Watering and Waiting for Daylilies

We are under a watering ban in our city. There are only certain days when it's okay to use the sprinkler. That's why my garden is well mulched, receives partial shade in most areas, and is full of drought-tolerant plants. Back from a week away (and no rain) the garden was still in pretty good shape. I did have to water the pesky blue poppy, but once I did that it perked up considerably. Oh, and one of my 'Palace Purple' heuchera is looking very wilted and did not respond to watering. I will have to see if it recovers or gets worse over time.

There is nothing much happening in the garden right now. I'm just waiting for the next daylilies to bloom. There are now too many to mention by name that will be blooming over the next couple of weeks. I am excited at the thought of seeing the flowers on new varieties that I planted late last year and early this year. I am also hoping 'Scatterbrain' will bloom for me this year, since it didn't in 2005.

There is not much new to photograph right now. Just a variegated coreopsis bloom, which makes an appearance in the photos below. Everything else is just repetition.


Heuchera, Blue Bowl, and Stachys



'Velvet Night' Heuchera and Silene 'Richard Moore' Campion



Echeveria



Colourful 'Wizard Mix' Coleus



Lamb's Ears (Stachys), Blooming



Variegated Coreopsis (single yellow bloom) and Hemerocallis 'Lavender Rainbow' (waiting to bloom)



Hollywood and Vine
(that's 'Hollywood' Heuchera and a Honeysuckle vine)



Garden View with Birdbath


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