Admittedly, if I were a dedicated hybridizer of daylilies, I would plant out 100's or maybe even 1000's each season and end up with perhaps a couple to a half dozen cultivars worthy of registering. I'm pretty much a one time hybridizer at this point, although I plan on setting a few seedpods on the cultivar below. A successful hybridizer acquaintance of mine sold me this plant and says it turns out some excellent eyed daylilies, so I think I'll give it a try...
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| Hemerocallis 'Grace Like Rain' |
At any rate, here are a few more that I find interesting... while not spectacular, they may be worth keeping. Of course, they need some evaluation on bud count and rebloom, etc.
So that's the latest on my hybrids... I'm sure I will share more if any turn out to be acceptable.... after all, I do have close to 400 to look forward to!
Now... it is the beginning of daylily season throughout the gardens and I have hundreds of cultivars and I promise not to show them all individually! Here are a few seedlings from the hybridizer I mentioned earlier that are starting to bloom. I really enjoy varieties with ruffles and also plants with 'teeth'!
And here are a couple of named cultivars that have begun blooming...
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| Hemerocallis 'Spiritual Corridor' |
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| Hemerocallis 'Ruby Spider' |
Most years my pink brugsmansias are the first to bloom and Charles Grimaldi doesn't start until late August at least. Not the case this year and the fragrance lies on the air 100 feet or more from the plants... I adore this perfume...
Asiatic lilies are still in bloom and I love the big colorful ones like 'Graffiti' but I am also very partial to the form displayed by 'Ariadne' pictured below 'Graffiti'.
Following are a number of lily sightings throughout the gardens... the orientals and orienpets have yet to start blooming, but some are 8' tall this year... amazing!
I finally got to working on the new conifer rock garden after the picture below was taken this evening. I now have a big pile of black dirt six feet deep on top of a big pile of rocks that I moved around with a front end loader. At this point I'm not at all sure of where I'm headed with this, but the next step is to move the dirt around and into all the crevices and re-expose the rocks. My back is finally feeling somewhat better so I may enlist some help from my son... one thing for sure, this process will take a while, but that's ok as the conifers are doing just fine in their pots.
And finally, a whole lot of photos from the past couple days... I don't seem to get around to blogging as often as I used to, so I probably end up making the posts much too long... but they do serve as a sort of garden diary for myself and I hope they bring some enjoyment to any of you who run across them.
Tomorrow I have a group of ladies touring the gardens in early afternoon and then Sarah and I will be visiting three gardens with my garden group and enjoying a social time (and food!) in the final garden.
These are good times and it will be nice to get away for a few hours. We've been loving several gorgeous days of 70 degrees which should continue through this coming Saturday. I do appreciate it when the humidity is very low, but that is all about to change by Sunday with 90 degrees + and dew points of 75 and above. I know many of you have been suffering through a dry, hot, and humid summer... Our short bursts of high temps and humidity cause me to say "I feel your pain". We are, however, extremely dry with no measurable rain for about three weeks while folks as close as five miles have had some goodly amounts fall. I find myself getting up a few times each night, moving hoses about and driving raccoons and skunks from the gardens. It's all apart of being a gardener and I'm sure you will agree, all worth it in retrospect.
Take care, Larry
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