Wednesday's Wonderous, Whacky, and Whopper Sized Blooms
shive
7 years ago
While the cool temps made it a pleasure to work in the gardens this morning, it made for some delayed bloom openings.
Remember that seedling I got from Dan Trimmer a couple of years ago? He finally introduced it this year as Summer Celebration. The three blooms were bright and very large today - just over 7 inches.
Amethyst Prism had two humongous blooms today too. These guys were in the 9 inch range. It's too bad they only have 25 inch scapes to hold those big blooms. They are registered as having 37 inch scapes.
Red Edition with an extra petal, and extra sepal, and some serious ruffling.
Gilded Glory with its ffo
Janet and Bill ffo - Who knew this one would look so much like Happy Happy? I think I like Happy Happy better.
Hoochie Coochie Man ffo
Sacred Ground ffo
Empire of Desire and Sweet Prairie Wind. I took this photo to show how well-budded Sweet Prairie Wind is this time.
Incandescent trio - Nice blooms on midget sized scapes.
Debra
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kathi_mdgd
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Comments (71)Hi Debra! #1 GW's search bar even forum specific search bar doesn't work very well. So I use Google, I look up a specific cultivar ex. Citrix. I type in (Google) Daylily Citrix 1st and see what comes up. Then I type in Daylily Citrix gardenweb and it will pull up tons of stuff. It will then give the option 'show all gardenweb' and I hit that and then sometimes depending on the cultivar it will pull up tons of GW threads. But even with all of this sometimes you still may pull up zero (on a particular cultivar) and I search up images. I then hover my mouse over the image and it will show me the source of the pic without actually having to click on the pic and be directed to the source of it And a lot of times I may go thru pages of images hovering my mouse to try and find a gardenweb thread in hopes that maybe someone will have more in depth info. such as strong grower/weak grower, hates the south/loves the south etc. I find so many super cool threads. I soooo want to comment on many more however I didn't want to get on everyones nerves commenting on thus bringing to the top old threads. So I try and reserve my commenting on ones that I find as precious as gold. You seem to have lots that fit that category Debra! I love these threads! And I am a new daylily grower/collector so these are so enlightening. There are soooo many cultivars available I try to find good opinions on the ones that I want before I bid/buy them. I can't ever just seem to be a 'regular' gardener I obsess over and collect whatever plant I am into for that year or two. Buy books on it, spend tons of time reading up on it and of course buying too. lol It's not my only hobby but by far my favorite and I've shelved my other hobbies for the time being. But I do get burn out and (usually in the winter) swear off all my major gardening but then Spring rolls around and I'm back at it full force again. lol Rena'...See MoreOther Wednesday blooms...
Comments (6)Judy, no... RUFFLES DREAM doesn't always look like that. It's kind of random when it dos that. But that's what makes it so interesting. Towanda, one of my very favorite yellow roses is WALKING ON SUNSHINE. It's almost always in bloom. The bush stays a decent size and probably would do great in a pot. It ends up about 3ftx3ft. I don't believe it has any scent. Here are some pics: SPARKLE & SHINE is another good one that blooms a lot and has a little prettier shaped blooms. Mine was in a bad spot, and got dug up last yr in the septic re-do. I replanted it in one of the new beds. I'm still waiting for it to bloom this yr. But it's a really nice rose, and another florrie. These pics were from 2013 before I planted it in the first spot. Did great in a pot. Grows about the same as WOS, altho maybe a little shorter and wider....See MoreSome Wednesday morning pictures
Comments (19)I do love Evelyn! I purchased her mainly due to fragrancenutter's huge thread on the General Roses forum titled "fragrant roses that produce abundant perfect cut blooms". She is in Australia, zone 10a and gets dry heat, as I do. I figured it was worth a shot, since it does so well for her. I'm very impressed so far. I'll keep you all up to date with how she does in the future. I have a credit with Heirloom Roses, and today select DA roses are on sale. Most seem to be out of stock, Evelyn included:( Where abouts are you located, boncrow66? Maybe Evelyn really likes a hot and dry climate? Mine doesn't even get as much water as I thought she needed, (for a youngster), because she's in a difficult spot for me to place the hose. BTW Ingrid, last night I found a "snip and drip" system at a great price, PLUS 20% off my order. I was all ready to check out when my 20% discount disappeared. This was at exactly 11:00pm last night. I forgot about the time zones and missed the discount by about 5 minutes! I was so disappointed, that I just shut off my laptop and went to bed. I'm very sad about it. It was a really simple system that I could install myself. It had good reviews. I just took too long picking out extra parts to customize it. I'll make a copy of my cart. Maybe it will go back on spectacular discount again. Thank you, Justin. I see that you also garden in zone 10a. You must be getting some high temperatures as well. I think that does make for some odd blooms sometimes. I deadheaded that bloom this morning, and also saw that a worm or something had been inside. That's why the backside of that bloom was kind of missing. I've had an awful lot of worm ruined blooms lately. Here's what I found when I removed Baronne Prevost's odd little bloom. My deilema rose has been Poseidon. It was frying instantly last year in full sun, and this year I moved it to afternoon shade. That's still not enough to keep the beautiful blooms from frying. During the last flush, I put up an old screen door to shade the blooms. I got perfectly gorgeous, unfried, lavender blooms. Even though Poseidon is hidden away in the backyard, where I tend to do as I please, I'm not willing to do this all summer. I'm also not big on moving roses. My boys are busy, and it's difficult to get them to plant a rose. For them to recognize a rose they planted before, that is now quadrupled in size, to be relocated? Boy, I hardly dare ask:) I have a few things planned for Poseidon, before I begin negotiations with my sons. I purchased a shade cloth for my patio lattice. I had a huge Texas Privet hedge removed, and while I love my new rose bed, my patio is much hotter. It just so happens that shading where I sit will also shade Poseidon.(I think) I have some Pro-tekt, but I'm not a sprayer. I can try to see if it would keep Poseidons blooms from frying, but in this heat I'm afraid I won't keep up with it. This option I think I am going to go with regardless. Plant a passion Vine near Poseidon to shade the blooms somewhat. I know they can grow like a house on fire here, but I checked, and it can also be cut back and kept smaller. I bought two passion vines. Here is one that just bloomed in its pot. It's a bit more mauve than the photo shows. Here is a Poseidon bloom Poseidon is loaded with buds, but unless I put the ugly screen back up, all will fry. Love Song however, takes the heat like a champ. This self seeding annual has been amazing! It goes from seed to bloom in about 8 weeks maybe? Cynoglossum Amabile 'Blue Showers' A giant Dahlia with Shasta daisy. The dahlia is actually more purple/burgundy than the photo appears. Mrs. William G. Koning is always healthy here and blooms well in mostly shade. A rare moment, this morning. Sebastian and Millie playing together on the patio. Not the best picture, but I dared not disturb them. Ok, that's it for now. Time to round up my kitties. Lisa...See MoreWednesday's Wonders
Comments (21)Heather, kay and Kate - Thanks for the comments on the seedlings! The Blazing Saddles kid does attact attention with that dark eye and its size. The Barbara Mandrell seedling was puny and only had three or four blooms last year. But this year it had 9-10 buds per scape and the flowers were much larger. I love white watermarks on reds, so this is one I really want to improve. Heather - I've been thinking about drastically downsizing my registered cultivars. I don't have time to weed, water, or photograph most of them now that the seedlings are my priority. My husband keeps saying he can't believe these are seedlings because they're so much prettier and vigorous than most of my registered ones. Debra...See More
nancykvb
7 years ago
Julia WV (6b)
7 years agojean_ar
7 years agomantis__oh
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoNancy
7 years ago
organic_kitten
7 years agoshive
7 years ago
sherrygirl zone5 N il
7 years agoshive
7 years agoMantis - Here are sun shots of Summer Celebration and Carefree Sunset.
Summer Celebration
Carefree Sunset
Debra
Julia WV (6b)
7 years agoDebra: I knew there was a reason I liked Summer Celebration (your first photo). It is very similar to another Trimmer I grow here called Lunar Max. Big flower and he registered it as Ev but acts more like a sev here. I wonder if through his crosses Lunar Max is somewhere in the "genes". Interesting.
shive
7 years ago
tarheelgirl_7b
7 years agoavedon_gw
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