Yeah. Six of them. When they are done blooming I am moving them to another bed. Pitching my barlow columbine after years of fighting bugs and nasties. Also my alpine asters. They just don't do much although they do have lots of tiny pink asters. Little short guys. Damien put up my trellis for my new clematis - It's pretty with lime yellow sort of leaves. Off topic but still gardening.
Lily Blooms 2012
They look like serious multipliers. Some lilies are like that. I started out with three Silver Sunbursts, a temple, and it must have morphed in 50 lilies. I moved them to two other locations and I gave away about adozen and now I must have 20 at my new home. The weird thng is that they are out of commerce. And they are completely bullet proof. In my new yard I have clumps of them in four different places. If nothing else blooms, SS will!
The only columbine I have came with the house. I didn't even know what it was. I posted it on Dave's. It's pure white. Of course, it has leaf miner damage up to its little tips but it was really refreshing in spring.
I was going to move some of my lilies from the front of beds but decided instead to pull my beds forward and put woodland strawberries there. I had lots of them at my old house, so I dug a few up, potted them, bulked them up, divided them, and put them in.
I have a lot of lilies that didn't bloom because I put them in too late. So I am leaving most of them in place and - well - we'll see next year!
I'll have to look Silver Sunbursts up. Sounds gorgeous.
Here it is.
Sending you a dmail.
I saw the dmail first. It's gorgeous.
There WAS a Golden Sunburst too. Scott of OHG offered it at the same time. It's out of commerce too.
I love trumpets. I realize that they are on the subtle side, but they are healthy and vigourous and scented. Thank goodness I collected some of the odder ones, like Emerald Temple and Amethyst Temple.
Amethyst Temple - how beautiful is that?
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/343341/#b
Or Emerald Temple, which I got from B&B years ago. The first pic is of one I dug up and put in a pot last year. It didn't blink. They aren't as colorful as orienpets but it definitely from the beauties that orienpets got their strength. For me it's a real thrill because heirlooms are what got me excited about gardening in the first place.
Oh that Amethyst lily is gorgeous. I found that I actually have more white, cream, and blush orienpets than the showier ones. The true trumpets have a more slender throat it seems and I love the green on the outside. I am trying to pay more attention to colors as well as textures and timing of blooms this year. Can't necessarily hit on all three but I will surely try.
I started with dahlias from OHG getting the rare ones that were really old. Dahlias, tulips and daffys. The tulips have proven a little more delicate -- the old ones. I believe that I only have one of those left.
I got lilies, daffys, double hyacinths, leucojum Gravetye Giant and crocus from OHG. You were bold to get tulips! I was always afraid that a rabbit would bite off a $17 tulip and I'd shoot myself.
You know, I used to think that his plants were fiercely expensive but in the years since I purchased everyone else's prices have gone up so much that his seem normal. A $35 minimum order seemed high ten years ago but not now. I Ordered Mrs. FDR from him a couple of months ago for under $20. It's almost impossible to find it at that price. And everything that I have ordered from him, with the exception of hyacinths and crocus, has multiplied like mad.
The only threat to our tulips are moose so it isn't that big a deal that I have so few (actually only one) heirloom left. My hyacinths only lasted one summer. Just Lowe's plants but still disappointing. I did reorder two daffys from OHG that I just loved but I have them out back behind a fence. I also have a bunch coming from Dutch Gardens and they will also go out back. You know, my dahlias are slow to open. I wonder if I should be feeding them more often. Like every two weeks? I have a general 10-10-10 that I use. when I pull the dahlias from the new bed I am going to apply mulch and compost like mad to build it up over the winter. I don't have much faith in the quality of ANY so called bedding soil that gets delivered by contractors. Looks like mud to me.
Moose! I keep forgetting. It just isn't a problem that many people have.
Interesting what you say about your dahlias being slow to open. My callas and gladiolus are really slow this year.
Stuff that gets delievered by contractors is, I think, always suspect. I just tillered my parkway yesterday (wow, what a job!) and I am ordering top soil from a garden center to use as a base for seeding grass. I find that if I can do it myself it saves so much money! I was going to use a contractor for another job, but once they charge you a fee to rent the equipment and then their hourly fee (and, gee, nothing can be done under an hour) you will spend less than half the amount to do it yourself. If I got them to remove the grass, put down soil and then reseed, it would be VERY expensive.
