Well, I can see it, and it's heavenly! What is it? LOL

Alex

Okay, that was easy enough. That is Tutankhamun. It bloomed yesterday, June 22, which is the earliest I have ever had daylily blooms. I've never had any but Stella in June. My earliest recorded first daylily bloom was July 6. And then today I awoke to this: (let's see if the Houzz gods are merciful.....)

Heavenly Fire Arrow

The weird thing is the overlap of the bloom periods in my yard. In normal years, peonies, iris, rhododendrons and Scotch roses bloom in late May; old and modern roses begin blooming the 3rd week of June; daylilies start the beginning of July. But out there in my yard all these are blooming at once!

Scotch rose William's Double Yellow:

rhododendron

old garden roses

Asiatic lilies

modern roses (this is Heaven on Earth)

roses by the road

Roguchi clematis, closeup

And since I'm pushing my luck with all these photos, a shot of one of my grandbabies standing next to Heavenly Fire Arrow (Carson, 4 years old)

A really nice post, Celeste! I love your roses but don’t grow any here, too worried about the thorns and my four dogs not doing well together. I have several clematis, added Roguchi last season! I like your tall red and your short garden buddy!

Sherry

May they bloom early and often. Maybe since they're starting so early, you might get some rebloom this year. Tutankhamun is a pretty bicolor, and the photo of Carson standing next to Heavenly Fire Arrow is precious. I love that yellow rose!

Debra

Your long snowy winter must have put the scare into everything! Or just confused them LOL. Everything looks great. Nice hoodie, Carson!

Alex

So hard to find hardy yellow climbers. I was unaware of Williams Double, which I see goes back a long time. As for bloom times, it is indeed a strange season, but strangeness is becoming commonplace with climate change.

So glad to see you posting,Celeste, good news that you are having early bloom. Love all the pictures and your grandson looks just fine next to the daylily.

So much loveliness all at once!! And Carson is adorable being the yardstick showing how tall that lily is! The yellow rose is beautiful. My favorite rose color. And obviously no problems posting!

Kate

My first oooh of many was for your yellow rose Williams Double Yellow. Amongst all the roses I've grown over the years I only grew one OGR (Rose De Rescht) but I've always admired the old Garden climbers.. Do you deadhead that or just let it go?........Carson is cute and he certainly is showing off the nice height on Heavenly Fire Arrow....I like the bell Clematis too. I wish they did better here, but their foliage is a mess after a month or two of the heat. I wish I had a good place to grow some with that in mind......Maryl

Thank you all for looking and commenting. It is wonderful to be posting again, now that I actually have something blooming. I think there is going to be a gap between the next daylilies blooming but I was so surprised to see these 2 in bloom already. And after the past couple weeks of Houzz glitches everyone is having I was amazed that I posted without a hassle. It went through right away. I hope it gets fixed for those of you who are still experiencing issues! I love seeing everyone's posts.

Celeste, So wonderful that you have some daylilies already. I really like Tutankhamun and the rhododendron. Carson is cute too.

Brad

Beautiful post, Celeste. I always love to see your roses and those old garden roses are gorgeous. Well, I guess everything has decided ti do its own thing...my roses decided not to have their usual spring flush this year...New Dawn did its regular, but the others, not so much. Your lilies look wonderful. I lke your Fire Arrow and Carson is a cutie.

kay

Gorgeous post! I enjoy seeing the variety of plants in your garden. Your roses are beautiful! Nice start to your daylily season. Cute photo of Carson too!

Lori

Love all of your flowers. We love the old garden roses. It has been a strange season. The lilacs and iris were not nice here. The old roses were pretty much burned up by the excessive heat we have had.

Carson is a cutie. You'll have to teach him to be a gardener.

Nancy