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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 first

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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 year....blue skies, nice

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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 roses.  They're

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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 is some from the third time I

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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 on newspaper to

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I do like heucheras (as evidenced by this post) and realized last year, I think it was, that they seed around. I found little seedlings on one side of my house where there are just a couple of older heucheras and so the seedlings weren't anything particularly special. It was just kinda fun to find them.Okay, now I'm beginning to think this isn't uncommon, as I have just today found a number of

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It's so fun to go outside and see what's new...I think we're at least two weeks ahead, possibly more.I wasn't sure for a long time if this variety was indeed February Gold, but it does look like the other pictures on daffseek...Because I always like a close up...Still waiting on the new February Gold purchased last year from a different source...Newly opened Cassata...will turn all white with

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This wacky winter has turned into a surprisingly early spring. The calendar may still say its winter (and, of course, there could...shudder...still be some weather ahead...) but the plants outside aren't listening (or is that reading? ha).The daffodils are beginning, the earliest since I started keeping records ('06) and I suspect since we came back here to stay ('99). And, like every year, I

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I'm still, as usual, going through pictures. Butterflies are always so fun, I think, and I frequently see the swallowtails as they love parsley. There may be more (I certainly hope so) that turn up in photos and if so, I'll update this post...but for now:****Who knew there were so many varieties...check these out here

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I placed my order for some new special snowdrops and already two are sold out :(This year, I'm not planning on adding very many new plants, so the snowdrops failure was a bit disappointing. Sort of. I mean, they're kind of cool to collect and I like having something bloom when little else is...and I really like their tough nature in such a small plant...but.......as I walked around today

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One of life's small pleasures (or is that a gardener's)...Evolving into a nice little patch, which pleases me.....same ones yesterday not open in the gloom...Slightly larger, as they are tiny things and it's nice to see them...Here's Bertram Anderson, all by itself...(in fairness, it just arrived last year)...And, I'm happy to say...I'm finally working on getting that patch by the doorstep as

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Our newest addition....This is Rudy. He's five months old and is originally from South Carolina. Now, he makes his home with us here in Virginia. It's been four weeks since his arrival with us. We think he's doubled in size. He's also beginning to figure us out, although we still have a ways to go in figuring him out (grin).He's full of personality.......when he isn't sleeping...We hope

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The most beautiful rainbow I think I've ever seen...right here in Stafford, Va...on 122711:I'll post some more of it and the second rainbow over on Picture This.We've had some unusually warm days this December (no complaints here) and also some good rain.Popping up through the weeds, the snowdrops are already beginning. It looks like the first to bloom will be 'Bertram Anderson':Here's hoping

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This past weekend found me in PA for the annual Lilyhemmer meeting. It was terrific, as usual, and a longer post will follow. But first, I just wanted to share how beautiful the drive up there is this time of year....Gorgeous! Love those autumn colors!

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...and will continue until frost is Kleim's Hardy Gardenia...Although it doesn't exactly cover itself in blooms like I would like, it is certainly nice to have a gardenia make it here. The first few years were iffy, but it's now a pretty good sized shrub. It's in a bit of a protected location but also endures less sun than it probably would like.This one and the gardenia Chuck Hayes are the

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'Tis spider season....and while I often see these garden spiders, this is a particularly large one...maybe the largest I've seen. I happened upon her (if you follow the link, you'll know why) while digging daylilies; fortunately, I spied her before I ran into the quite awesome web.I got a kick out of noticing all the weed seeds caught in the web (one of the reasons I saw it)...it's been quite

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Mr. Cardinal came in for a pretty close look......he's sitting in the pot ghetto....Later, he moved to the bench...more comfortable, I suppose (joke...haha).......it was pretty neat to have him around. I hope he and the missus will stay....they just need to be extra cautious...Sam and Leo, you know...

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The daylilies below are no longer the latest and greatest, but they are still very good performers....and I happen to like them all, so they get to stay...Missouri Memories:From the AHS Daylily Database:Missouri Memories (Hansen, 1992) height 26", bloom 6", season L, Rebloom, Evergreen, Diploid, Pale orchid pink with lavender violet band above green throat.Lake Effect:From the AHS Daylily

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Today my order from Filaree Farm arrived. Yippee! You know how I love my garlic...I had forgotten how much I had ordered (nine varieties!)....which, I suppose, is what happens when you order in early March and are longing for spring and gardening season to begin...I thought it might be interesting to see the order:Neat, huh?I have garlic downstairs in the basement...where the lighting isn't too

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The daylily that began the collecting bug in me...Pearl Harbor...once I saw and felt its substance, I was hooked. Who knew daylilies could be like this! From the AHS Daylily Database:Pearl Harbor (Carr, 1997) height 27", bloom 5.75", season M, Rebloom, Evergreen, Tetraploid, Cream and yellow blend with a gold edge above a green throat. (Wedding Band × Ida's Magic) Alicia Rose Kissed, year

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White Noise, I do like pinks:From the AHS Daylily Database:White Noise (Trimmer, 2004) height 30", bloom 6", season EM, Rebloom, Evergreen, Tetraploid, Fragrant, 20 buds, 3 branches, Pink self above pale green throat. (Ed Brown × Tet. Grace Pierce) New this year and sent as a bonus by hybridizer Paul Owen, Faber Sabre:Blooming in the pot ghetto...imagine what it will do once planted and

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Cerulean Warble with intense color:From the AHS Daylily Database:Cerulean Warbler (Lambertson, 2005) height 28", bloom 5", season EM, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, 20 buds, 3 branches, Blue lavender with gray blue eye and edge with outer silver edge above green throat. (sdlg × sdlg) Greenway:From the AHS Daylily Database:Greenway (Stamile, 2008) height 29", bloom 6.5", season MLa,

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