Daylilies July 19th

Mokan Butterfly (Lenington 1984)

I haven’t posted any daylilies since Monday. Lots more daylilies have bloomed since then! For the hemeroholics out there, here is another batch of pretty faces.

Old King Cole (Moldovan 1995)

Trahlyta (Childs 1982)

Blonde is Beautiful (Harris Benz 1985)

Siloam Little Girl (Henry 1970)

Border Sentry (Whatley 1995)

South Seas (Moldovan 1993)

Banned in Boston (Simpson 1994)

Alpha Centauri (Hanson 1992)

Outrageous (Stevens 1978)

Ruby Spider (Stamile 1991)

Wisest of Wizards (Salter 1994)

Karen’s Curls (Reinke 1997)

Blue Voodoo (Rice 2005)

Ghost of Thunder Road (Hanson 2001)

Seminole Ruby (Kirchhoff 1993)

Pandora’s Box (Talbott 1982)

Chance Encounter (Stamile 1994)

Scarlet Pansy (Stamile 1986)

Troubled Sleep (Hanson 1998)

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Summer on my Mind

The warmer temperatures make you believe that spring is just around the corner. I have been thinking of my summer garden and browsing through my photographs from last July, when the daylilies were in full bloom. What glorious colours! Above is a close up of Cameroons, while below is the aptly named Big Smile.

Check out the little crab spider on one of these Eggplant Escapade blooms. Can you see it?

And here is the brilliant face of Scarlet Poppy.

This week, I slipped a couple of orders for daylilies in the mail. Canada has a number of excellent daylily suppliers. One of my orders went to Nottawasaga Daylilies, near Creemore, Ontario. I hope to see the pretty pink face of Banned in Boston blooming in my garden this summer. This photograph is from the Nottawasaga photo gallery.

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