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Talk About Ruffles

Pumpkin Rage

Coral Fireworks

You can certainly tell it's July when you see Karen's daylilies. Gorgeous! I just started some hybrids this year. All I had before were the 'de Oros'. So I don't expect much bloom from them this year. Maybe next year.

I'm quite disappointed with my Peaches n' Dreams HH. I thought finally a peach one with double blooms, something unique and different. Mine is more like pink without a hint of peach. It's still a sight to see.

Lavender Etching looking like it's gonna fly away! This is not how it typically looks.

Thanks, Tex! You'll be happy with you new DL's, I'm sure. Be patient, though. They really start looking great their 3rd year.

Too bad about the PAD HH. Maybe it was mislabled when you bought it. That happens. The one's I've seen in the catalogs are definitely peach, unless they've doctored the photos.

Here's Dark Star.

A long shot of my back DL gardens in the late evening.

One more long shot, then it's to bed for me.

Karen

Karen - that's what draw me with the HH. The colors in the photos the way it's advertised. Though one website did mention it may have a tint of raspberry pink. Like what you said, it may have been mislabeled. Or it could be due to the extremely hot weather we're having.

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WOW, Karen b e a u t i f u l

Nice to see you Karen .Thanks for the pix.

Karen,
it is quite a show. Love them all, too hard to single out. Yes, its my husband with of our patriotic puppy. I love the long shots and the shot with your swing and the hammock, very inviting.

Loved all the DLs, but your Mom's really stand out...I also like Wild Woman....Karen, your Startle is a better color than mine which turned out very streaky...the long views are beautiful, so serene. I found my mystery annual in another color today.....I am thinking it's cuphea, or "Mouse Ears" .

Coral zinnia with real rain drops on it,,,am so giddy it rained!

Beautiful blooms, Karen! Who has more DL's, you or Celeste??

Great zinnia, Robin.

http://picasaweb.google.com/jgentle4/LiliesJuly8

Morning, everyone! Thanks for all the nice comments. Glad everyone liked my pics.

Marilyn, my Startle is usually very streaky, too. It from thrips. I get it all the time on that one and others. There are some I have very few nice looking blooms on. I'm thinking of spraying for them next year, but you have to start early with a systemic spray when the bloom scapes are first developing. I don't like using harmful chemicals, but I wouldn't be using it on all the DL's, just the ones that get the damage all the time. I will have to start writing down which ones they are. It's just a handful out of the hundreds that I have, so not a really big deal. Thinking of spraying for the iris borers next year, too, or getting rid of the TBI's. Hmmmmm....if I got rid of everything that got damaged by insects every year just to avoid treating them, that would be all the oriental and Asiatic lilies, all the TBI's and some of the DL's. Oh, and the roses, which I have very few of.

Pretty zinnia. You got rain? Was it enough? Everything is bone dry here. Many plants are wilting something awful. I spend up to 2 hours a day watering all my potted plants and stuff that's still getting established. And I spend a lot of time weeding. Oh, and I must spend at least an hour or more a day taking pics. I take about 200 or more pics every day. Haven't had time to work on any projects.

How many DL's does Celeste have? I have roughly around 900 named/registered ones and a few hundred more NOID's and my mother's hybrids. Will be getting rid of more NOID's at my sales and RU.

Gorgeous lilies, JoAnne!

Here are some more shots.

Karen

One of my Mom's

Group shot of my Mom's.

Well finally finished this one garden horay now to watch it grow!!!

Another of her's that I want to register as Help Me Rhonda for my dearest friend Rhonda, whom I've known since we were kids.

Looking good there, Pensacola!

Another of my Mom's.

Ice Plant. Forget the name now.

This is one of my Mom's that I want to register as Cranview Estoy Caliente!

A cute pink of my Mom's.

Another shot of that one I want to call Help Me Rhonda.

Fresh Start

Unnamed seedling that I purchased on eBay.

Heady Wine

echi 'Tomato Soup'. I planted this one last fall and am thrilled at how well it's doing.

Carousel

An unnamed red seedling purchased on eBay.

Orange Vols

Siloam Merle Kent

A seedling purchased last year on the LA.

Night Beacon

Holy Moses

Wow, gorgeous pics of DLs and assorted perennials and long garden views. So many pretty blooms, love the intense colors.
Robin those are pretty annuals you have there, specially with raindrops!

clarkia 'Shamini'

great dl parade karen!

Thanks, Pat.

Strawberry Candy with Cherry Bells campanula.