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Rain for Two Days

14 years ago

The last two days, I have taken pictures in the rain. It is good for the plants, but some of the blooms are ruined. Cup of Cold Water was a mushy mess. I have some from today to share, however.

Bear Claws all snuggles together:

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Desperado Love:

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Winner's Trophy on Rebloom: blue corn Moon ia patting its head

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Emerald Starburst...it was raining pretty hard when I took this one...didn't pull the spent bloom behind, sorry:

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Pretty Massive Clump of El Desperado:

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Forsyth's Transfusion: This is the tet form of Ace of Hearts...much larger eye, and the bloom is more of a peachy than creamy color to me...I like it though:

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Golly Galore - have to show this clump!

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Crown of Enchantment:

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And Salty Skipper group: What's not to like, rain and all?

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kay

Comments (12)

  • 14 years ago

    All look great, but my favorites are the clumps of El Desperado and Salty Skipper.
    Val

  • 14 years ago

    The impressive El Desperado clump is my favorite!

  • 14 years ago

    I have El Desperado. That ones quite impressive in a clump. I really like Desperado Love though. Marg

  • 14 years ago

    Everthing looks great and I am sure that the daylilies are really happy about the rain. BEAR CLAWS tires with SALTY SKIPPER for my favorite.

    We have had lots of rain here and my daylily plants look like a jungle. So I know the rain really makes them grow.

  • 14 years ago

    Thanks Val. Salty Skipper is a good bloom and usually blooms well without thrip problems.

    Thanks Deborah. I wonder if it isn't time to thin it a bit.

    Thanks Marg. I alwas liked it better than El Desperado, even though El Desperado is a boadacious bloomer.

    Thganks Rita. You know I am partial to both of them. I am glad for the rain sine it is usually so hot and dry this time of year, and the plants show they like it.

    It is a little rough to take pictures in though.
    kay

  • 14 years ago

    How to choose a favorite? Can't. Even with raindrops it shows just how they stand up to the water and don't melt. However, SALTY SKIPPER is looking really good :-).

    When I asked for rain, I surely got what I asked for. It has been raining the past couple of days and they say it will continue for a couple more days. We needed it here so I'm glad to have it. Scapes are everywhere I look now but we are only in the 50's today.

    Julia

  • 14 years ago

    Salty Skipper seems a very appropriate name for it on a rainy day, doesn't it? That one is my favorite

  • 14 years ago

    Julia and Nancy,
    Thanks for looking at them...Salty Skipper is a delightful plant and bloom Bed Bennett did really well with this one.

    This has been an interesting season so far.
    kay

  • 14 years ago

    wow. gorgeus blooms.EL DESPERADO is gorgeous, and mine dont have a scape yet.sure wish you send some of that rain here.my ground it like cement. soo hard.Love BEAR CLAWS, TOO, They look like they are loving the rain. I would tooo.

    jean

  • 14 years ago

    I love that photo of Bear Claws. I have never seen that one before and I like it alot. But my heart is still longing for Golly Galore and seeing it again, this time in a beautiful clump...only makes the longing greater. I went over to Marietta's website and it's $75, way over my budget for a daylily. DH would kill me! But at least I can look at yours and enjoy it from afar.

    We have had nonstop rain for the past 3 days and supposedly it's going to continue. It always rains for days on end whenever rose season starts up, just in time to ruin all the pretty blossoms. Oh well, we were in a drought over the winter & spring so it would be wrong to complain, especially when there are those who are too dry.
    There are towns in my state where the roads have washed out due to the rivers overflowing so we have gotten a LOT
    of rainfall.

    Celeste

  • 14 years ago

    What's a little rain to a daylily called Salty Skipper who is my favorite.
    Linda

  • 14 years ago

    sure wish some of that rain would come here.it would have to rain for 2 days here to ever get some of it to soak up in the ground. its like cement here, no rain here for the last month other then a little 30 minute sprinklr that didnt wet the ground.