Garden Photos #13

Looks like we needed a new thread. Post all your garden photos. We came from here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1195027/

Karen

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Karen

'Twist And Shout'

LOVE Twist and Shout and unnamed pic #13

nice Karen.. love the Callie Kaiser

Great daylilies and wonderful photos, Karen.

Lovely pictures Karen, I'm really liking that P.Pear Cactus!!!

Another JI

DL 'Moonlit Masquerade'

Allison's foxglove (who's Pam?) and DL 'Wayside Royal'

Terrible shot of this DL but the color hues are right. It's a beautiful daylily that has so much going on for it. This is the first flower, can't wait to see the rest!!!

NFD Do you have any tetraploid DL? If so, what is your opinion and how they do. I know that some people in our climate are unhappy with them.

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IrisMA, im not nuts but I have many Tets and have no problem with them. Wedding Band is one i've had for at least 8 years. I've divided it 2 times in eight years. 'Longlesson caprice' is another that is a tet. and have done beautiful here. China Lake, 'Moonlit Masquerade', 'Cranberry Angels' also.

I can't say I've ever had problems with any DL....plant & forget...they all thrive! Very pretty photos, Karen & Pixie....Here's a DL opening for the 1st time...no label, of course!

nice combo with the Pam's... no clue who she is
:)

I think this is a Siloam, because of it's tiny blossom......

Last year, I bought this Snow Angel heuchera at a nursery near JoAnn....surprise! It came with an oxalis.......

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nice surprise!

Love the DLs around the rock and all the pretty ones here..
Today Lake Norman Sunset opened, I had posted on thread #10 that I thought Louise's noid looked like it.. here it is.

Majestic Morning was the other one I thought it looked like...

South Seas looks pretty this morning. :)

Flutterbye's first flower...

Royal Brocade

Persian Market

Frank Gladney

Elfin Envoy

Tropic Sunset which seems to always have speckles on it!

Balloon Flowers are starting. That's it for for posting me today.

looking good, Meredith. I like that Elfin Envoy

Thank you :) It's funny everyone seems to like that one except me. lol I am not a huge fan of yellow and I think the ring looks brown, I got it as a bonus. It does perform well though and I'm one that even when I don't love a plant I can't get rid of it. :)

I know the rings purple but when I just glance at the Daylilies it looks brownish to me.

Well if you ever want to get rid of it.....^_^

Nice collection of DLs, Meredith.....love Tropic Sunset, spots & all......

Meredith's rocking!

yes she is!!... and I forgot to pinch my tall balloon flowers... had to tie them already
:(

Or they'll float away???

yeah of course

Snicker.....

Thanks everyone :) Jen I'll see if it's big enough to send you a couple fans. Those Balloon Flowers in the pic stay that size all by themselves. I grew them from seeds from a dwarf plant I had in my yard when I moved in. I may have gotten a tall one or two from the batch, but I just pull them out when I realize they are tall. I have some tall ones over on the side of my house too. They get more shade so they don't bloom as early or as much.

awww, thanks!!

I have some dwarf ones too.. I like them so much better.. the slopes don't like floppy plants.. have to fight even harder

Thanks, guys!

Celeste, that JI really is gorgeous. The colors are like neon. DL Wayside Royal if a really gorgeous red! That is definitely a royal looking red.

IrisMA, I have many tet daylilies, and pretty much all do well for me. Tets are much sturdier than dips with usually heavier foliage, stronger scapes, etc. I have some dips that have such weak scapes that they fall or lean over. Some that come to mind are King Size, Femme De Joie, Chester Cyclone, Nina Winegar. All of them need staking, pretty much. I got rid of Femme De Joie. I certainly wouldn't use them for hybridizing, as I wouldn't want to pass those traits on. Chester Cyclone not only leans, but the petals are so long and droopy the the top one nearly always breaks, so the bloom never looks great. I'm potting that one up to sell this year. If anyone at Donniebrook's RU wants it, speak up!

Marilyn, not all Siloams are small. I have one called Siloam Virginia Miller, and it has a 6" bloom. No eye, either, but it's just gorgeous. It's similar to Sherry Lane Carr. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/25429/ The photo in Plant Files doesn't do it justice.

Merideth, I have Lake Norman Sunset and love it. I also love that Majestic Morning. I took a pic of a seedling cross that I bought from a seller on the LA last year. It's a cross of Lake Norman Sunset and Medusa's Glance. Here's a pic of it. I've been wanting to get South Seas, and I really like that Flutterbye, too. I have that Persian Market, and it sure it bright, isn't it? A luscious color, almost good enough to eat. Love it! I ordered Elfin Envoy several years ago and it didn't make it through the winter. :-(

Merideth, the speckling on your Tropic Sunset is from thrips damage. they get in the buds and eat away. I have certain ones that get a lot of that. The only way to control it is with a systemic pesticide, though I read about one woman who would take off every damaged flower and throw it away (not in compost!) each time she found one like that, so that in successive years she had less and less of that problem.

Karen