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An ffo, some rebloomers and late bloomers

5 years ago

They say it's not over until the fat lady sings. Well this fat lady (me) sings all the time, so that doesn't mean anything. Plus, I never bought the Shooter's Fat Lady Sings as a season ender. But when Last Chance for Romance blooms here, you know the season is ending. Typically it's my last one to bloom. But this year, I'm still waiting on Remembering Rose to start.

Last Chance for Romance ffo today

Skater reblooming. It has two scapes going, one a rebloom scape and the other a late scape.

Everything You Desire started reblooming yesterday.

Miss Demeanor rebloom

Cool Hand Luke - the last one

Trance

Royal Jester - All these blooms are on the scape with 41 buds. I usually have two blooms a day per scape on this one.

Old Time Italian

SC Francis Busby reblooming

Tiger Swallowtail tries to give yesterday's Dance Again spent bloom mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Debra, chasing butterflies now that the daylilies are dwindling

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shive
Original Author

5 years ago

Thanks all for the comments. That butterfly seemed to like daylilies. Here it is on Indian Ripple.

Debra

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Comments (15)

organic_kitten
5 years ago
Lovely. Francis Busby is the one I always say I missed on. I do love the color of that one. Royal Jester is beautiful with all the blooms.

kay
Nancy 6b
5 years ago
Royal jester is gorgeous. I always like purples, so Skater looks good to me. I like Trance too.
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Jane...WL is in it's 1st bloom season for me, and I'm not sure if it will always be this late. However, it was planted last fall and not in the spring, so maybe it will. I like the late ones, cause it extends my bloom season. :) You are going to love SM....it's always a beauty. Kay...thanks for the compliment...I just point and shoot!! lol Danielle....I agree, love those raindrops!! I'm sure glad ya'll are liking BC...cause she certainly has put on a show for me. Glad you also got some rain....we got over 2 inchs total. Juliet...Thanks for the compliment, and I'm glad you're enjoying my photos. :) Jean...I am lucky to have so much rebloom this year....thanks for the compliment, as I stated earlier, I just point and shoot...all the credit goes to my beautiful dl's!! Jessica...you don't do so bad in the photo dept. either, gal!! I love seeing yours and all the other peoples too. MF is really shining on its rebloom, I like it much better now than I did earlier too. Jan
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
5 years ago
Wow, looks to me like Royal Jester is an over achiever, that’s perfect! I also like Miss Demeanor and Skater. Skater is so colorful.

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Brad KY 6b
5 years ago
Skater is really really interesting. Nice to see the rebloom.
mantis__oh
5 years ago
Love the butterfly shot! Cool Hand Luke is on very short scapes this year. The poor thing has shrunk.
shive
Original Author
5 years ago
Mantis - Most of my Hansons are very short this year, and they have never been affected by weather before. Stealth Bomber and Integrated Logistics were the least affected with some scapes almost normal and others short.

Debra
tarheelgirl_7b
5 years ago
Beautiful butterfly photo! Skater really catches my eye. My other favorites include Royal Jester, Last Chance for Romance, and Miss Demeanor.

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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
5 years ago
Everything You Desire is a stand out.....Miss Demeanor has those sunset colors I wanted so much this year. Just gorgeous......How sweet the Swallowtail is on the daylily. Good shot.............Maryl
samhain10 - 5a
5 years ago
All so lovely! My favorites are definitely Skater and Miss Demeanor, but Trance and Francis Busby would be right behind those!

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lilykate7a
5 years ago
Like the Skater and Royal Jester pics. You seem to have a lot of rebloom this year. After thinking my season would never end last year due to rebloom, it has been rare to see rebloom scapes this year. Certainly not due to lack of rain as it has been plentiful (sorry for all of you that have not) and lilies seem to be putting energy into multiplying as they certainly are doing that!! Lots of nice photos in this post.

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shive
Original Author
5 years ago
Kate - I am getting more rebloom than I've had in many years. I've found eight more with rebloom scapes coming just in the last three days. So I'm excited about my season lasting until August.

Debra
Julia WV (6b)
5 years ago
LOL Debra. Made me laugh with the comment about the butterfly mouth to mouth resuscitation.
nat4b
5 years ago
SC Francis Busby is gorgeous! Also love Royal Jester and Old Time Italian! Lol at your comments :)) Very pretty butterfly!
shive
Original Author
5 years ago
Julia and Nat - Glad you got some laughs out of my prose. Laughter and gardening are so healthy for us.

Debra

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