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Still no rain, flowers keep blooming

10 months ago

last modified: 10 months ago

Foliage looks bad and the ground is so hard I could not even dig a plant this week but somehow the daylilies keep putting out blooms.

Green Rainbow

Asheville White Winged Dove

Indian Giver

Kierabel

Garden Butterfly-I love this look

Green Icon-with a poly

Clownfish

Last Snowflake

Butter Cream-huge and bright

Ruby Star Sapphire-I had to double check this last year and again this year. The name does not seem to match the bloom!

And Enter Laughing yet again. Sorry if you are tired of seeing it but it is so showy every day

Remembered Kisses

Linda Sierra

Money Maker-afternoon photo-I missed it in the morning

Shores of Time-darker color in early morning

Tricolor-these were beautiful blooms

A first year seedling from some of Celeste’s seeds. It is in a part of the garden that is not watered and the bloom shows that but it may have a future in my garden!

Lip Smack

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celeste/NH
10 months ago
Kate, your clumps look great in spite of the dryness. It's hard to believe everything is so dry after all that torrential rain you had earlier on when you needed a boat to get to your garden! The seedling looks like it is out of Buzzer Beater but I can't recall if I sent you seeds from it or not. It's very striking!
organic_kitten
10 months ago
Beautiful clumps, Kate! That photo of Ruby Star Sapphire? Much prettier. I actually pulled that one last year and it came from the hybridizer so pretty sure it was the right one. That is a lovely bloom. Tricolor s beautiful. Love it. Clownfish is gorgeous. I love polys so green Icon is especially nice. Green Rainbow looks wonderful and Indian Giver is striking. It never liked it here so went to my friend. I had it for quite a few years too. Enter laughing is gorgeous and print it every day, it deserves. it. And, of course, Garden butterfly is a show shopper. Nice post, Kate.

kay
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Here's FWB in my garden yesterday: As you can see, I'm not getting the bold color either. I think the heat is to blame. Love your echinacea. I have grown white rain lilies for years here. The pinks have not done as well, but I'm hoping I might see some this year. And, I have candy lilies, too! I find they are short lived perennials (for me) but reseed quite well. I now find them quite a ways from where the originals were. I like them also. I once had a purple one that I bought on a trip, but alas, I haven't seen it in any of the offspring so far. We could use some of your rain to cool things off a bit here, lol. Enjoyed your pictures!
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Thanks for your comments, everyone. Debra, Thanks for your comment on my UFO seedling. That gives me a little more confidence to hang on to it at least one more year. Rita, Siloma Cinderella is one of the few DLs that give me re-bloom in this harsh climate. But only if we get lots of rain in Aug. and Sept. (which happened last year.) This year, well, only time will tell. Tom, Thanks for your comment on my "Greenthroat" I wouldn't mind seeing a whole clump of that one in a few years! Jean & Jan, Priscilla's Dream is one of my favorites, because of the 'geometric' patterned EZ. But she's not the best increaser, and not a real high bud count. Have to be patient with that one! Kathy, Judge Roy Bean was planted last year, and bloomed a short distance off the ground, with very small petals. I wasn't impressed until this year when it shot up to a height of about 40", and a bloom size of 9"! hosenemesis, Gee, maybe I should register that one (Greenthroat) in a few years! Thanks again, all, Julie
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Thank you for commenting everyone! Mantis, the red rose in the foreground with the globular form is 'Ascot'. It's hard to come by locally.....I ordered it from Palatine Roses in Canada years back. It is pretty disease-free (I don't spray) and hardy even though some sources claim it's only hardy down to zone 6. I never winter protect either. The red rose in the background is 'Champlain' and I would recommend this rose to anyone in cold zones. It is the perfect rose. It's completely hardy here in zone 4 and blooms profusely every year without fail, insects ignore it (japanese beetles pass it by). and clean as a whistle no-spray. Sherrygirl, yes that is a Stella.....I interplanted a few of them in my borders because of the reliability of bloom. They aren't showstoppers like my others but they serve their purpose.
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Nancy, Etosha tends to rebloom here, but usually just one scape. And Kate, you almost feel bad about that you'd like them to finish. Alex and Debra, Marseilles Watercolor always re-blooms well, and usually early, which it did, but when it sent up the set of tall scapes, it didn't occur to me that even u the label said MW it cold actually be MW. I assumed it had to be Half Moon Key since MW has been much shorter every time...but I had cut off some of the tulip tree limbs and it is getting more sun, which may have helped. And that tree may go yet. Julia, it started April 24th and today I saw that Crazy Mr Jim has put up two scapes. Heavenly Angel Ice has scapes. It may well be September before it is finished. Lori, I need to move Jumpstart, I think. Thank you all for looking and commenting...and Brad, it really can go too long. kay
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lilykate7a
Original Author
10 months ago
last modified: 10 months ago
Celeste, I agree about the dryness! That is what hot heat, blazing sun and no rain for weeks will do! You are right about the seedling-good eye. It is Buzzer Beater x something that starts with ”I”. The deer (or cow) trampled through that part of the garden and broke labels and markers.

