Tag Archives: Daylily

GBBD 7/15/14

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

You can never have too many flowers.

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I love sunflowers.

So do the birds and the squirrels. The sunflower-seed-loving  gold finches are here.

IMG_0056While practically standing on my head, I took this picture. The yard is exploding in lilies. I didn’t know I had taken a selfie and until I saw me attempting to photograph this lovely orange lily after a rain.

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Thousands of unusual orange daylilies.

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I have a gazillion of these double daylilies. Their name is a mystery, I haven’t a clue. If you know, please educate me. I’ve looked and looked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Yucca Plant in bloom above.

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Bachelor buttons and nicotina (L) and Coleus (R)

 

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Did I mention the food garden is blooming and blooming? This Green Tiger zucchini plant is huge, about 4′ tall.

 

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Radish seed (L)  from the white icicle radish that is blooming non stop. (R)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lavender flowers of Little Prince container eggplant from Renee’s Garden

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If I didn’t eat eggplant, I would still grow it because of the flowers.

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There are many more flowers in the yard and gardens that I would love to share. But I think I better go out and pick the zucchini while it is still small enough to carry.

Get ideas about eggplants on my Pin:  Ratatouille, or loads of garden vegetables ready now.  and zucchini on my Pinterest sites.

The Tomato Pages here,  on Oh Grow Up!

 

“We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence.

Carol at May Dreams Gardens started Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. What’s blooming in your garden? Share with other garden bloggers on the 15th of each month. Leave a link in Mr. Linky and the comments of May Dreams Gardens.

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GBBD 6/15/14

June Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

I love July. Everything is green and growing. The bugs and drought haven’t gotten to everything yet.

This is ‘Going Bananas’ Daylily is a Hemerocallis from Proven Winners crowded into a patch of Black Eyed Susan . Others see how beautiful they are. I see more work. These daylilies already need to be thinned out.

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Going Bananas daylily and Black-eyed Susan “Chocolate Orange”

Black-eyed Susan “Chocolate Orange” is a dark chocolate color outlined by bright orange. Strong stems and showy long-lasting flowers are perfect for cutting.

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‘Going Bananas’ Daylily Hemerocallis hybrid

It is a lovely shade of yellow. There are three different yellow daylilies blooming in the garden now.

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Miss Mary Mary Is blooming single blooms now. Next it will be double blooms on the same plant.

 

 

Black-Eyed Stella an old favorite for good reason.

Black-Eyed Stella an old favorite for good reason.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black-Eyed Stella

Introduced in 1994 at Powell Gardens, Kansas City’s Botanical Garden. East of the city on U.S. Highway 50 in Kingsville, MO 64061

To introduce this flower to the public, they were giving away Black Eyed Stellas. We stood in line, a long, long line, for a long, long time to get that little dayllily.

Finally at the front of the line, I was handed a scrawny bare root plant. I figured it would die before I could get home and plant it.

It thrived and multiplied and multiplied. It wasn’t long before there was a 3-foot wide border along the back of the house. Plus, for 6 years, I potted up 25 clumps to sell for the garden club every spring.

20 award-winning daylilies have been selected for the coveted All-American title for their scientifically proven and superior performance nationwide by the All-American Daylily Selection Council (AADSC).

The neighborhood mailbox spot is a bit of a gathering place

The neighborhood mailbox spot is a bit of a gathering place.

“We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence.

Carol at May Dreams Gardens started Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. What’s blooming in your garden? Share with other garden bloggers on the 15th of each month. Leave a link in Mr. Linky and the comments of May Dreams Gardens.

Patriotic Petunias, red, white and blue  flowers will only live as long as I remember to water them.

Patriotic Petunias, red, white and blue flowers will only live as long as I remember to water them.

 

 

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