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Joan Senior - FFO

This is another white daylily for 2011 which did not open last year.  This is called Joan Senior.  It has near white ruffled 6 inch flowers with a lime green throat.  It has a LOT of blooms on it this year, this is the FFO.

Clump of Daylilies on July 16, 2011

White Perfection

Big Apple

Big Apple is still not at it's peak, this is only the second day it has bloomed. 

Say Hello to Aabachee - FFO

This is such a pretty spider variety of daylily.  Aabachee daylily features bold ruby red spider-like flowers with yellow eyezone and white edges at the ends of the stems.  This picture was taken on July 16, 2011.  The bloom is not as good as it will be as this is the first flower open.

Nordict Night - Trio - sad end

This beautiful daylily called Nordict Night is at the back of the garden.  Last night, someone picked the flower and took with it all the unopened blooms.  We will have very few blooms from this daylily to show you unless this one reblooms later in the summer.

Silken Samarkand

Silken Samarkand is a lovely carmine rose color with a yeallo-green eyezone.  It is also of the fragrant variety of daylily.  Very pretty.

Princeton Silky, FFO

Princeton Silky is shown here with it's FFO on July 14, 2011.  This daylily is a large melon - apricot color with blooms on long sturdy stems. It is also a fragrant variety.

Handsome Dylan - in the shade and true color

OK, so I was told by my daughter not to post this picture of Handsome Dylan.  In the first photo, it looks like a blue on blue flower, something not yet available in the Daylily World.  The first truly blue daylily will bring "ubber" money.  This picture was taken in the shade.  The next picture shows Handsome Dylan in color as it truly is.  I can only image when Google picks up this post, the stir this photo will cause.  So NO, I am not misrepresenting a color, just showing how different a daylily can look depending on shade vs. sunlight.

Someone asked me why do I keep showing the same flower over and over

Just for those of you who take the time to read my blog.  Each daylily sends up a new flower each day, the flowers only live for one day then they die, to have another flower open on each day.  Each flower you see on this blog is a DIFFERENT flower bloom, some days there are over 112 new flowers in bloom, impossible to show every one, but I pick out the ones that catch my eye, rather for the beauty or for a flaw in the flower.  Yes, I do show flawed flowers!  I enjoy sharing the pictures with each of you, but the real reason for this blog is to memorialize the flowers for reference from year to year in our community garden.  If I have a question about did a particular daylily or flower consistently bloom, all I need do is look back at the blog for living proof of "yes this daylily or flower stays, or it goes".

                                                                        Seminole Blood

Lilac Lady is beautiful

This is not the same flower as pictured yesterday, just a bloom on a different day.  I just think this Lilac Lady is so delicate looking and pretty.  One of my new personal favorites.

Bama Bound - look at all the pollen on the pistil

This is Bama Bound.  I show this picture to show you how much pollen is on a daylily.  The long thin flower part in the center that looks white is and sticking straight out is the female part of the daylily, all the 6 little stamens are the male part of the daylily that holds all the pollen.  This one's stamens are loaded with pollen!  If ever the pistil and stamens meet and you don't pick off the dead flower, a seed pod will develope and next year there will be seeds to plant.

Hot Pink Fury

I just love this view of the daylily flower.  There are so many blooms on some of the fans that they bloom upright like this.

Lilac Lady - so delicate looking

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Summertime Splendor

Summertime Splendor is a blooming fool, look at all the flowers open today.  If you click on the photo, and please do, you will see the diamond dust on this fragrant daylily.

Pink Jubilation looking good!

Angel Curls

Hot Pink Fury

Cupid Calling

This is Cupid Calling, a Nicely ruffled very clear fiery red with deep olive green throat.  A little splotch on one petal as a result of rain last night.

A pair of Always Afternoon

Blue Oasis

For Annabelle

This is a pretty clump of For Annabelle.

This was For Annabelle on July 12, 2011 when she had her FFO for this year, was in the shade, which will distort the true color.  Hoping for better blooms.

Big Apple - FFO

This beauty is called Big Apple and this is a FFO for us as this one did not bloom last year.  I love this one.  It is a bit splotchy due to the rain we had last night, but still looks good for a FFO daylily.

Aztec Priestess

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Mauna Loa standing tall in the sun

This daylily is as bright and colorful as can be.  This is exactly how it looks in the garden, so very pretty.

How about this White Glad

How about this beautiful white gladiola growing in a neighbor's community garden.  She planted a whole bunch of them back a few years ago, they all succombed to a pest of some kind.  This one has bloomed for the past 3 years, each year looking better and better.  Take a look at this:

A group of flowers in my garden on July 13, 2011.  You can see a tall Shaster Daisy, Hot Lava Echinacea, Prairie Sun Rudbeckia and a white coneflower grew from seed 3 years ago, didn't even know I had it until I severely cut back and pulled out all the Rudbeckia.  Makes for a pretty contrast.

Blue Oasis

This is Blue Oasis on July 13, 2011 in the garden, I think this daylily had 8 different flowers open on the plant.

Introducing Timmy

As you all know both Diane and I feed a colony of feral cats.  The Spring and early Summer is a horrible time as that is when all the mommas are having kittens.  One of the mommas for whatever reason, abandoned this poor little kitty.  For days, we could hear a kitten crying coming from far out in a neighbor's back yard.  Then, one day, we saw this tiny, tiny kitten, all by itself.  It wanted to come to the food we put out, but it was pushed away by the other bigger kittens and all the mothers.  For 3 days, we watched, wanting to catch this tiny kitten.  Finally, on the 3rd day Diane was able to walk right up to it and pick it up.  The kitten was near death.  She nursed it back to health, which really only took 2 days.  This kitten must have been the tiny runt, as it did have its back molars coming in.  This happens around 8 weeks of age.  The kitten knew how to eat and as small as he was, he would eat the hard crunchy food.  He has been inside now for about 10 days, is gaining weight (he weighed 1 pound, 7 oz. when he was weighed at day 2 of us having him).  He is healthy, eating, playing and gaining weight now.  She is going to foster him till he is big enough to get neutered, then he will go to a shelted for adoption.  Here are a few pictures.  His eyes flashed in all the pictures, but you can see how little he is:

That's it for today, July 11, 2011 Pictures

Geranium

The Cranesbill Geranium is starting to grow new growth in the center that was destroyed by the heavy rain back in mid-June.  Next year I will have to severely cut this back.

Pink Double Delight Echinacea

The flowers are continuing to open, here is how it is looking now: