OK, now some more daylilies

I thought these two pictures of unopened daylily blooms were so pretty.  One of them looks like a lobster claw.

New Rose for Dan

This year since I lost the rose bush I planted in 2007 in memory of my boyfriend who had passed away, I found this rose bush that I took a liking to.  I sure hope my Dan likes the color orange.

Rudbeckia Praire Sun

A couple of close ups of my small Rudbeckia Praire Sun.

Delphinium

After I thought all the delphinium had bloomed, I find this beautiful Lavendar flower one hiding among the tall stems.  It is quite different from what I had in bloom before, so no sure where this came from, it is not very tall at all.

Pretty Gaillarda in Bloom

This plant has been a pleasant surprise for me in the garden.  Even though some varieties are called perennials, most do not survive our New England winters.  This one not only survived, it sent out seeds that bloomed elsewhere in my garden this year.  I need to deadhead this plant.  While at the garden this year, I've not noticed the white coneflower in the lower right portion of this picture.  The coneflower in heavy bloom is a variety called Hot Lava.

Various flowers in bloom

This is a variety of coneflower called Little Angel.  There are 2 different plants pictured below.  It looks more like the variety called Milkshake, but it is not tall enough.  When I google images for Angel Eyes, this is NOT what the plants look like, but here is the tag that came with the plugs:

I wanted the shorter variety of coneflower and white.  I went through a period where I was in love with the white coneflowers.  I will double check today when I go to the garden.  I pulled out most of my echinacea this year, there were too many for the small space.   Look at all the weeds between the bricks, UGHHHHHH!!!

My beautiful geranium has outgrown my garden

I've always considered this geranium (see blog header picture) to be the center showpiece of my garden.  It blooms early and stays all season.  The rain storms this late Spring caused the heavy plant to seperate and remain open.  The plant is just too large and tall to hold up all the weight.  I do have several offshutes growing in different spaces in the garden.  At the end of this year, I will have to pull this mother plant out and start over with the "babies".

Long View of my garden plot

I am very disappointed in my garden this year.  I tried to do something different by thinning out a lot of the annuals which keep coming back each year.  The grass type weeds have taken over and I am having to use the pitch fork to turn over the soil and pick out the clumps of grass!  Back breaking work.  In the Spring, the garden is beautiful with the Lupines,Delphinium, Candytuff, Dianthus and Columbine in bloom.  An early stormy wet period took its toll on my garden.  If you click on the picture, you can see the grass weed and where I've started turn the dirt over again.

Various gardens in the Community Garden-there are about 76 different plots

Portulaca-Peppermint Hybrid

Please identify for me

Hibiscus

This hibiscus was planted the first year too.  It has been blooming for a few years, but this year, it is so HUGE!!  It has tons of flower blooms on it.  I will photograph it when in full bloom.  Click on the photo to get a closer up look.  This plot belongs to a school teacher, her kids gave her both of these plants in 4 inch pots way back when.  If a plant finds the right location, the sky is the limit on how big they will grow.

This is a beautiful hydranger.  It was planted the first year the garden opened (2007) and it has bloomed this year for the first time.

Least I forget, most people grow veggies

A zuccinni just starting to grow.

SCENES FROM THE PARK

Grape Vine

The grape vines at the entrance of the park have also grown nicely.  I actually ate some of the purple grapes last year and they were good.  The vines are even bigger this year.

Apple Orchard at the park

The apple trees are getting big and this year should produce good size apples.  There are also pear trees, which don't show in these pictures.

Mitchell Leichhardt

This is my last post for today and I've saved my absolute favorite picture for last.  This flower is called Mitchell Leichhardt.  It is a bright orange in color, this is the FFO and still looks good:

Angel Curls

Angel Curls is also one of my favorites, this is a FFO picture. 

Inherited Wealth

This one is called something I did not have:  Inherited Wealth.  This is a pink blend color with gold edges and an olive green throat.  It also has what is called "pie crust" trim to the petals.  This one is quite striking in the garden.

Hot Wire

This beautiful orange daylily is called Hot Wire.  You can't see in this photo but it does have a deep yellow throat.  It also has a 6" petal across.

This is a photo of a close up of one of the flowers, FFO=

Parts of a Daylily-click on picture for a larger view

American Hemerocallis Society, Inc.

Always Afternoon

This one is called Always Afternoon.  Look at the bottom petal, does it look like an out of the mouth tongue?  When I see this, my first thought is Mick Jagger.  My daughter thinks I'm crazy.

Sea Siren-FFO

This is a different color daylily.  Lavender with silver lavender blue eye and green throat.

It changes color 2 times before the inner dark purple line.  Small, only a 2 1/2 inch across flower, but pretty.

Hot Cakes

This daylily is called Hot Cakes.  This is the FFO for this plant and it was not fully open when photographed.  You can see another bloom that is getting ready to open for the next day.  Still looks pretty.

Hot Pink Fury

This pretty daylily is called Hot Pink Fury.  It has a green throat.  Very proflic bloomer.

 

This is a picture taken on day 2 bloom of Hot Pink Fury:

Summertime Splendor

This lovely yellow with white lines is called Summertime Splendor.  This is a huge flower, sometimes growing to 5-6 inches across.  This one is about 5  1/2 inches.  This picture does not show it, but this flower has a green center (called throat).  It also has edges that look like pie crust, it is crimped.  I will try to get a better picture showing the green throat before long.

The below picture was taken today (July 3rd), it is the 2nd flower to bloom, you can see what is called angel dust on the petals and has better formed petals than the FFO.  Look at how the petals are "pie crusted".

 

Seminole Blood

This daylily is called Seminole Blood.  Last year, the first year in the garden, this was a proflic bloomer.  This year, looks to be the same.  The blooms are so much darker this year than last.  This actually looks like it is maroon.

This is a close up of one of the blooms.  It is a little blotched from the rain.  The petals before they open are so big, they actually remain cracked at the top of the bloom for days before it opens, allowing water to seep in and lay on the petals until it opens.  Look at the center of this flower, it looks like a bright light, or the sun, is in the center.  Still one of my favorites:

Empire Strikes Back-FFO

Here is a daylily variety called Empire Strikes Back.  This is one of the varieties in what is known as the "carved" series.  This is what is called FFO = First Flower Opened, on the plant.  All the daylily phots posted today are FFO.  The blooms are not as perfect as successive petals will be.  This is a variety that has been around for probably 30 years.  If you click on the picture, you will see the detail of the petal leafs.  It really does look carved.  I think it is pretty: