New Daylily Bed

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. (I'd have helped with the planting, but I'm still recovering from surgery, so I can't overdo it.) At the moment, everything is covered in plain cedar mulch, but in the spring I'd like to set off the daylily bed with black mulch. Also, as soon as it's time for planting bulbs, I will put down lots of tulips and daffodils among the daylilies so I have both a spring garden and a daylily garden to look forward to.

I haven't quite decided what to do with the empty area in front of the elm tree yet. I don't know whether to make it a focal point with a bird bath, statue, stone bench, or fountain (although the electrical cord to run a pump would be distracting, I think). Another possibility is creating a seedling bed there; however, I'm reluctant to use prime visible space for something where the results would be a complete unknown. It might be next spring before we truly figure out what to do there.

Anyway, one daylily I couldn't show you earlier because it didn't have blooms at that time is Coal Miner. Here it is now.

Coal Miner


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This is one my husband picked out. He likes how the bright yellow jumps out of the dark purple. I must admit it's quite striking. Of course, I've yet to see any dark purple daylily that I didn't like.

Here is another striking pair. You've seen Green Eyes Wink in a previous post, but the white one is Tuesday. Tuesday was only registered in 2003, and there are not many photos of it out there. (Of course, try doing a search on the name "Tuesday" and getting a photo of a daylily. It's a difficult thing to do with such a common word.)

Green Eyes Wink (left) and Tuesday (right)


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The thing about Tuesday is that it's a small-sized, ruffled and recurved beige-white self with what looks to be prolific blooms. It's registered as mid-season, but the fact that it's still blooming indicates that it must be mid-to-late, at least in this climate.

Oh, and in planting the daylily bed I had a bit of a disappointment. When I looked closely at Tang Dynasty it turned out to have two plant tags in the pot. The plant we picked up is not a dark purple daylily (as Tang Dynasty is supposed to be) so we have come home with the wrong one. I need to get in touch with Betty so I can fix this. Tang Dynasty is one of the daylilies I really, REALLY wanted.

But I'm not complaining.

Anything for another chance to visit the daylily farm, right?!
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