Jean- They only have the very early stuff out at the nurseries like the pansies, violas, columbines and other really cool weather plants. Stuff like Salvias and most of the common bedding perennials are not stocked yet as it is just too early to plant. Oh, and I love verbena. I want to get some later. Kay- I am not very inspired to do anything unusual with that new gardenbed. I did put lilies at the two ends last year and this spring got the idea to plant columbines toward the back. Then I thought it would look good planted in the violas for lots of color. You can blame your violas for that. They just look so good I had to buy some of my own. The two bowls both have purple violas in them but they are slightly different from the one bowl to the other. I liked them both. I had two viola bowls on my kitchen stoop all last summer and I really liked them so I decided to get viola bowls again. The ones I had died over the winter, just like all the violas in the ground died too.

Well, we made it back. Boy was it a hot day to go! Glad we took the tour in the morning and came back later to pick everything up. Between myself, my Mom, our friend and her mother we left with over 80 different varieties. I felt so bad they had to dig the plants in that heat and humidity. But amazingly they got it done. Fortunately we came in my friend's mini-van! Debra/shive -- thanks for your input. I had Shaman last year that became vole bait so this is a replacement. I LOVED its intense yellow color though. Persian Market and Scarlet Orbit will be new for me this year. ruthz -- the daylily farm is called Fern Cove (www.ferncove.com) operated by Mr. and Mrs. Denney. It's located in Newnan, GA. I have no frame of reference since I've never been to other farms but my impression is it's probably on the smaller side compared to other daylily farms. He has been trying to scale back a bit due to the upkeep. But he has a very impressive list of varieties. They have just a sampling posted on their website but there are many more than that available. We've been going there off and on for about 18 years now. She will mail you a master list the old fashioned way if you contact her and request one. They also have special $1 sales periodically on certain varieties that Mrs. Denney has started posting on Facebook. They can happen anytime of year so it's good to follow them on FB. Also, they often have Fall clump sales on select varieties that are great if you want to get alot of bang for your buck. I walked away with everything I previously posted plus a bakers dozen more: Buster Heavenly Treasure Toltec Sundial Amadeus Damascene Quinn Buck Sweet Spot Midnight Raider Jean Swann Gentle Beauty Daphne Dale Dominic Pat Mercer I can't wait to get them planted/potted over the next few days! Danielle

Good pictures! The red-eyed gold looks like Fooled Me. Southwestern Memories has a much bigger edge than I expected. Oakes always gives big divisions--really double a normal division. I appreciate that, especially after coming from a local daylily place where every double fan was carefully cut so as not to give me even the beginning of a third fan, and one double fan was cut so it had little root. Once on the lily auction I actually noted in my rating that the divisions were "ungenerous." This post was edited by mantis__oh on Sat, Jun 29, 13 at 17:57

Kay, I loved that bloom too. Kathy, Seems you're correct : ) Elizabeth, Lol, about the pot ghetto. I'm already looking forward to us going next year. I know Hilde is. She already emailed me about how we should plan for late July next year. Cindy, Lol, no, he only picked on me! Like lying that a $5 lily cost $200. He probably felt bad about the stray bag. Driving away without everything sounds like something I would do. I'm so glad you enjoyed your trip! : ) Oh and I did something dumb. I found my NOID daylily from a post I made about a week ago. I had purchase what was suppose to be Storm of the Century in a plant coop. So going through the field, there it is. I forgot to take a pic of the tag!! Here's a pic. Rita, It is not difficult to spend all day there even in less than ideal weather. NJMomma, I'm glad you enjoyed them. Remy