This Week in the Garden

Today’s photographs feature some of the beauties that have been stealing the limelight around the garden this week. Lest you should think that I have nothing but daylilies, I have added a new page to my blog, a garden inventory of plants. Many of these plants are new this year, so won’t reach their full potential for another year or two. Meanwhile, the daylilies continue to be the stars of the July garden.

Ruby Spider

Umbrella Parade

Autumn Mineret

Frans Hals and monarda

Siloam Little Girl

Chance Encounter

Bonanza and hostas

New Series

Trahlyta

South Seas

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Daylilies, Continued.

Elegant Candy (Stamile 1995)

Note: You can see more daylilies on their own page. Click on the tab labelled Daylilies above the Willow House Chronicles header.

As the daylily season continues, I’ve been enjoying new faces in the garden. Here is an update featuring some of the latest blooms. These include old-timers like Frans Hals, below, and newer hybrids such as Elegant Candy, pictured above. For more on daylilies, see Daylily Season.

Frans Hals (Flory 1955)

Dallas Star (Ferris 1976)

Alpha Centauri (Hanson 1991)

Rosella Sheridan (Spalding 1976)

Neal Berrey (Sikes 1985)

Femme de Joie (Hayward 1979)

Texas Gal (Hansen 1988)

Ruby Spider (Stamile 1991)

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