is upright or sprawling? It looks a lot like the annual I showed above. I went to Lowes yesterday on the way home from the Dr. and came home with an impulse Kordes rose. Shame on me! Ingrid, our nearest Lowes had some lovely Dahlias all potted and blooming. You could try one right now, if you wanted to. Thanks for the lily name, Cath. The orientals don't normally do very well for me, not enough winter chill:( I think I actually tried "Hot Line" a few years ago, and it didn't make it. Thanks, Roselady. I hope your little band does well for you. My Louise Odier has downright shocked me with constant blooms. Here are some this morning. And the new buds just keep coming!
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Great photos, and I appreciate your remarks on their growth. The poly blooms are impressive. I may have to try Linda Sierra, I like the different look of it. As far as Incendiary, I have never seen the pattern here, maybe the beginnings of a pattern on a hot day. Mine gets 28 to 30" tall, certainly no where near 36". I have never counted the buds, but I am happy with its bloom. It has been blooming here for 5 weeks, not done yet but it will be within the week. I would live to see the pattern on it, but I still like the blooms, and it performs above average here so it stays.
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houstmag
10 years ago
The insect war goes on and on I hope you come out victorious. Great blooms Wonder of It All looks gorgeous as always.
Linda
shive
Original Author
10 years ago
Val and Kay - I've gotten rid of most of my miniatures and small flowered daylilies, but this one performs so well in a clump that I can't part with it. I probably need to thin it out this fall though because it's not as well budded as in past years.

Kay - You are so right. Japanese beetles are detestable life forms.

Linda - After I get over my initial displeasure with the earliest blooms not opening, I fall in love with it again. LOL

Debra
ruthz
10 years ago
Really pretty. Nutmeg spice is quite a show.
Nancy Barginear
10 years ago
They are all gorgeous, but your picture of WONDER OF IT ALL has just made me move it up to the top of my Wish List. I definitely have to get this one.

Nancy
celeste/NH
10 years ago
I always LOVE your posts because not only are the blooms gorgeous but you have a special talent at capturing their beauty with a camera. It is always a treat to open your threads.
I feel your pain about the bugs. I am dealing with the slugs currently, as well as some type of small caterpillar on the roses. The JB's start up here around July 1st and continue to devour my roses til frost. On my true lilies, there is a horrible red beetle that will make holes in all the leaves and blooms if left unchecked. I very rarely spray or use chemicals because of all the birds nesting right now, hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. I had to use a dust on my lilies in early spring to stop the red beetles but other than that it is just a losing battle, especially with the JB's.
Love that clump of Nutmeg Spice! Wowser!

Celeste
newyorkrita
10 years ago
Wonder OF IT All looks especially great.
shive
Original Author
10 years ago
Celeste - I stopped growing roses after the Japanese beetles devoured every bloom I had on two bushes. I'm sorry to hear you have to battle them for so long.

Debra

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