A few photos

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

Some not so good but still worth the story. One bloomed that I could not identify; it had gotten lost in the shuffle of all the changes to my garden last fall. I loved the way it looked even though the rain had pretty much ruined it, so I went on a search and found the ticket. It is Jewel of Jewels: Now I can't wait to see an un-soaked one of these:

Ledgewood's Jumpstart looks like a different flower. It is so much larger than ever before:

Mabou also seemed to be larger

Eyes of Distinction made its FFO: bouquet fashion

Drink the light was little affected by the storm:

Neither was Fighting Fire, even covered in water. Love this plant and it has put out a very tall re-bloom scape:

In fact I noted a lot of reds didn't seem bothered, but the dark ones were badly disturbed by it.
Alabama Jubilee didn't notice a storm:

Please Say Yes; FFO yesterday

And a wet mess:

kay

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organic_kitten
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8 years ago

Thanks, Sherry. You must also be in Alberto's path. We had over four inches in a few hours today and a little over three inches yesterday. and the atmosphere is very hot and muggy still, so I feel for you. Hopefully, tomorrows rain will be afternoon, not morning. The bed I used to have daylilies in was obviously too close to a big tree, though not under the canopy. that is the only thing I can think of to account for the improvement in the plants I have moved. Hopefully there ill be nice photos in the upcoming days to show them.

kay

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sherrygirl zone5 N il
8 years ago
From the garden photo it’s hard tell you have a wet mess! Still some lovely blooms today, rain soaked or not. We had 3 1/2” of rain this afternoon. The area has had record rainfall for May, Over 7 1/2”

Sherry
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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
8 years ago
Jewel of Jewels is a lovely daylily although it doesn't like our climate very much.

We finally got some rain. I don't know how much, but I think it must have been at least an inch. It rained pretty good for several hours this afternoon and we had some rain last night too. We really needed it as it has been so dry here for several weeks.

Nancy
signet_gw(6b)
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
hoosier_nan, you must be getting the same weather as we are here in S.W. Ontario . Hopefully we will see some of that rain you just got . It has been extremely hot and dry here , everything is already parched and it is only the end of May. Come on MN send some rain down here please. !!!!!!!!!!

Even though it is a little soggy I am loving the look of Fighting Fire and Please Say Yes.
mantis__oh
8 years ago
not near peak yet. Look at all those buds!
lilykate7a
8 years ago
Oh, Kay, how funny! I have a picture of you tromping around, getting your feet wet, camera in hand, trying to get best shots of dripping lilies!!! I know that feeling! Love it!! Jewel of Jewels looks good, even wet. And Please Say Yes looks great in that clump shot. Don't delete these photos. You will want to go back and remember them and the backstory!!

Kate
organic_kitten
Original Author
8 years ago
Glad you are getting some rain, Nancy, sorry Signet,, we had been the same dry way; I guess its a case of be careful what you wish for since we got rain in spades! Mantis, I made a special photo for you a week ago....just buds after dis-buding; Lots of buds, and maybe you can see that a lot of them are quite tall. Kate, it was worse than that; It was still sprinkling slightly, so I was protecting the camera as well.
kay
tarheelgirl_7b
8 years ago
Many of your daylilies look good, even after the hard rain! Looking forward to seeing more pictures of Jewel of Jewels. I added that one last fall but no scapes thus far. Ledgewood’s Jumpstart, Eyes of Distinction, and Drink the Light also catch my eye.

Lori