Looks like it's time for a new thread. This is Veterans Honor rose a little bedewed yesterday morning.
Be sure to check out the last photos in the late June thread, including one more cluster of gems from Gita's epie, a beautiful patio water lily, etc. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1004662/
I also posted photos of my haul from the Weber sale in the Weber sale thread if anyone wants to see my new goodies.
First Dragon King blooms this year.
The blooms on this daylily are small - maybe about 3 inches - but the color is pretty.
Another pretty one.
This one is Big Smile.
A little streaky from the rain the night before but still pretty.
I think this one must be either Grammie's List or Fairy Tale Pink.
Tired of daylilies? Here's a red lily from Jody at the swap last year.
hart- thanks for starting the new thread. I'll go add a link to the old one for redirection.
Nice choice of lead photo, that Veterans rose.
I saw some tiny DL the other day, maybe what you have- Much smaller than typical DL but charming I had never known of them before.
Great DL's Hart. Love 'em.
Thanks, Sally. I forgot.
RRR that ruffled daylily is beautiful ... what ever it's name is
I like that dragon king too Hart!!
I am still trying to figure out if it's a weed or a seedling in the foreground of this photo... I know the one in the back is a tomato the chipmunks must have put there last year... the only seedlings that I might have planted in this spot last year would be a penstemon or balloon flower... anyone have any ideas??
http://picasaweb.google.com/AllisonNJ71/Flowers62909#5352928177047073602
Allison, That looks like a seedling of mine, it is close to my balloon flower plants. The leaves look like the mature plant leaves.
Hart, that Grammy's list or Fairy Tale Pink really got my attention. Need to try to squeeze more of these DL's in. The Daylily thread gives some good places for sales.
There have been good deals in the classifieds from time to time, too. This might be 'Fairy Tale Pink'... or 'Barbara Mitchell'. I have both of 'em and never did keep them straight.
How about the foliage on that hollyhock in the last picture! lol- I'm done playing with them, they're outta here in a couple days
Can't remember what this one is, I'll edit the name in if / when I figure it out
another one...
'Guardian Angel'
thanks for the input LG... I was kind of thinking it was that as well... I always mark new things... the tag must have gotten knocked out somehow
when we mulched and I was weeding before hand I had to look at it twice... and it looked familiar
Really pretty DLs, Clay. About the Hollyhocks, that is the reason I stopped growing them, I read once that it is a virus in the soil that causes this and you can't get rid of it, shame as I wanted them in my "cottage garden".
Claypa,
For some reason my hollyhocks are not affected YET this year, but some of my roses are definitely doomed because I can't control the blackspot without the help of some consecutive sunny days.
3 years ago I planted the black hollyhocks that did the same thing. I got nothing the second year and now they're back again! So hard to figure.
However, your daylilies are just stunning.
I think a lot of the problem is the all the rain we've been getting. They were nice last year, not so many blistered leaves. The hollyhocks get that same little black sawfly that eats the swamp hibiscus, too. I'd rather pick the larvae off that one plant than hunt all over the hollyhocks for them.
Sorry if you've seen this in the daylily forum, but here's this morning's new unnamed Westbourne seedling. The rippled part is blacker than it looks in the picture!
The rust on my hollyhocks has been awful this year, I'm sure because of all the rain we had this spring. Most of the time it doesn't really slow them down - they're the old timey singles and pretty indestructible. But they're actually dying back before blooming this year because of it.
Here's what to do about it:
Disease Cycle
Large numbers of tiny rustcolored teliospores develop in the rust pustules. These spores are carried by splashing rain and air currents to nearby healthy plant parts and cause new infections. The fungus overwinters in infected plant debris. In the spring new infectious spores are formed on infected plant debris that cause infection on the newly emerging leaves.
Control Strategies
To try to break the disease cycle, it is important to cut all hollyhock stalks back to ground level in the fall, and carefully collect all leaves and other aboveground plant parts and destroy them. This autumn cleanup is vital to remove as much inoculum as possible before spring, and it must be done thoroughly. Avoid crowding plants, and water early in the day so the above ground plant parts will dry quickly. If found in the vicinity, the weed mallow should be removed and destroyed.
