Daylilies Sparkle Like Jewels of the Garden
shive
4 years ago
We had a light rain overnight, and the daylilies were especially sparkly this morning.
American Doll - I only remember it being this dark a pink the season of the 2010 flood.
Inimitable Seedling - the 7 incher - I'm really loving this one!
Here's a new purple I got last year - Phil Reilly's Spirited Away. The first bloom was splotchy, but this one looks pretty good. Minor splotching in the sepals. Most of the little white dots you see are raindrops.
Bubblegum Delicious actually looked the color of bubblegum today. That's rare.
Seedling Destined to See X Back Scratcher seedling. It had 14 buds on its maiden bloom.
The Ultimate Sacrifice X a Floyd Cove beauty - the rain made the sepals a little splotchy. This is the first time all three fans have had blooms.
Violet Sabrewing was especially pretty today.
Born to Reign - some of the scapes are taller than registered!
Joan Derifield clump - Joan's still a bit short. I don't know if the cause is grubs or lack of water in May.
Olly Olly Oxen Free is back to being it's normal lavender color now.
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
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Flowers that appear to sparkle
Comments (16)I believe bogturtle is referring to the cells of these flowers in general. Many species have flowers with enlarged cells that reflect and refract light creating the effect being discussed here. The cells on the surface of a petal look like nodules under a scanning electron microscope....See MorePlease show me pics of your daylily gardens
Comments (21)I deadhead every day also as long as the weather is fit. When I get home from work, supper just has to wait until I have taken my daily stroll through my flowers with camera in hand. I like to dead head for the same reason as daylilyluver. Here are a couple of shots of my beds: Just added this section on the west side of the house a couple of years ago and I call it my sitting garden. My husbands only stipulation was to have enough room at the back of the lot so he could drive the truck between our property and the neighbors if he has to. Still have room for more, but am taking my time to see how big everything gets first. Already have a few second thoughts about the size that I had hoped on some things. A weigela was the only thing back here a couple of years ago and I didn't mind it's size then. Now, I am going to cut it waaaay back after it blooms every year. A different angle of the sitting garden. Not sure if the porcupine grass was the best thing to put in here (it's the striped thing behind the green chair on the left). I wanted to use it as a back drop, for privacy, but am thinking that maybe I should have used something else because it looks like it's going to crowd some other plants that I really like. The arborvitae trees in the background belong to our neighbors. As you can see on the far right, one of them is dead and we thought they were all going to die. I wish they had all lived because I liked the privacy, but as it is, they lost over half the row. I try to avoid getting those dead ones in the picture and our neighbor is being stubborn about removing some of them. This has been a 5 or 6 year problem, but that is another story... Love having the plants around the oak tree, but am having a difficult time keeping the poison ivy away. I just saw another start of it a few days ago. This is another shot where I tried to keep the neighbors dead trees out of the picture. Small section of our 125 foot long border at the NW edge of our lot. We made it 8 feet wide so we could use the 8 ft landscape timbers in between sections. It makes it nice for mapping where the plants are. Unfortunately, my map is still a work in progress. Vickie...See MoreWould like the names of some tall daylilies
Comments (9)I don't know how difficult they might be to find but I planted the altissimas decades ago, when a mail order place sold a collection of them and I bought some from Saxton, probably around 1990. I have Challenger, Statuesque, Purity, Red Sentinel,Autumn Minaret and a couple that are supposed to be the species but probably aren't. They probably range from four to five feet high depending on culture ( sun, soil, water, fertilizer, age of clump) There are species too, but some are nocturnal blooming so unless you want daylilies in the evening (they are fragrant though)-----------Weedy...See MoreTuesday's Garden Jewels
Comments (15)Update on Judy's Jewel - It was very wilted and faded at the end of this very humid day - much worse than my other pinks. For those of you who liked My Mama Thinks I'm a Star, that one decided it was time to close up shop in mid afternoon. That one, along with Rip Saw, put their petals staight up forming a little shade tent on the throats. It was like they were protesting the heat and humidity. I don't remember ever seeing UFs do this before. Debra...See Moreshive
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4 years agoJust a few more. I've taken so many photos over the past three days.
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Wonder of It All
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Westbourne Good Old Days
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