First daylily and some other flowers

3 years ago

Hemerocallis dumortieri finally made its appearance today. One little flower opened. The plant has only two buds. It's a nice clump but has only one scape. I think it needs to be moved.

There are other flowers blooming in the garden though. This is an unnamed hibiscus variety. It's is probably a Hibiscus schizopetalus hybrid. This is one of my favorite hibiscus. It's not large and showy like many of the modern hybrids, but is so bright and delicate.

This is honeysuckle called Scentsation, quite fragrant.

Here is the miniature daylily bed. The rose on the trellis is a hybrid from Mr. Bluebird that we grew from seed. I love the dianthus planted among the daylilies.

This is Rose de Rescht, usally considered a Portland or a Damask rose. It is extremely fragrant and does rebloom.

This is a once-blooming rose we collected along the road.

Scapes are beginning to appear all over the garden. It's beginning to get exciting.

Nancy

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lilykate7a
3 years ago
I love these pictures! I have dianthus in one of my beds also and I like that look. The hibiscus is a wonderful color. So impressed growing a rose from seed! And I like the arbor too! And the “collection“ rose! That was probably a rescue for sure! I can relate to that. I am sure your lilies are not far behind.
shive
3 years ago
I enjoyed seeing the roses and other flowers. Maybe dumortieri needs to be divided.

Debra
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Many of the old roses we grow are not identified. Years ago Bob read that many old roses were rediscovered and then identified by people looking through old cemeteries. So we went through all the old cemeteries we could in our county. We found some old roses and either dug a sucker or took cuttings and rooted them. Then we tried to identify them. Some we could but most we had no clue what the name could be. Sadly, most of the those roses are gone from those cemeteries with the heavy handed application of roundup to cleanup the grounds. I don't remember where we found this one but we believe it to be the one that grew at my house when I was a kid. My mother and grandmother were irritated because it draped over the walkway at the side of the house and my grandmother always cut it back to the ground every year. One year it didn't come back. This rose was purchased. It is a climber called Alika., This rose was collected from the cemetery where a lot of my relatives are buried. It is no longer there. This rose is called Violette. The flower is quite small. It was not collected either. Here is a Mister Bluebird seedling trying to climb a tree. The red in the front was collected on a roadside. The old roses are lovely and most have a wonderful scent. Unfortunately, the flowers don't last long. It looks like we might have a dip seedling open in about a week. Scapes are appearing all over the garden. Nancy
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I know, Brad. It goes against the grain for me to cut off scapes too!! Debra, sorry about your dianthus. You had some really pretty ones, I remember. So far all of mine have come back, both the mounded ones and the tall spreading ones. Mantis, I don’t remember where I bought Summer Romance, quite possibly Lowes. I got it and another Kordes yellow whose name escapes me. I have had them maybe five years. I love Summer Romance-if you like old English type blooms and fragrance you will like this. It is a healthy growing rose. VERY healthy!! I need to hard prune it next year to get a better shape. Here are pictures of the rose after a few days and the bush itself. It is about 8 feet tall.
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
3 years ago
It’s great to see blooms no matter what they are, I like that hibiscus, delicate is the perfect description. I actually found some scapes here today. A few on an early and scapes on some new additions from Washington state.

Sherry
Brad KY 6b
3 years ago
Glad things have begun for you!

Brad
Nancy 6b
3 years ago
Dumortieri does seem to be one that needs more attention to bloom well. Funny, seems like a species should be care free
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
3 years ago
I'm impressed too that you grew such a pretty rose from seed. Is it a double or a single flowered one? I grew Rose De Rescht for years until crown gall got it. It was my only OGR. I didn't find it as fragrant as the old Hybrid Tea Chrysler Imperial (there's one for the ages), but climate, weather and the nose have a lot to do with fragrance. The road rose find is interesting too. Have you ever tried to identify it?...............Maryl
Julia WV (6b)
3 years ago
I think we have that honeysuckle here and it is blooming now. It seems to grow wild here if it is honeysuckle. Nice red Hibiscus.

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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
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3 years ago
Maryl, the climbing rose is double. It is an open pollinated seed from a multiflora rambler called Mister Bluebird. It blooms only once a year.

We used to grow Chrysler Imperial and, indeed, it is fragrant.

Years ago Bob and I would look for old roses in cemeteries and along roadsides. We did identify a few that we found (we took suckers or cuttings) but the red one was one that we couldn't identify. Apparently, years after old garden roses passed out of fashion and commerce, many were rediscovered in cemeteries and tentatively identified. Now, of course, so many cemeteries spray roundup around the tombstones, so about all we found are now gone. Such a shame!
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
3 years ago
Thanks Nan for the further information on the roses. Roses were my first love but I've lost most of them to the Virus and other things now................Lots of single roses will sprout from seed, but a semi-double is good and a full petaled one is even nicer if you are lucky enough (and skilled enough) to get one like your little climber. There was quite a sub culture of "rose rustlers" when I first became a member of the ARS in the mid 80's. They sounded like they had a great time scouring cemeteries looking for old roses. I'm glad you came up with such a beauty found off the road.............Maryl

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