So far behind.....

8 years ago

So busy with other things for the past few days and so far behind in downloading and even deciding what to post. Trying to be more selective. Peak is just around the corner and the garden is a riot of color. Makes me smile!! Loving all your posts. And trying to cut back on mine to enjoy yours!

Rodelinda-always blooms low but blooms are almost always perfect.

Pandora's Treasure. Scapes are registered height. Had to lean over a clump in front to get this photo.

Michael Miller. Flower love this lily. Huge blooms. Rarely a bad one.

Purple Sombrero. I posted this in the clump shots. Was lamenting that no edge was showing and yesterday, the edge appeared. Makes it more distinctive.

Arctic Sunrise. Maryott did a lot very similar in appearance, but this is an attractive lily.

Bluegrass Music trio.

Ava Gardner. Splotchy but loving the color on ffo.

Down Home. Love the color on this one also. Lava Flow photobombing from the side.

Mystical Rainbow.

Rachelle Agin. Had to take this particular photo looking down to get all three. One not open due to early morning. Still liking this lily.

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lilykate7a
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8 years ago

God's Paintbrush. Gave Houzz a rest and came back to try again! This is one of the best blooms I have seen on this one.

Bulletproof. I seem to have a lot with this coloration!

Facepaint. Yet another one with the color scheme. This is ffo. Eye will spread over almost entire bloom as season progresses with this one.

So why not? Thomas Tew to end this. Still blooming every day and is send up rebloom scapes. Do you think it knows it is my favorite? The end.

Kate

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Comments (13)

shive
8 years ago
Purple Sombrero (with its edge) and Pandora's Treasures are my top favorites. But the clumps of Down Home and Mystical Rainbow really wow me too.

Debra
lilykate7a
Original Author
8 years ago
I am not losing posts, (yet), but almost every post is being double posted so I am waiting to delete one each time I post. Here are a few more.

Poem of Ecstasy. In the shade. Need to move to the sun to see if it increases. I like the coloration on this one.

Morning Makeup---I think. Another pooch victim. I am beginning to think I don't like this dog nearly as much as I thought I did! I am going to have to get a picture of him-the great gallumping, tail thumping, bud and scape snapping, label eating galoof!

Aslan. I was hoping for a better ffo. This is really a pretty lily.

Seems it is refusing to post my others for now. I have a couple more that looked great on ffo. Perhaps another day.

Kate
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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
8 years ago
Nice blooms! I think Poem of Ecstasy is my favorite, but Arctic Sunrise and Rodelinda are close behind it.

Nancy
mantis__oh
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Some of the best pictures of some of these cultivars that I've seen. Bluegrass Music looks like it's supposed to (have heard complaints that it doesn't always). Purple Sombrero is showing all its finery. Down Home is very reliable here, a good shorter plant. Your Michael Miller is very fine, but many farther north say it is not hardy. The hybridizers would be proud of your pics.
celeste/NH
8 years ago
All too pretty to pick a favorite. Wonderful!
lilykate7a
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks, all. I have such a small window to photo my blooms before I go to work. I race out early with my cell phone and have a specific route I have to take in order to get the sun just right. Outer beds first as sun will hit them first, then the ones in partial shade and finally the ones in the shade. I feel lucky to capture some of them at all so appreciate your kind comments. And, Mantis, I have heard the same complaints about Michael Miller up north. Thankfully, it flourishes in the south!! It is such a beauty. And Bluegrass Music has always performed well for me with blooms; it just has not multiplied.

Kate
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
8 years ago
You have done a masterful job showing us your daylilies. Purple Sombrero stands out and Arctic Sunrise shows Maryott's impecible rounded ruffled form. I've seen Bluegrass Music at a daylily auction here and if it had looked like that it would have gone for considerably more. But it was late in the day so the colors may have faded.....I agree on Ava Gardner. I really liked mine. Unfortunately after doing fine for 3 winters, it bit the dust this last really cold one. I imagine I'll get another one some day. It really did have a lavender tint to it even in my climate. Wonderful group you have here..........Maryl
Brad KY 6b
8 years ago
Beautiful flowers and great posts in spite of your having trouble with gardenweb.
ruthz
8 years ago
Love all the colors. I can't pick a favorite.
tarheelgirl_7b
8 years ago
Fabulous post! We have a lot of the same eyed/edge daylilies. I also race around the yard with my cell phone taking pictures before going to work. I like it when I have lots of blooms during the weekends so I can take more pictures throughout the day. Your Bluegrass Music trio looks great, as does Poem of Ecstasy. I also like Bulletproof, Facepaint, and Purple Sombrero.

Lori
samhain10 - 5a
8 years ago
All beautiful!!!
organic_kitten
8 years ago
These are gorgeous, Kate. Love all the purples and the dark eyes which I am partial to also. I really like Thomas Tew and bluegrass Music, but my favorite today is Purple Sombrero. (Morning Makeup s pretty too.)

kay