Lees Little Garden: 6/20/10

Friday, June 25, 2010

Asiaiatic Lilies in a fellow gardener's garden

I wish these beautiful orange Asiaiatic Lilies were in my garden. These pictures make me want to order these for my garden next year. So, so very pretty.

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Becky Lynn Daylily

This is Becky Lynn in full sun, the pictures do not do this daylily justice. I believe this is the second bloom for this daylily. This was an extra fan sent with one of Diane's orders.

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Mary, this post is all for you! A BIG thank you.

My friend at work, Mary, had been talking about her daylilies and how she needed to divide them since they were getting to be such a big clump. Well, imagine my surprise when she came into the office with this big bag with 100 pounds of dirt and the roots of daylilies. I literally looked at the bag wondering how I was going to get it home. I am no where near as strong (and young) as she was. I decided to break up the clumps and cut the tops back like Diane had received when she ordered her daylilies. It took me all week to get the clumps home. I swear I put in the trash bin at work the other 95 pounds of dirt. I bet the office cleaner was wondering where it all came from. These are planted in the backyard and have been producing pretty lily flowers for some time now. I have no idea what variety they are, but they are pretty. They are in the shade for part of the day, so that may account for the color. Thank you Mary for your gift of friendship.
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Bama Bound FFO Daylily

Bama Bound was quite a treat to my eyes today. I love the ruffles on the edges, the color of the throat extending thinly up the petals and, of course, the pretty color. Bama Bound looks like a real treat! These photos were taken right after the garden was watered. Bama Bound may look a lot like the Red Volunteer pictured above on the right, but if you compare the pictures, Bama Bound (here to the left and on the left in the top photos) has a smaller yellow throat and the yellow extends up the ribs sorta like a spike, plus all the Bama Bound are planted with marigolds, Red Volunteer is not!

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Buttered Popcorn Daylily

This is such a bright, cherry and colorful daylily.

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Silken Samarkand Daylily

This is a second flower to open on this pretty daylily called Silken Samarkand. I really like this one.

Red Volunteer Daylily FFO looking pretty good!

This Red Volunteer daylily looks really good for a FFO. Take a look at those ruffled petals! Can you see how thick the ribs are on the petals. Sorta looks like veins.

Baby Betsy Daylily FFO

This is a new daylily just opened for the first time today. It is called Baby Betsy and it is a small daylily. It is suppose to be what is called a Red self with a green throat. It has 2.5" blooms on a 18" scape

Early to mid-season bloomer - reblooms

Now, as you can see, this is neither red nor does it have a green throat. Perhaps as successive flowers bloom, the color(s) will improve. But, I do think this is quite the beauty as is!

Here is another picture showing just how small this daylily is. The name fits it just fine.

Daylily Dream Blue

Second blooms on the Daylily Dream Blue. Looking Good!

After the garden was watered picture.

Buds from my Milkshake Coneflower

These are 2 buds from my Echinacea Milkshake.

It is a fully double cone of lime green, surrounded by white ray petals. As the flowers ages the pom-pom expands and lightens in color. These flowers should open within this upcoming week. Here is another picture.

Pink Double Delight Coneflower

This is my Pink Double Delight Echinacea. It is going to be a a large, fully-double and tufted-pink flower. I bought it last year from online from a place called Spring Hill. It is the only plant out of 5 that I bought that survived the winter.

Here is another picture from a different view.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Daylily Silken Samarkand FFO

This is a brand new daylily bloom. The petals are not perfect and have blemishes, but remember, this is what is called a FFO and they are usually not as nice as future ones to open. I just love the ruffled look and the yellow throat to this daylily. It is a big one as you can see from Diane's hand in the photo. Did you notice the bee coming in to get the pollen in the photo at the bottom?

Parts of a Daylily

A little lesson about daylilies

Petals

Daylilies have three colored petals. They vary in shape from curled or ruffled to bent backwards and more of the traditional lily shape. A few varieties are double flowered, meaning they have twice as many petals per individual flower. They come in almost every color white, yellow, pink, purple, orange and red, with some flowers that are striped and bi-colored. There are no blue daylily flowers.

Sepals

Sepals are the outer protection of the flower bud known as the calyx. In many types of plants these are green and not very conspicuous, but with daylilies the sepals mimic petals. As the flower bud matures, they open up and develop colors similar to the petals, making the flower appear to have six petals total. In reality, a daylily flower actually has three petals and three colored sepals.

Pistil

The pistil is the female part of the daylily flower. On the very top is the stigma which is a sticky pad that receives pollen. The stigma sits on top of the style, which is a long tube like structure that connects the stigma to the ovary where the seeds develop. Daylilies have one pistil per flower.

Stamens

Stamens are the male part of the daylily flower. These are long slim stems that surround the pistil. The stem part of the stamen is called the filament. On the end of each filament is the anther, which is where pollen is produced. Stamens are slightly curved away from the pistil.

If you click on the photo, you can clearly see the stamens and the pistil on this daylily.