I love that one too and the Pink Damask I have them planted in the same bed...will get a picture this morning...it is blooming its heart out..lol
blooming for me today
I have a variety of canna lilies but these are my favorites because of the shape and color of the flowers.
artgal i love cannas too. mine haven't started to bloom yet here.
kelly
Here is Pastrues of Pleasure today...I did some watering in the early hours...glad we still are allowed to do that!
This is maybe "NOT blooming for me today" because last night the deer came round and loped the heads off my daylilies in the front yard. They did the same last year so I may have to wait yet another year to find out what type they are (were a gift). My fault for not taking precautions but the deer hadn't been round for quite a while. I didn't realize they were waiting for prime harvesting time. :-(
My Indian Giver bloomed today, it was a trade with Elaine at the RU...I am so thrilled! It is beautiful!
I think the deer are eating my lilies this year...something is...I have may beautiful lilies that have their tops chomped off....I haven't seen them...but I know they are there!! It is a shame, we had the frost and now the darn deer!!! LOL
oh no the deer must be hungry. i am sorry they are feasting on yalls beautiful daylilies : (
janet i love that indian giver!!!
Yes, GGG it is just beautiful and PURPLE! I also have Troubled Sleep, here is apicture of that one it is very dark as well!
OHHHH, I have a mama deer who has had a wonderful feast on my daylilies and some of my hostas. I even caught her the other night right in front of the house... and this was after I had put blood meal, bone meal, and hot pepper sauce on them...now it is raining so, sigh,,, guess the plants will grow bigger if they aren't putting growth into the blooms... and yes, that Indian Giver is "one" of my favorites.. along with this old one 'Daytime World' would love to trade later in the summer...
Elaine, I am so excited, I have that same daylily and have been trying to find the name for it...that is exactly mine too...thanks so much for posting that one...here is a picture of mine, it just started blooming, but it really puts out the blooms once it gets going...
yep,,, that's it. here is another close-up pic
Here are mine in 2003
There is a daylily festival in Augusta this weekend. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/060107/gar_130530.shtml Yesterday showcased the members offerings with awards. Made me realize with so many varieties (and many similar) I have little hope of identifying the names of the ones in my garden. Today 4 daylily gardens are open for tour.
Josephine Marina today....first bloom
Can't believe I missed that, artgal. Oh well, now I will know to look for it next year.
Blooming for me today #1 is JOY JOY JOY. I really like this one.
Here is Fabulous Edna
Raspberry pixie
I don't know what this is but I love it!
So does my neighbor's Rotty
Yay! The deer left me a few daylily blooms in the front yard and I've been "nursing" them with garlic powder. Finally I see what I was given. Worth the wait - I think they are gems.
This one has an unusual shape.
By the bird bath ...
The shape of these ones reminds me of tulips
A bit blurry.
My Swamp Mallow (Hardy Hibiscus) is loaded with buds and the first few bloomed this am. I stopped counting at 80! Wow.
I very lovely lily that I have lost the tag for. Quite tall, about 40", no real fragrance.
Something has been chewing on my callas. I have looked but can't find the culprits. I have five pots and so far it seems to be only in one. (hopefully)
Here's Nosferatu, a daylily I got on the LA last fall. I like the dark color and nice form. Lots of my daylilies are suffering from the drought. I watered half of the fence line yesterday and will do the other half tomorrow. Poor things. DH just called me from Dallas and it is POURING there. Wish he could bring some home with him, LOL.
I suppose one of the neighbors' dogs took off with the garden tag with the name of this one. Any ideas? The photo is a very accurate view of the color.
This glad was as tall as me (5'4") before I cut it for an arrangement this morning! I have never seen one this tall, naturally it was flopped over.
Thanks for the tour, Guardians.
very nice! My Texas Hibiscus is getting ready to pop too, can't wait for that one!
Thanks, ya'll. I think that the daylily without the tag may be Catherine Woodbery. Janet, this is the view from my living room window this morning. I am SO glad I planted this hib there. Please disregard the hoses strewn across the lawn. I have a splitter that I hook two hoses to the hose bib and drag them all across the lawn, since I don't have a spigot on the left side anymore.
Very pretty pink!!! Is it hardy? Maybe not here though...I have my first blooms on my Texas Star....it is going to be loaded.
i love that swamp hib. ! lucky you!!!!! did you grow from seed?
kelly
Janet, mine is hardy, but I always called it a regular hibiscus. I have grown the texas star from seed this year, they are about 5' tall and will bloom in a couple of days. I will compare the blooms. I think the picture of the texas ones that I bought only had about 5 thinner leaves and really looked like a star. I guess I wont know if the texas ones are hardy till next year, LOL.
chris
These are the ones that I am growing from seed. I think.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1872/
Well, it is hardy here. I rescued mine from an elderly Lady's home in Conyers Georgia. She had no family and had to go to a nursing home, she was in her nineties. I stopped to ask what it was and her friend happened to be there (he cut the grass for her) and said he didn't know, but I was more than welcomed to dig it up and take it home, that it would please her to know someone was taking care of it and loved gardening like she did. So I have it in two spots in my yard, and I shared one with a friend. It is very striking when blooming the flowers really stand out they are so red red! LOL Here is another hardy one I grow...can't remember the name though...it has began to bloom, and I have a pink one that is as large as a dinner plate literally and it should bloom soon as well.
