Garden Perennials

08/20/2023

This morning I counted 29 daylilies that are not done blooming here though some are on their last bloom. Pictured is the last flower on Eye on a String on a rebloom scape.

08/20/2023

Manifest Your Destiny is still going strong.

08/15/2023

This might be the latest that August Queen has ever started blooming. I like seeing that spot of color!

07/23/2023

I'm happy to see Fashion Bug returning to health. I had moved it, and it wasn't happy where I put it. Last summer it was in too much shade under a monster aster. This year, it's just right.

07/19/2023

Ann's Love is a 7" double. That is pretty big for a double. The hybridizer named it for his wife. I always think that is a good sign that it is special. Oh, and this one also reblooms.

07/10/2023

Today's favorite is Jammin's Lipstick Kisses.

07/08/2023

Bill Norris has been blooming for a couple of days. The rich yellow always pleases me, and usually reblooms too. It has won many awards including the highest award that AHS gives. Winner!

07/06/2023

07/02/2023

Belle Cook had its first bloom yesterday. I got this plant after an Ohio friend told me she'd tried it three times and lost it every time. It has always been reliable for me. It's nice to look at a gentle flower.

07/01/2023

One of my favorite Asiatic lilies is Tango Dot Com.

06/25/2023

Most of the time, when customers had a choice of colors, they would not choose white. But if they were present when the spuria iris Future Perfect was in bloom, quite a few wanted it. Future Perfect is a bit shorter than the rest. Most are 4' tall when in bloom, but this one is 3' tall in bloom.

06/13/2023

This is one of two spuria irises that started my collection. My father offered them to me one year when we gathered for a 4th of July dinner. I brought them home and planted them and walked away, just as I would do with any other iris. They turned brown. Oops! That was wrong. But they both grew the following spring. I'm sure he got them over the garden fence too. I never did find out the name of this one.