This daylily started itself from a seed that fell to the ground. I believe the parents are two daylilies growing beside each other--just my speculation! I bought the older two daylilies in 1987--a few years ago I found the old catalog from Gilbert Wild and Sons.

Just came in from surveying. Trying to decide if burgundy and bigger or smaller and white is better with the yellow zinnias. Not that a phone camera will do them justice. All flowers are awesome.

I too have not seen a hummingbird moth this summer, nor have I seen many moths or butterflies for that matter. Bees? again, not many; and I usually have a swarm of honey bees or yellow jackets wanting into the siding of my house. Honey bees in June, the jackets more in September tho. Another thing I don't see much around my property is grasshoppers. When I was a kid, there used to be HUGE hoppers that spit "tobacco" on you if you handled them. I'm thinking the spraying of the surrounding farm fields probably have something to do with the lack of many insects.

To: lgmd_gaz Beautiful shot of a butterfly. Most of those do not stay still long enough to get a good shot. If my memory serves me correctly, that's a Tiger Swallow Tail. Sadly, those a are scarce in my location, and have become less seen in my boyhood location. Back in my high school days, I had had one of those in my lepidoptera collection for science project.