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:

View of Lee's garden after weeding

It took me 4 days of pitch fork weeding to clear all the weeds in this small space.  This is the view on July 11, 2011:

Clumps of Daylilies on July 11, 2011

Jersey Spider

Hot Pink Fury

Clumps of Daylilies on July 11, 2011

Baby Betsy

Emperor's Dragon

Hot Wire, with Jersey Spider in background

Clumps of Daylilies on July 11, 2011

Dragon Dreams

Always Afternoon

Canadian Border Patrol

Clumps of Daylilies on July 11, 2011

Mister Lucky

American Original

Seminole Blood

Clumps of Daylilies on July 11, 2011

Mauna Loa

Empire Strikes Back

Aztec Priestess

Lilac Lady

I thought Lilac Lady was another beauty to share for today, there are literally over a 100 pictures just from one day's bloom, but I just don't have the time to show every one, every day.  I will continue to showcase the FFO each time and then some of my favorites.  Here is Lilac Lady:

Blue Oasis

Another beauty that is outstanding in the garden is Blue Oasis:

Canadian Border Patrol

What can I say, I absolutely love this daylily, so here are lots more pictures of the blooms from July 10, 2011.

Buttered Popcorn - FFO

Buttered Popcorn is opening for the first time in 2011.  It is a fragrant, butter yellow with a tiny, green throat.

Bucket of spent daylily blooms

Diane cuts the spent blooms from the daylilies each morning.  When I saw the bucket with all the blooms, I asked her to take a picture.  This is 79 daylily blooms in the bucket, all the spent blooms from July 9, 2011 daylilies:

Daylily Beds on July 10, 2011

Daylily Beds on July 9, 2011