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Something interesting is blooming.  Some years ago I obviously planted it but since (as I just looked up) it is only hardy to zone 8B, it really has no business blooming here.  I kinda sorta remember moving it and putting a sorta kinda marker on it to remind me.  Bets are I thought it was another of the red variety when I moved it, which I do like...but, surprise: Yellow Lycoris

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Interestingly, I see it was raining last time I got around to putting a few words together.  Perhaps rain equals productivity for me?  Anyway, it's a rainy Sunday and I have actually been outside and taken rainy pictures.  Even more amazingly, I have finished with said pictures.  Wow.    First up.  You know I like daylilies with attitude and today, even in the

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Rainy day here.  I shouldn't be surprised that my two young dogs bring all the wet and mud back inside with them.  Ah youth.  Excited that February is almost done.  The first of the crocus (yellows for me) are blooming.  The long foliage hanging over the crocus belongs to sternbergia lutea.  It will disappear soon, not to be seen again until fall. 

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Here are a couple that I find do have distinguishing appearances: Pictured above is Merlin. Pictured above is Viridapice. And, here are a couple that were new last year, blooming this year... I'm happy they're both blooming, but they look quite alike to me...much like others I have.  No matter, I hope they continue to increase as they are still lovely.  I'm just not sure

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Belated welcome to 2013.  Outside, the snowdrops are blooming...at least those that have decided they like it well enough here.  S. Arnott pictured above. For the first time in a number of years, I'm not planning to add any new snowdrops.  The differences are, for the most part, too subtle for me to see.  Add in a survival rate of maybe 50% and it becomes a game I am less

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Amazingly, I still have daylilies in bloom.  Not many, but some.  A few still on original scapes, but a surprising amount on rebloom scapes.  Rebloom is not often seen here, but in this earlier-than-normal season-that-was, well...we're getting rebloom! Here is Flamboyant Edges blooming again (i.e., rebloom)...    Flamboyant Edges (Stamile, 2001) height 28", bloom 7",

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We've made it to our last stop on the optional extra tour.  Here we are at River Bend Daylily Gardens.  Located in Bellbrook, Ohio, the daylilies of Sandy and Mike Holmes plus Kimberly McCutcheon reside in this spacious spread. We're here in the heat of the afternoon but we all hop off the bus as if it's our first stop.  You know we never can get enough (obviously, we're on this

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We got a little rain today which was most welcome.  Elegant Finale has been rather pale this year, but I kinda like it that way.   Elegant Finale (Stamile, 1987) height 28", bloom 6", season VLa, Dormant, Tetraploid,  Pastel orchid with deep orchid eyezone and green throat. ((sdlg × Astolat) × (sdlg × Frandean))    I'm glad Elegant Finale survived some of my

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Here we are at stop #3 of the optional day tour.  Forewarning:  This will be a picture heavy post.  Pleasant Valley Farm is located in Dayton, Ohio, and is home to wonderful toothy daylilies and an assortment of interesting animals.   I had the good fortune to visit Pleasant Valley a couple years ago and had a bit more time to explore.  Bus tours are great;

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Wow, back already...a new record for me.   We're going to visit the second garden we-never-can-get-enough people toured on the Thursday optional tour.  Please note that yesterday's garden, this one and two others were not part of the official convention gardens.  These gardens (and their owners) were kind enough to open them to us on Thursday before the convention and I

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...Well, I am back kinda soon... **** This year's AHS National Convention was in Columbus, Ohio.  My husband, originally from Cincinnati, was an easy sell on this one to "Drive Miss Daylily" as he likes to say. We arrived at the convention hotel on Wednesday evening, about 15 minutes after the scheduled closing time for convention registration.  But!  Never fear, in a sign that I

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I keep thinking I will get here daily.  Good intentions and all that.   This is Skinwalker, an enormous bloom.  It can be hard to tell just how large a bloom is, so I picked it and saw that it nearly filled this birdbath. Here's the same bloom before I plucked it: Skinwalker (Roberts-N., 1997) height 32", bloom 8.5", season M, Dormant, Diploid, Spider Ratio 5.20:1,&

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I'm behind and I've barely gotten started! One of my very favorites, Peppermint Pinwheel...    Peppermint Pinwheel (Salter, 2005) height 30", bloom 6", season M, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, 30 buds, 3 branches,  Rose pink bitone above green throat  Shepherd's Crook...   Shepherd's Crook (Kendig, 2004) height 26", bloom 5.25", season M, Semi-Evergreen

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Let's just dive right in. WONDER OF IT ALL... Wonder of It All (Carr, 2005) height 27", bloom 5.75", season E, Rebloom, Dormant, Tetraploid, 25 buds, 4 branches,  Very pale lavender with yellow gold edge above green throat. (Mandalay Bay Music × Wonders Never Cease)   APPLIQUE...       Appliqué (Stamile, 2002) height 30", bloom 10", season EM,

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Daylilies!  Each day I awake to new openings.  Such an exciting time of year!  (It's the only time of year I eagerly get up in the morning...I am not a morning person.) Leading off today is BLUE PINK BEAUTY... BPB has been here for a number of years, but this year, 2012, is a break out year for it.  Check  out these amazing scapes... Blue Pink Beauty (

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Before the rains came (and are still pouring as I write), I harvested some more garlic.  All nicely cleaned up for your viewing pleasure, of course.   Yes, they're swinging, haha.  You know I'll let you have a closer look.         I planted more than four or five cloves (resulting in four or five heads above).  Nowadays, I am more picky and am only

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Today marked the end of the lettuce.  The last of it is soaking in the sink (it was hot today) recovering before it goes into the fridge.  I'm not too sad about it as the heat means other tasty things like tomatoes and peppers will soon be coming.  I'm also considering putting in a few seeds of some of those knee high sunflowers, specifically Music Box, where the lettuce formerly

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Last year around this time, we were making our way southward to Baton Rouge, LA, for the 2011 AHS National Convention.  Travel took us two days but afforded me the opportunity to arrive early enough to take in some open gardens.  I was especially interested in Crochet Daylily Garden as Mr. Clarence Crochet is legendary for his daylilies...and his jokes. Driving up, this is my

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Too funny...in case you need the full length version...   This last one cracks me up...if you look closely, you can see his eyes have rolled up into his head...   It's hard work being a puppy... 

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Things are moving along here.  More scapes appearing daily on the daylilies.  Meanwhile, other flowers are competing for their moment(s) of glory.... Bletilla, ground orchid...   Gas plant with lemony scented leaves...   Hosta 'Blaze of Glory' providing a bright spot of color...   Coreopsis 'Nana' with Johnny Jump Ups...  It's just a delightful time of

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Found my boys hard at work today... ***** The backyard is a total disaster.  I'm pulling my hair out in frustration with the totally useless weedwhacker as I fruitlessly whack at the world's tallest clover and various other weeds.  Tomorrow, I'm determined to replace it....enough is enough.   This by way of explanation of why you'll just see closeups of the

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A cardinal pair hangs out in my front yard.   I enjoy them.  However, that joy is tempered by the obvious fact that two cats live here also.  Two hunting cats.  One extraordinary hunting cat....need I say more? Still...one has to live in the moment...  

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AHS Video Follow the link above for a short video recently put out by the American Hemerocallis Society.  It's quite good.

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(Is anyone besides me having trouble with this new Blogger stuff?? Yikes.) First, if you don't grow lettuce in spring, I must nag you (again).  Just do it, okay?  Trust me on this.  Until you eat freshly picked lettuce, you just don't know.  Sigh.  I hear corn is like this, but I'm not growing corn (for lots of reasons).  Anyway... The lettuce pictured below

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With this early-everything Spring we have going on, it's no surprise that the early garlic is indeed early.  Chinese Pink is below in its just-out-of-the-garden stage and then cleaned up. A couple days ago, I dug one to see and thought it was near perfect.  It's currently in use in the kitchen and will be joined by a cleaned up one.  The rest are already downstairs resting

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