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First daylily and some other flowers

hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)

2 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
2 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
2 years ago
I enjoyed seeing the roses and other flowers. Maybe dumortieri needs to be divided.

Debra
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Kay, you know I have really gorgous daylilies but these certainly are not them. This was when I was trying to extend the season by getting early bloom. A total failure as far as I am concerned. As soon as I realized what I would get (small yellow flowers) I decided Iris was the way to go and got into Tall Bearded and Siberian Iris. I figgured the TB would bloom first, then the Sibs, then the roses. But they are all blooming now although the TB did start first. LOUISE CLEMENTS and NEW ORLEANS are both Clements introductions from Heirloom Roses. I have lots of Clements roses and I simply love, love love them. They are just so beautiful. May I suggest if you start a rose garden you group a bunch of roses closer together for maximum impact instead of going for the one rose here and there type of planting. Then you leave space around the entire cluster of roses.
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
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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.

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

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Nancy 6b
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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)
2 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)
2 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)
Original Author
2 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)
2 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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