New Blooms
Three new first blooms in the past two days (four, if you count the disappointing 'Africa'), but that might be it now for the year.
So, for first blooms we had 'Snowy Eyes' and 'David Kirchoff' on Sunday, and 'Franz Hals' today.
Snowy Eyes
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David Kirchoff
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Franz Hals
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Not sure whether to count 'Africa', which, much like 'Root Beer' had a disappointing showing this year. (And by the way 'Smith Brothers', my other rare dark daylily, did not bloom at all this year.)
Yes, it's a beautiful dark daylily, but that is a six-inch scape and even in the blazing noonday sun, the flower did not open. So yes, for a daylily newly planted last year, it's a disappointment.
Moving on now, my echinacea and many varieties of hosta are blooming happily.
Echinacea and Hosta
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Hello Good-bye
It's time to say good-bye to the splendid daylily 'Raspberry Swirl', whose final flower I commemorated on film (er, CCD).
The Last 'Raspberry Swirl'
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Oh, and say hello to Ivory Edges, which finally produced a flower worth photographing. Its first bloom was certainly nothing special.
Ivory Edges (Finally, A Good One)
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Three-for-One Tuesday
And here is that really striking photo I wanted to show, of three blooms on Tuesday. I like how the sunlight as it hits the fence in the background looks like a halo around the bud off to the left.
Three 'Tuesday' Blooms
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2 comments:
I love, love, love your 3 Tuesday blooms. Wow!
Your new daylily bed is looking gorgeous, and that pic of Royal Mountie under the maple is just beautiful.
Someplace Special is lovely. It reminds me of Barbara Mitchell. Don't you have that one too?
'Tuesday' is a stunning daylily, with plentiful blooms even in its first year. Yes, 'Someplace Special' is reminiscent of 'Barbara Mitchell' -- however, I divided 'Barbara Mitchell' last year and since then it hasn't bloomed well for me. Maybe I need to move it to the daylily bed where it will get plenty of afternoon sun.
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