I'm also trying to mark where all of the lilies are. Quite a job!
Damien and I recoated our driveway with tar. The driveway is about 25'x70'. It took five buckets of tar. Not a really big job but sort of hard on my back. We had a quote of $2200. What nonsense. It only took us about 3.5 hours to do it. Course I power washed the asphalt first and that took another couple of hours. But all the cracks are filled nicely. Looks good. I guess I will be getting rid of my little Mantis tiller. Not really any area I can use it on now. Plus the stupid thing is near impossible to start anymore. I would buy a new one but I have nothing left that a shovel won't fix.
I know this is off topic, but yes, I hear you. I removed the grass with two applications of Roundup on windless days 3 days apart. Then I rented a 9hp hydraulic tiller. I went to A-Z Rental and they showed me a bunch of them. It turns out that the bigger and more powerful a tiller, the better the job it does. But turning it is ugly. You actually have to lift the rear to do it. Weighs a ton. But they were really cool. A nice young man (a term you use when you are aging) was kind enough to start it up and demonstrate its use. Better yet, he had the patience to let me write it down. I completed the work in 20 minutes. My forearms are trash, but I feel very macho (people were clapping and cheering as they drove by watching a 120 woman grappling with a huge machine). Delivery and pick-up was $5.00! It cost me $60 total.
Someone suggested I hire someone to do it. Right! I've run into those guys who'll help the little lady. First, they want you to pay for an all day rental (that way, they can scout out its use on other properties besides yours, and collect the rental fee from each client). Then there is their time: $45 bucks an hour. Yeah, yeah...
Yes, a little hard on the back and forearms. But I broke the task down over several days. And I got major points from the hunky fireman across the street. He sia "WOW! Did you hire someone to do that!" And I got bragging rights.
There are two firemen on my street. Good looks must be a requirement for the position.
Now I'm having a garden center where I do business deliver some top soil. I'll spread it myself. Then I'll tamp it down with board, seed it, cover it with hay and water it.
Probably saved myself $200 bucks.
Back on topic, I am in the process of moving around some of my lilies. Lots of White Henryis and Emerald Temples got mislabeled, and I am moving them into shade where they thrive, and moving some bulbs from semi shade to sun.
This White Henryi has been in full shade for almost 2 years! It was a tiny tribute to a friend's darling cat, Smoky, who is buried beneath it.
Holy cow. That tiller is a monster! I doubt I could pull it over. Would need electric start. Hmmm, Hunky fireman huh. I have one also across the cul de sac with his wife ( a really good friend) and three children. lol. My husband has finally learned after 27 years that "I would rather do it myself if possible." The only change is that I have conceded to age and won't risk my back and knees any longer. DH #1 though part of the marriage agreement was that I would be on the other end of anything he could pick up. and DH seemed to feel he had the same contract until he saw an xray of my back and decided me in a wheelchair was not a good option. I can still life 45# bales of peat but not too far. lol.
Love those trumpets. The winds are still high today but at least no rain so back out to build more cages for delphiniums, stakes for tall lilies, and deciding what are nice partners for the bare knees of the tall guys. Also need to find spots for 7 peonies while the soil is diggable. I bought a 8x25 foot roll of mesh and am going to build a drying rack for my dahlia tubers. Figure 4x4's would give enough air flow beneath. Probably can only go 10' in the garage but better than what I have done. Also bought markers to write on the tubers before I put them away. Oh, and move several lilies about 28" tall to the back of the beds. Didn't realize they would get that tall or full of blooms. I think they are called Mona Lisa.
Our Crinum has been flowering for 2 months and is 5 ft tall
Il monstro!!! Lovely.
Phenomenal!
Amazing.
My established lilies are putting up the new baby leaves. I always love to see how they have multiplied.
Mine are too! At first I couldn't figure out what those things were. Then I was thrilled.
Fun to see, aren't they? Mine have the fattest little leaves.
Yes, much bigger than usual. I guess they are happy. Certainly makes me smile!
beautiful.
Black Beauty Orienpet lily
Blooms in late September.
Sp, they are gorgeous!
Really lovely!
Thank-you.