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The Late Season Arrives for My Garden

4 years ago

I just got back from three days at the AHS Region 10 Meeting in Kingsport, TN, which I had the pleasure of attending with Nancy 6B. It was wonderful to meet her in person after all these years of talking daylilies online and trading plants. I'll post photos of some of our garden tours later. Here are some photos from this morning and Friday morning.

Armed to the Teeth

August Frost

Melee

Willow Dean Smith

Snake in the Grass Boo

Sweet Child of Mine

Spacecoast Francis Busby - the last one on the original scapes

Black Falcon Ritual

Color Crazy starting to rebloom

Sanford Intermezzo

Debra

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celeste/NH

4 years ago

Well, I am super envious of you two ladies! I have been friends and trading with you both over the years and would absolutely love to meet in person. I hope someone took pictures of the two of you together! That sounds like a delightful trip and glad that you had that opportunity. Wow to that photo of Willow Dean Smith! Wow again to all the others! I have had blooms on Frozen Margarita for a few days and today Stealth Bomber opened one. It was funny because my husband has listened to me lament about how my daylilies are so late this year and how it will be forever before they bloom. So this morning he yells from outside that I need to come quick because one of my daylilies has opened. He thought some miracle had occurred.....haha.

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Nancy 6b
4 years ago
Looks like you need to be careful of Armed to the teeth. I like the extra wide, light edge on it. Willow Dean Smith is lovely, very feminine looking. That is a glorious clump of Sweet Child of mine, very impressive with all those buds!
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mantis__oh
4 years ago
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Sanford Intermezzo is a pretty one. Let us know how it grows. Eager to see those garden pics.
lilykate7a
4 years ago
Love the clumps! WDS looks great in that clump!! Sweet Child of Mine has a great color and I really like Sanford Intermezzo. I look forward to those garden pics as well.
shive
Original Author
4 years ago
Nancy - Armed to the Teeth is well-equipped as a weapon. LOL

Celeste - I'm glad you got blooms on those two! Walk in the Clouds has a scape coming!

Mantis - Sanford Intermezzo is somewhat tender, and it would be better grown father south. Two winters ago, it died back from two fans to one. It has three now, but I expect it's one that will lose fans in bad winters. It's had very short scapes the previous two years. This year it's only a couple of inches shorter than it should be. Scapes have 9-11 buds.

Debra
sherrygirl zone5 N il
4 years ago
Sweet Child of Mine looks like it is going to put on quite a show for you. Willow Dean Smith is such a stunning daylily.

Sherry
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
4 years ago
That's an excellent shot of Snake In The Grass Boo. I find the name amusing and always wondered how it did in someone's garden.........Sweet Child of Mine is indeed sweeet..............Maryl
Julia WV (6b)
4 years ago
Great group Debra. Do post pics of your garden tours.
Brad KY 6b
4 years ago
So beautiful! I too favor Willow Dean Smith and Sweet Child of Mine.

Glad you got to meet. I know it was so neat when I got to meet Dick at his house 2 summers ago.

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organic_kitten
4 years ago
Beautiful as always, Debra. Armed to the Teeth is striking and lovely. Willow Dean Simth is a beautiful bloom and I always love to see photos of it. Beautiful clump of Sweet Child of Mine. As you know, Space coast Francis Busby is a favorite of mine. Lovely post, Debra.

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shive
Original Author
4 years ago
Sherry and Maryl - Sweet Child of Mine will put on a great show throughout the late season, and it's especially well budded this time. It's never rebloomed for me, but we've had so much rain in June, it might this time.

Maryl - I've grown Snake in the Grass Boo for many years in a pot. I would love to find a place to plant it in the ground. Unlike you, I don't trim the roots or replenish the soil in the pots, so it doesn't have any nutrients anymore. The first five years in the pot it had great bud counts. This year, not so much.

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