Kay, Indian Giver never bloomed much for me until last year and then it just flourished! I have had it for years so go figure!! Those Tricolor blooms were the prettiest they have been. That plant has not multiplied and only sends up one scape a year!!
daylilybedmaker
10 months ago
Kate,

Love that photo of GARDEN BUTTERLY. GREEN ICON certainly looks appealing. I will have to look that one up. I love the photo of LINDA SIERRA. I have about 3 weeks to go before things get started.

David
lilykate7a
Original Author
10 months ago
last modified: 10 months ago
David, Garden Butterfly rarely takes a poor photo! Green Icon is new but I do like it a lot. It holds up well in the heat which is a plus for me!
shive
10 months ago
Green Rainbow sure pumps out the blooms. What a clump! I think my favorites are Kierabel and Garden Butterfly. Enter Laughing is so good it deserves multiple pictures to be posted.

Debra
Brad KY 6b
10 months ago
Beautiful! Great clump of Indian Giver. Garden Butterfly is beautiful as is Ruby Star Sapphire. I also like Linda Sierra and Shores of Time a lot. Green Icon is nice with so much green.

Brad
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
10 months ago
last modified: 10 months ago
I am loving your Green Icon. It's so pricey though. I hope it earns its keep for you. Let me know if it doesn't because it's on my list......Butter Cream is gorgeous and your clump of Green Rainbow is very striking to me......You've had a rough start to your year alright between the bugs, the varmints and the weather. We got almost a 1/2 inch of rain this morning, but you know as well as I do how long that will last in our heat...........Maryl
mantis__oh
10 months ago
Nice clumps and lots of comments on Garden Butterfly. I assume that your picture was taken early and hence is more on the blue purple side. Any comments on color? Foliage is so big here this year. How is yours? How does Green Rainbow usually bloom in relation to foliage? Looks like just above the foliage.

A very interesting post, with a wide range of colors. Hope the rain situation improves for you and that you get good rebloom.
celeste/NH
10 months ago
Kate, it's Buzzer Beater x Invention. You'll have to make a new marker :)
lilykate7a
Original Author
10 months ago
Debra, Green Rainbow is a bloom machine. And it is a rebloomer as well.

Brad, Indian Giver has looked great. It had a great rebloom season last year.

Maryl, so far I am pleased with Green Icon. Of course it is first year!! This is what it looks like in the afternoon but I like this too.
lilykate7a
Original Author
10 months ago
Mantis, I got rain finally today and lots of it! Yes, Garden Butterfly was photographed at 7:17 in the morning! I love seeing all the colors they are in the early morning before the sun hits them. And I often take the moning vs evening photos to see the difference but I have not done so with GB yet. As happens any spring with massive rains my foliage explodes and it did again this year. Green Rainbow is just above the foliage and usually is like that. It always has so many buds that it mass blooms like this for many days. And usually reblooms.

Hope you have gotten rain as well. I think we were all due some.
lilykate7a
Original Author
10 months ago
Celeste, I knew that computer mind of yours would remember! Thank you!!
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
10 months ago
Kate: I like your 2nd picture of Green Icon as well. It's really gotten my attention. Does the form stay symetrical like that or do the petals twist and curve and flop around? I don't like that form much at all............Maryl
lilykate7a
Original Author
10 months ago
Maryl, since this is first year plant and it came from Northern Lights which meant greenhouse plant, I am waiting until next year for evaluation. The form stays in this form until the heat sets in and it curves back in same symmetrical form if that makes sense-no twisting
Nancy 6b
10 months ago
Love those clumps, Kate! I keep scrolling back to look again. Kierabel just started blooming here, very short and few buds this year, sadly.

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