It's time for the Late Show
celeste/NH
7 years ago
I am always thankful for my late bloomers when the garden is looking ratty and forlorn at the end of summer. These are the reliable ones that are blooming now.
One of my best daylilies, PINHILL CLARET SYMPHONY.
It is everything I love in a daylily....tall, robust, healthy and hardy, incredible color, multiplies quickly, bud and scape count is excellent, blooms late when not much else is, and for the icing on the cake....the drought this year didn't faze it one bit. It is just as exceptional this year as it always has been.
Here it is blooming in a bed where everything else is all done and it has been blooming for weeks.....
AMERICA'S FAVORITE FIREWORKS
TECHNY SPIDER
WELCOME MAT
SUN PANDA with crocosmia (not a late but still going)
MARGO REED INDEED will continue to bloom through the late season here
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celeste/NH
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoFUCHSIA DREAM, continues into the late season here
LADY NEVA, has always been a late bloomer for me here in New Hampshire
PILGRIM ON EARTH
A WALK IN THE CLOUDS
SEPTEMBER BLAZE is a blooming machine for the late season
BRIDGETON IVY LEAGUE
FRANK'S STAR OF BETHLEHEM is not a late bloomer but it is for me! Every year it blooms along with my late bloomers
SUN TEMPLE SPIRIT along with the last of Arnold's Daughter
GOLLY GALORE
WALTER'S TANGO
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will my bulbs be late or no-show since I planted late?
Comments (3)I'm still a novice myself but my bulb foliage isn't poking through the ground at an even rate. Daffs, Tulips, Hyacinth, Iris Reticulata, Crocus, Pushkinia, Squill...some of each are up and some of each not...right in the same beds or containers. I'm not privy to the inner workings of each bulb and they seem to have their own individual internal clocks. No doubt much more experienced bulb people can say with more certainty or "informed maybe" what's going on. The linked Bulb Guide says you might need to prechill some bulbs in Zone 7 but don't know if it's necessity since I don't garden there. If you scroll down on the linked page you'll see the optimal planting times for Spring blooming bulbs. Don't know what kind of Tulips you have but different varieties bloom at different times...early, mid and late Spring. I should've had my bulbs in the ground by November but had some still in bags at end of December so planted them. Some are coming up and others aren't. Better to plant than toss as long as you can work soil (or use containers which I do with some bulbs) as they might give you bloom next year if some don't bloom this year. You just have to make sure they have good drainage so they don't rot until next next year. Last year in late Spring I took a lot of bulbs out of beds to rearrange some things and containers since I needed them to plant annuals. I carefully tipped bulbs out of containers onto newspaper and took them out of soil with as much top growth and roots as I could manage. The Tulip bulbs were mostly rotted so had to toss them...didn't know about keeping soil very well draining then. Daff bulbs were mostly fine. I got an old laundry basket with side holes from my recycling center, lined it with newspaper and "planted" the bulbs in the basket using the container potting mixed lightened with some perlite. Kept watering until foliage died back and then just moved entire basket up against house for rest of year until December. When I tipped the laundry basket over the Daff bulbs had LONG roots. I scurried around to find a place to replant them and just hoped for the best. Turns out there were a few Tulip & Hyacinth bulbs in there too but most have started to throw up foliage. I was lucky enough to have much of those long roots intact. Just luck and desperation...no horticultural sure footedness here. :) Still, it's going to be "wait and see" unless someone with Zone 7 experience can tell you definitively if any of your bulbs needed prechilling...if you didn't buy prechilled bulbs to start with. Good luck...hope something sprouts for you this year. Here is a link that might be useful: Ames Bulb Guide...See MoreJewels of the late, late show
Comments (20)Thanks for the info. it is definitely on my list! I have AUTUMN JEWELS from you, Debra. It looks JUST like your picture - excellent bright color. Unfortunately, I didn't have the smarts to plant it with compatible colors. Visualize WEBSTER'S PINK WONDER behind, ON YOUR KNEES YOU WILL FIND HIM (muddy "rose red") behind and to the right, and OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING (peach pink) next to it. Not a felicitous combo, that's for sure. I persist in plopping things in wherever I find a spot, with the best of intentions to move them to better places next time. Next time never seems to arrive....See MoreWalnut Cabinets - Show me your pics - It's bragging time!!
Comments (1)Look for a thread for vsalz kitchen reveal- it is amazing!...See MoreIt's valance time!! Want to show me a style you like?
Comments (5)Thank you for the feedback about the pleats. I found a gal on Etsy who will use the fabric I have and make the valances custom. My choice originally was to get a pleated valance. She had a picture of one she'd done in her store and it's beautifully made. When I showed her the fabric I have and told her it's 55% linen and 45% rayon she said she was very familiar with the fabric and the rayon didn't hold a pleat for that pattern well. Since posting this, she's emailed to say she has some remnants of a similar fabric and she's going to see if she can make it work. If not she may be able to find another similar pattern with pleats that would work instead. My fingers are crossed! Thanks for the pics Nosoccermom, I like those and will keep them in mind as an alternative....See Moreceleste/NH
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