Well of course, those naked ladies
Common names of plants
I was told that Kerria is known as the yellow rose of Texas....
I know the first one as Oxblood Lily and Schoolhouse Lilly.
I have always been told that the yellow rose of Texas was Harrison's Rose since it was reputed to have been grown at the Alamo or planted soon after the Battle of the Alamo in memory of the lives lost. This story came to me from Elizabeth Silverthorne, who is a noted plant historian....I don't know her source for the information, but it is certainly a romatic story and we know that Harrison's Yellow has been grown in Texas for over a hundred years.
As for the kerria you pictured, it appears to be the same plant that I have grown for decades as japanese kerria japonica double blossom...it is a rampant grower that I keep double-potted to give the plantroots boundaries....I still have to repot and cut back each fall because it fills the 25 gallon pot...I really like your idea of an arbor, since it certainly could climb it and cover it in a very short period of time...so maybe I will now need two 25 gallons pots!
How did these pretty Tiger Lilies get stuck with the name of "ditch lily"? Anyone know?
Here is the mother-in-laws tongue or snake plant.
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OMG........Mother-in-Law Tongues grow outside here? And bloom??????
LOL!! I set mine in full sun on our deck every spring and don't take them inside until frost. This is the second year we have had a bloom. I corrected the other name, it is snake plant.
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Sheila, When we lived east of Cincinnati, many of the ditches in our rural areas were covered with those daylilies. Our "ditch lilies" here in South Central Texas are Crinums, members of the Amaryllis Family.
Betty... When I read crinum in the sentence with ditch, I had to laugh.
I have a crinum that I planted about three years ago and have added height to the bed it was in forgetting about it. Then when it came up I tried to dig and move it. I literally dug a "ditch" and still couldn't get at the huge bulb! So I gave up, it is staying there permanently.
Mother-in-Law Tongues! I hope I don't deserve that reference when my kids are married! That is a tough plant isn't it?
txaggiegal, that is the japanese kerria japonica double . It isn't on an arbor, but that is a good idea. So far it has not spread too much. How long have you had yours? It doesn't photograph very well , but it is a very nice statement in a garden. I think your reference about the yellow rose makes more sense. I was doubtful that a plant from Japan would have that distinction.
I thought ditch lilies were a daylily, aka Kwanzo??
I also thought Bare Naked Ladies was a music group! LOL Okay, related to gardening, I thought Bare Naked Ladies were Spider Lilies.
What those names refer to is dependent upon where you are. I grew up thinking of Amaryllis belladonna, http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2377/ , as the Naked Lady. Only later did I learn there were others.
http://www.arhomeandgarden.org/plantoftheweek/articles/Surprise_Lily.htm
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/517/
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1047544068038487275PFbYog
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/cgi-bin/ubb/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/69/1225.html
I also thought ditch lilies were the common orange daylily, until we moved to Texas.
http://leavemealoneimdigging.blogspot.com/2007/06/ditch-lilies.html
There aren't any orange or Tiger daylilies growing around here, but the ditches are full of Crinum lilies. When I asked a local what the were, I was told,"Why, they are ditch lilies."
That's why using scientific names as well helps to clear things up.
Yes, they do; but the many names are fun to discuss!
Like the purple passion, moses in a boat, for purple heart.
I have a friend that calls it the purple crap. LOL!
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My mom had a whole bed of that stuff. We called it Wandering Jew.
My oxblood just started blooming. I am so happy, lol. Planted a bunch of them and never saw them again so I put these in a planter box and one is open and another looks like it will soon.
Fool4flowers, the spider lily as I call it or red naked lady or oxblood, will put out strap like leaves after it blooms, then they will disappear (sometimes people think they have died). Out of the blue, the flower will appear and so some call it "surprise lily".
They come out in August - October. After the flowers they put out the leaves, in spring through summer, there is nothing to see, then bwah lah!
Charlene
My red spiders have come up and are blooming as well and it looks like I have quite a few of the oxblood lilies as well coming up. The spider ones look like spiders , lol. They were both a surprise bwahahaha. I have some other sort of lily I remember planting last fall putting up new leaves. Can't wait til I see what that one was, lol. I think it was supposed to be a pink one.
I just spotted a red spider lily in the front bed as we drove up today. I know it wasn't there yesterday. They do pop up quickly.
I've had mother-in-law's tongues in 2 shady areas next to the house for the last couple of years. Maybe I've just been lucky but they have survived a couple of winters here in San Antonio now with no problem. I may have covered them once. They are definitely tough. Lise