For maximum protection begin fungicide treatments in early spring when the first leaves are expanding. Homeowners in New York State may apply fungicides containing chlorothalonil, sulfur, neem oil, or myclobutanil, if needed, according to label directions. Be certain any formulation(s) of pesticide(s) you purchase are registered for the intended use. Sulfur may damage leaves if air temperature exceeds 30°C (85°F) within 24 hours of spray application. When plants are dry, pick off and destroy any leaves or other plant parts as soon as signs of rust infection are noticed during the growing season.
Hart,
My hollyhocks are in the same garden as my roses, which I start spraying very early. This might be the reason that they are doing well. I treated the rose bushes the same way, cleaning up well in fall and picking off all the infected leaves and putting them right in the trash.
These came from the Summerhill (?) Seed co-op. Blue Cerinthe - annual, but very easy to start from seed right in pot.
I've been trying to kill those darned hollyhocks for years, Roses. LOL I grew cerinthe from seeds a few years ago, planted some again this year. I think they're the coolest flower and the foliage is so pretty.
I did go by the Weber sale today for a little bit. I figured it was better than sitting at home fretting about Mom. Got some nice buys and the store sale is definitely better than the farm sale this year. I'll try to post some photos in a few days when I have time.
Oh, yeah, boy are my trains of thought going off onto side tracks the past couple of days. Blue foliage is what took my brain to Webers. They didn't have any left for sale, but they have the most gorgeous evergreen I've ever seen growing in the ground there. It was a Cypress Blue Ice. The color was really, really pretty and the stems and leaves waaay cool - like a digital version of a cedar. Sort of a decent photo here but the closeup of the stems doesn't capture how unusual they are.
http://www.buyplantsonline.com/arizona-cypress-blue-ice-five-gallon-tree.html
Somewhat better photo of the stems here.
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/cuglabbi2.htm
neat
Ruffled apricot from Ruby, Thanks!!!
Sundown echinacea
Daisy from Sally, they started growing back after Wall-e dug them up.
I haven't had a whole lot more than daylilies to photograph lately. But they are going strong- this one with small flowers had over 20 buds on the stem (scape?) I can't use daylilies in my largest perennial bed - when I did they faced the sun which is away from my view on them. I think I need some echinaceas. This thread is a good way to get ideas on what else might be blooming at a given time.
I do have Shasta in bloom, and one pink Calla, white yarrow and a lysimachia (reddish leaves with yellow flowers.)
OK! As my many flowers march on--here is something new and spectacular....
This is one of the two new Lilies I purchased last year from John Scheepers. It is huge and so strong! many blooms to come yet! They are about 7" across!
I cannot find the catalog and until I do--I do not know the name of it any more....
It is also quite fragrant. Opens kind of white--and then turns yellowish, with a definite deeper yellow throat.
G.
Here is the top of the Lilies...BIG buds all over!
Will post more pictures as they all open.
very pretty
That's a beautiful lily, Gita. Looks like an OT - oriental and trumpet hybrid. They're wonderful lilies with a great scent, huge plants with lots of blooms. Mine are scenting the whole yard right now and are as tall as I am. I don't know the name of yours but it sure is a pretty one.
Sally, that's a really pretty daylily. It looks so nice against that white wall.
Gita--sooo pretty! My friend keeps telling me she'll share her Casa Blanca lilies--and doesn't get a round tuit. That's a good reminder for me to bug her. Her husband can use some of my variegated Liriope for a traffic island next to their house--hmm, time to introduce them to the swap concept.
hart--this actually looks something like one you showed recently. Here's a face shot
I think I figured out those were either Leonard Bernstein or Hunter's Torch. It's very pretty. I lost all my Casa Blanca's after several years of thriving here. They were wonderful - big, fragrant blooms.
I just posted a bunch of photos of what I found at my second trip to the Webers sale here if anyone is interested.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1003941/
This is OT lily Ariana. This is the one that's scenting the entire yard. I'm not wild about the color, it was a substitute for something else I had ordered, but it's certainly a nice lily.
Ariana again
This daylily's blooms are huge.
This must be the siloam something. Isn't it pretty?
Another eyed one.
