And how's your end of July/early August garden?

15 years ago

Mskee's mid-July garden thread has been great, but it's getting long and I feel guilty about making it even slower to load. So I'm starting a new thread.

My roses are coming back from their rest! At least the reblooming types are, they took a break after the blockbuster June flush and are blooming again. Not as feverishly, but still satisfying.

Rosa rugosas Yankee Lady and Blanc Double de Coubert, plain Knockout roses and rose Carefree Delight are in this island, as viewed from my porch.

It's a little startling to see pink and orange together like this, but I like seeing a no-ID daylily and Rose Carefree Beauty next to each other.

Another daylily-rose pairing is rugosa Blanc Double de Coubert and double ditch lily.

Can't forget the sunflowers that the birds sowed under the feeder. Ditch lilies in front, and hostas and ditch lilies behind. This is a wild area near the septic leach field.

Blushing Knockout is the most reliable rose in my garden - it always looks good.

Carefree Delight is a more modest rose, with many small single flowers, but I like the color and the way it gives another aspect to roses besides big flashy blooms.

Hosta Blue Angel is just past its peak. This year it missed the bloom of the Hydrangea Blue Billow next to it.

And there are bugs and bees!

Bee on Hosta Blue Angel.

Bees on Carefree Beauty rose.

Clearwing moth (AKA hummingbird moth) on Monarda Claire Grace. I took about 25 out of focus photos before I could get this.

Claire

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msyoohoo
15 years ago
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Beautiful Claire! Mine is kind of a jungle right now with all the rain. I was able to get to the veggie jungle today - flowers are next!

Maureen
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
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15 years ago
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My Casa Blanca lilies started opening today!

These are next to a pokeberry which is blooming at the same time (some blossoms going to fruit)
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The lilies are in a bed with several Miscanthus species (I have a lot of miscanthus, they do well here and fit in a coastal garden) and balloon flowers (Platycodon).

I've had very little problems with red lily leaf beetles this year - a few have shown up and I sprayed them with Bayer's Rose and Flower spray or with permethrin. Maybe the parasitic wasp has gotten this far.

Claire
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hunt4carl
15 years ago
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Claire -

Your "double ditch lily" actually has a name: it's
Hemerocallis fulva 'Floro Pleno' - or it's very similar
cousin,'Kwanzo Variegata', which can be distinguished by
it's narrow, white-margined leaves. . .I found a clump
growing next to an abandoned farmhouse, and now have
dozens of them, which, like you, I use it all manner of
unlikely combinations - I call it "my ditch lily with attitude". . .

Carl
littleonefb
15 years ago
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took these pics on 7/26 and 7/28

mixed petunias grown from seeds collected last year from dark purple and light pink petunias

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cosmos bed from seed with 15 different kinds of cosmos
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candylily grown from seed in center bed
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ellen_s
15 years ago
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I'm really enjoying all these pics, thank you everybody! I just LOVE this time of year when everything bursts into full glory!

Here's one of my "moist sun" butterfly beds. I am struggling with a new camera so the lighting is not very good:
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claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
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15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Carl: I love that "ditch lily with attitude" name. There was a thread on the Daylilies Forum back in 2002 that discussed the naming of Hemerocallis fulva. I saved it, and can post it if anyone is interested.

Someone said that there are actually three H. fulva with multiple petals - Flore Pleno, Kwanzo, and Kwanzo variegated. Flore Pleno is "hose in hose" and Kwanzo is "unkempt looking". Not being sure of the difference between "hose in hose" and "unkempt looking", I haven't named mine.

They also mention a H. fulva var. rosea...

Mine were left over from my mother's garden, where they were happily smothering other daylilies and battling the siberian irises. I see them here in the neighborhood too.

littleonefb and ellen s: I love seeing the enormous variety in plants and gardens, reflecting personal preferences and different climate conditions.

Claire
littleonefb
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Here's a link with some info on the "ditch lily daylily", that shows pics of some of the variations with names of them.

Claire, Carl, there is something kind to be said about the so called "ditch lily".
I guess unless you are a purist with daylilies, it has it's place in the garden and I'm far from a purist with my daylily bed.

Carl, that is a perfect name and description for them. "ditch lily with an attitude". They are a work horse in the gardens, never fail to come back, never fail to bloom, never fail to please the eye with it's several varieties. given the right location, they will spread to their heart's content; and in my opinion, are a beautiful variety, in their own right, and don't deserve the harsh words that the daylily pros give it.

I wouldn't be without mine, lovingly given to me about 26 years ago from a neighbor to start my daylily bed. They are prominently in the bed and surprisingly enough, and I know I shouldn't say this, but they have not really taken over the bed either.

Fran

My daylily bed from this year. pics taken from early June through 7/28

mid June when the first of the ditch lilies start to bloom along with the yellow in the front called happy returns,

daylily bed taken 7/28

single "ditch lily"

double "ditch lily"

hyperion scents the gardens beautifully 7/12

ruffled hyperion, also scents beautifully

happy returns, 7/28. blooms from early June and repeat blooms till the frost takes it away in early to mid Oct.

pandora's box 7/24

siloam uri winford 7/25

red pinocchio, a really scarlet red that the pic doesn't show 7/27

Catherine Woodbury 7/27

a burgundy, no ID, didn't keep the tag 7/12

a cream but looks more white in the pic. no id, didnt' keep the tag

purple d'oro, been blooming since 7/10 and still is

These are the results of a purchase of bare roots in a bag that where labeled "hybrid daylilies" and marked down to $.25 at a big box store in mid August 5 years ago.

Been able to identify a few of them only

rocket city 7/26. been blooming since 7/12 and still has about 75 buds left of it's original 220 buds. Yup the math genius, engineer, DH decided to count them all.

franz hals 7/12 and still blooming away

autumn red 7/24

and these from the same bag with no id to them but just beautiful

Salmon pink 7/12 and 7/24 still blooming away

gold, 7/25

pale pink 7/26

bicolor 7/26

This beauty 7/12 and 7/27 still blooming
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
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15 years ago
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Fran: Fantastic variety of daylilies all in one garden!

I'm quite happy with my double ditch lilies, no purist here. I'm getting more and more attracted to the older spider types too.

Claire
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
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15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
A few more daylilies:

Autumn Minaret just opened - this daylily is taller than me. That's a ditch lily in the distance on the bottom right. It's not really that small.

Joan Senior has been blooming for a while. This is one of my favorite daylilies.

Another few true lilies:

Good old "Tiger Lily" (Lilium lancifolium). This is the one with the black bulbils on the stem.

I think this is L. Arabesque.

I'm still staring at the foliage - almost no beetle damage (maybe none).

Claire

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