Daily Musings Page 5

Pixie, They have had that Candy Lily pic for 15 years. You'd think that they could update it, lol. I bought some way back then. Don't expect quite as many colors as are in the pic. About half will be plain yellow. I segregated the plain ones from the speckled ones and save only the fancy seeds. Those fancy seeds have lots of plain yellows in them, too. Must be their original ones.
They look best in groups of 3 or 5 spaced about 10 inches apart. The flower stays open only one day with more the next day, like Daylilies. They do not make dense clusters, except for one Al posted somewhere last Summer.

I also use the stinky Magic Markers to label my pots, I write right on the pots/flats. Both sides of the pots so if one side fades in the sun the other side is legible.

I received the Jungs catalog this week, Parks 2 weeks ago and Pine Tree Farms a month ago. When I first moved to this house, I bought so much from Parks that they wrote me asking if I was a 'grower', lol. Now it's a few packs here, and a few packs there.
Here is one Candy Lily.
Andy P

Andy, how late do they bloom for you? August? Sept.? I really like the looks of yours, hope mine come out that way!

Pixie, established plants bloom here in late July to late August.
Here is another. Don't expect big clusters of flowers.

pixie, I wouldn't mind trying some of the candy lily seeds. I'll buy a pack from you :-)

Ok gram...one pack is yours!

Andy, do they form some kind of bulb or corm?

Gram, They are some sort of a mutant cross between Iris and Day lily. The root is a dainty version of an Iris corm. The fan like leaves resemble Iris but grow along a central stem that ends with the flowers. It's an interesting plant but not a show stopper because the flowers are small and not that numerous, only open on bright sunny days between late morning and dinner time. You have to see them up close to appreciate them.
Other than that, they are great, lol.
Andy P

That's quite a review Andy!

Just makes you appreciate them more, Andy. They sure are pretty on closeup. That's good enough for me :-) somebody else is sending me blackberry lilies, too.

Dave, I've had them a long time. They have been moved around, too. No more 'front and center' for these, but worth growing in gardens where people can casually get close enough to appreciate them. Butterflies like them, too.
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Andy P

Grams, I use a paint pen to mark my containers and it worked fantastically. I can get it at any craft store. I can't believe how many seeds I have! I just love the whole process.

Rain here. I think it's a good thing for me as it will keep me home and productive.

thanks, 'nita. I have some Sharpie oil-based paint pens. I think I'll try those. I got them for doing my permanent plant markers.

I had almost no seeds to speak of. but so many people sent me seeds. and then everyone posted the sales and I bought so many. I have a bulging seed box now. what kind of containers do you use? I've saved a mix of deli containers, gallon milk jugs, 2 liter pop bottles.

I have zillion gallon water containers - the picture on my website shows the type of containers I used last year, including the gallon containers.

Here's the link http://www.lakehousecreations.com/winter_sowing.htm

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Gram, I write the seed name on the tape. That way I don't need special markers and I can reuse my containers for different seeds. Probably pretty obvious, but it took me a few containers to get it right last year.

Dave, was it you that recommended the aluminum tape? I tried writing on the duct tape with a permanent marker and noticed it scrapes off. I didn't know if the paint pen would do the same. Is the aluminum tape better?

Know what I do? After using the black marker, I put scotch tape over it.

good idea, Nance

Aluminum is better for the marker issue but also much better at coming off in the Spring without a hassle and messing-up your container. Unfortunately, it costs more.