Two special deliveries in one trip! Hope Rita doesn't mind the first package I pick up. Eh, she'll get used to it - just take some time.
You are like me and like your day lilies! I had a chit-ton of them at my old house and I'm slowly getting more named ones here at this place. Already had plenty of the ones that grow wild everywhere.
Pictures taken this evening: Day lily buds in the shade garden The Driveway garden. The little red flowers toward the middle are in the next picture. The orange flowers next to the red are butterfly weed, then there are purple coneflowers (Echinacea) and some day lilies to the right of them. Bottom row were all previously pictured Sombrero salsa red coneflower in driveway garden Stella in Red re-blooming day lily. This is a really short lily that is related to Stella de Oro.
More pictures from this evening (7/12/18) The everyday orange daylilies in front of the shade garden. October Glory maple tree planted last year is just to the left of the day lilies and the shade garden is in the background. Behind the fence is the swamp Little Henry Sweetspire This is a yellow day lily that I have no idea what the cultivar is This yellow day lily seems to be a sport amongst all orange wild-type day lilies in front of the house. I have only seen orange ones in that area and they were there when I bought the house
Picked up a couple of plants from Midwinter this afternoon. Some of her special Day lilies and Black Eyed Susan's.
Some Oriental Lilies. The pink ones are Roselily. I am unsure what the white ones are since they have tags that belong to a purplish type . I just bought and planted them this past Sunday (when they were just buds), so I know I didn't get the tags mixed up. Both have a strong, fabulous scent. This pretty, shorter lilies are Sunny Bonaire. Their scent isn't as strong as those above, but they still smell nice.
Forgot yesterday's picture of day lilies. This picture is fairly true to the actual color - a very, very light peach. These are a different cultivar and a little worse for wear. Some flies seem to really like this one - yes flies, not beetles.
Being a native plant, there are several names that it goes by. The plants I bought way back in the 90's were labeled Gay Feather, so that is what name comes to mind when I see them. It also probably depends on what part of the country you are from.
Late summer flower time: Hosta flowers (white), dwarf red coneflower, purple coneflowers second showing for the year These are a different color mix of dwarf cone flowers in another area of the yard (next to hibiscus in next picture) Hibiscus. Every year I swear it is dead since it doesn't even start showing any shoots until late June/early July. But every year it puts out huge flowers - despite whatever insect loves to eat the leaves. Mountain ash berries Sweet autumn clematis. I planted it next to the willow tree - 6 months before it had to be taken down. One day I will get a heavy duty trellis pit up for it. fortunately, it is only 2 years old, so is staying small for now
