Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Mint Condition'
(hem-er-oh-KAL-iss)
Hemerocallidaceae

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It has been a week or so since a Daylily was posted here so here we go again. The Daylilies bloomed so beautifully this year. Two years ago I did a big Daylily planting (the garden was fenced for deer) and this year when I went back it was amazing to see how much they had grown. Everywhere I went this summer it seemed there would be a lot of Daylilies. Maybe the conditions were favorable but it could also been that the flowers always bloom like that and I just noticed. . . .

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

It's quiet now, almost 8:30 PM and an in-between time that occurs just after the sun's last rays absent themselves and before the night celestials turn on or the night animals begin to sing. There's an interruption of sorts going on in the kitchen as Alex is mixing a grapefruit spritzer--cling-cling-cling with the spoon and Gail just took a Honey Spice Cake out of the oven--the second in as many days. The recipe comes from a World War II cookbook Alex and I found at the used bookstore in Plainfield some time ago. We have cooked many recipes from it and this one served as Alex's birthday cake yesterday. Three boys came over, all friends from pre school days. They are all good guys who have learned to accept their friends autism and not forget him despite how the world turns. . . .

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Well, with all the new (and a few existing) daylilies I have bought this year, I came up with a great idea to deal with the Eco-Lawn disappointment. We've made over the area where the grass was into a new daylily bed.

New Daylily Bed


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Mr. Wonderful removed all the dead Eco-Lawn grass (that's right, it ALL died) and amended the area by double-digging in some nutrient-rich triple-mix. Then he planted the daylilies where I arranged them. . . .

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Well, the other day I realized that I had one more daylily to show you that hadn't yet bloomed in my garden, Royal Palace Prince, whose first bloom was on August 14, very much later than usual for this daylily.

Royal Palace Prince

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Lycoris squamigera, the August lily or surprise lily, has an extra little surprise it springs each year. There is a pretty good sized clump right by the main pathway in our garden. Every year, when it first starts putting up its flower stalks, for some reason it only puts up two or three stalks at first, so you think the clump must be dying out. Then in a few days, a couple of dozen other stalks all come up at once. I guess it likes to send out scouts to check things out; I must confess I've considered chopping off these first few flower stalks just to see what the rest of them would do.

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No, there is no debauchery or ribald action going on in the garden, it is just the Lycoris squamigera blooming. I don't know all the scientific names of plants but this one is one of my favorites because I love the way it rolls off your tongue. As much as I like to say it though, the common name, "Naked Ladies," is much more fun and amusing. Actually, this plant has a host of common names - Surprise Lily, Resurrection Lily, Magic Lily, Mystery Lily and the list goes on. Elizabeth Lawrence refers to them as "Hall's Amaryllis," a name which I never hear today. I've always heard them called "Naked Ladies" because the flowers appear on tall stalks with no foliage underneath. . . .

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My Naked Ladies (Amaryllis belladonna) are blooming right now in my Carmichael yard, and they were also blooming (some just spiking) in Mendocino during my trip a couple weeks ago. I wanted to point out this website showing pics of a wide variety of Naked Lady hybrids. The link appeared at the end of a recent S.F. Chronicle article. My friend, Weeder, has some and I wonder if they're as tough as A. belladonna. They're pretty... and tempting to someone who doesn't just garden, but also collects. Pictured above is a variety growing in Weeder's garden. x Amarcrinum?

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I can't believe I said that My Hope wouldn't bloom. Well, I can believe I said it, but I can't believe it bloomed anyway. Its first -- and possibly only -- bloom this year was on August 10.

My Hope


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It's almost mystical, in a way. There were no scapes coming from this plant at all, but sometime around the beginning of August I rearranged the garden a bit and returned the Grey Buddha to its accustomed place under the elm (right next to the 'My Hope' plant). As soon as I did that, a scape appeared -- seemingly overnight. . ..

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Daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Act Three’
(hem-er-oh-KAL-iss)

Wordless Wednesday

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"There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart."

~ Celia Thaxter

~ Early August Daylilies

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Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Mary Todd'
(hem-er-oh-KAL-iss)

The Daylilies are still blooming and I thought I would share two that have had really good seasons. This first one is a nice yellow with large flowers (mine are about 5 inches across). It grows to a height of about 2 feet. Not sure if it is a rebloomer but if it isn’t does seem to have a very long flowering cycle. It is quite hardy, also. “Mary Todd’ has been around a long time as it was hybridized in 1967. . . .

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Two new first blooms today:

All-American Baby


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Scatterbrain


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Scatterbrain hasn't bloomed since I bought it in 2004. Finally last year I moved it from where it was being overwhelmed by periwinkle. Lo and behold, it bloomed!. . .

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

It's a strange beginning here on the hill this morning. The sun is poking up through the balsams and tamaracks while a bank of thick, dark gray clouds is moving in. We'd all like sunshine and warmth but it almost seems as if more rain is on the way. Vermont has already set new records and we'd just as soon stop where we are. . . .

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Today in the field we get into the thick of it! Time to drink lots of water.

Philippine lilies (Lilium formosanum) around the state are blooming. This picture of nice, perfected Philippine lilies is from a top horticulturist cottage home near Houston. The one below that is of one of my Philippine lilies that has been ravaged by the grasshoppers that are so bad this year!

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Maybe I'm changing my mind about double flowered daylilies; this is Gemini Jack, a Trimmer hybrid which is pinkish lavender with a purple eye. Dan and Jane Trimmer's website catalog is filled with startlingly flamboyant newer daylily hybrids, many extravagantly eyed and ruffled. A few of their older introductions are in general commerce at gentle prices; I assume being tissue cultured. Gemini Jack is one of these.

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One first bloom today:

Sweet Hot Chocolate


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For right now, at least, I can claim this as my favorite. The soft color, lightly frilled petals, and the fact that it reblooms makes this daylily an absolute joy to have in my garden. . . .

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Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Kathryn’s Black’
(hem-er-oh-KAL-iss)

On Saturday while wondering around Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, New York I almost groaned at the sight of the Daylily Garden. I have been taking so many daylily pictures that I really didn’t want to take anymore. Having thought that I said to myself, well maybe, if they have something extraordinary I’ll take a couple of pictures. Of course they had many stunning cultivars. Here are three, the only one that is named is the deep red almost black one and I am not sure if that is right. The only reference on the net was on a cultivar list but no other matches came up. It is rare that plant stumps Google. . . .

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Today's new blooms:

Snowy Eyes


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What sound do daylilies make when they explode in bloom in July... maybe WOW? Here's daylily 'Total Look', with 68 buds on the plant yet to open.

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In spite of the growing number of daylilies in my garden, I have always been able to keep track of them. Until now.

Today I have a mystery daylily. This wouldn't matter if it were not such a superb daylily. I love all daylilies, but it's the dark ones that really capture my heart. Look at this daylily that bloomed in my garden today.

Unknown Dark Daylily

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We've had rain all night and all morning, but it's a banner day for daylilies blooming in my garden. It's a day for maximum photos and minimum text.

Summer Wine


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The lilies are in full bloom with their gorgeous colours and their wonderful scent. I thought I was going to lose my asiatic lilies last year as they were attacked by the red lily beetle. But with a lot of persistence on my part with a rock and a brick and some Sevin powder I was able to get them under control. . . .

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As angst-filled teenage girls everywhere -- well, in most of North America, anyway -- will tell you, there's only one high school prom. Everyone wants to attend, and they want to look their best because the memories will last a lifetime (so they think).

The poor unfortunate teenagers are sure that they only have one chance to get it right. The great thing is that the prom isn't the only chance to look good. There are plenty more chances in life for a girl to shine.

And so it is with first blooms on daylilies. I take pictures of every first bloom I catch, because it's an occasion that deserves to be marked -- even if sometimes the bloom should be forgotten. Today's batch of "teenagers" is a mixed bag of blemished faces and unfortunate fashions, along with some splendid and beautiful examples.

Smith Brothers


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Country Melody

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You haven't planted any lilies in your garden? Tsk tsk.

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When I die and go to Heaven (I realize a bit of a stretch in my case), I hope that Heaven is filled with ravishingly fragrant orienpet lilies like Triumphator, seen above. If towards the end of my life, things seem as dicey as they probably are at present, I'll go with that old Irish toast; "When our life has ended, may we both be in Heaven for three days before the devil finds out we died."

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I think these are Orienpet lilies, which are a hybrid of Oriental and Trumpet lilies.  This one is a very soft yellow with ivory.  I think it came in a "collection" from White Flower Farm, so I don't have a name for it.   The scent isn't as sweet as an Oriental lily but is still rather heavy and, honestly, I'm not crazy about it.  In my experience, the tall lilies (this one is about five feet) are pretty easy to grow and don't need staking.

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It's a beautiful Sunday here in Michigan; sunny and 74 degrees. What a treat after all the humid days! My Green Thumb Sunday won't be especially long today since I am itching to get outside and transplant some herbs. Day lilies have always been one of my favorite flowers since I was a child. . . .

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Everybody take your seats. The trumpets are sounding. It's time for the show to begin.

Today's show is a Shakespearean play. The play always starts with odd characters. Like an ugly witch making a prophecy, Destined to See has bloomed somewhat deformed today.

'Destined to See' (Somewhat Deformed First Bloom)



But this witch has a secret. Sometimes she's a real beauty, as in this photo of her first bloom in 2006. . . .

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Only three first blooms today. I had my story all made up, a small, one-act play from the Victorian or Edwardian era. But I had to abandon it.

You see, last year I got two new frilly reds, Executive Decision (whose story can be found here) and Highland Lord. I thought this bloom was a Highland Lord that, as well as being a bit bashed up by the rain, forgot to go double.

Executive Decision



Then I remembered Executive Decision, and after checking my notes on planting location, I realized that this was indeed a modern man of business and not a pompous Edwardian. . . .

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This daylily I got from Wild. I don't know the name but I think it was one of their bonus plants. Anyway it was kind of a small division when it first came but I planted in the back part of my yard hoping that it would make it. Well, something got a hold of it and dug it up. I found a piece of it many days later when I was mowing. No leaf on it but a root the size of the tip of my pinky. I was going to toss it but decided to plant it. I walked around my flower bed and removed a small rock so I could have a bit of ground to plant it in. Yeah, my garden is that stuffed. Then I stuck a little cage around it so I could keep tabs on it. Well, that summer two little leaves emerged but no blooms of course. 2nd & 3rd year, still no blooms but the leaves were growing well. This year I have blooms!!



I think this plants will to survive is amazing. I wish the hybrid coneflowers were just as good. Personally I think they are bred with issues and are suicidal.

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