Sunday, July 23, 2006
2006 Daylilies (partial)
The first three pictures are not my babies, but, are some of my favorites. The first is Egyptian Ibis. It's beauty is striking and very difficult to capture on film. The next two are Night Wings. They open almost black and mature to a deep burgandy. These two photos were taken quite late in the day and were still this dark. Awesome!
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They're all pure beauty. Colours, shapes, environments!Congratulations for the photographic artistry!
But, you know, fish are also beautiful. I guess one has just to learn to look at them and find the rare beauty in them... :-)
Keep on with the nice work!
Thanks, Matthew, for your kind visit. The show was great - though not crowded - and I'm still under its influence: neither here nor anywhere else... That's the power of memories. I'll post about it tomorrow.
Seeing your flowers again, I just have to tell you how much I respect people who love and care so much for nature. :-)
I have beds of Stella d'Oro and Happy Returns but wish I could find some colors other than yellow that will do well in the Texas long season of 90+ temperatures.
I can remember Tiger Lilies growing wild along rural road fence rows when growing up in Indiana. Some farmers considered them "weeds" and would kill them with herbicides or mow them.
But then one man's "flower" is another man's "weed". Lantana, honeysuckle, purple sage grow by the billions in the wild in Texas but you can go to the nursery and buy them growing in containers!
I have too many yellow flowers (but not enough for my partner, born in Wisconsin and a diehard Green Bay fan!). Here is a picture of a hibiscus that a few days after this photo was loaded with bloom. They bloom year around.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/jQX20KjG.jpg
To its right is esperanza which is recommended for xeriscaping here:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/tecomastans.htm
Grant - There are a number of daylilies that can take the heat.
I love hibiscus. I have a few of them in pots that I have to haul inside in the fall and overwinter in my basement. I have one about 9 feet tall, and I am at a huge loss as to what to do. To trim it down would just kill me, but I can't even get it in the front door anymore!
Email me (address in profile) and I can give you some leads. Do you know your ag zone?
Matt, can't seem to get you email address to come up. I live in zone 9a, but last winter you could say I was in 10 as we had no freeze and only a couple of light frosts.
It seems everyone here has the same two yellow varieties. I would like some different color. I love iris too, but like I said, it seems only the black Lousiana and Buttefly (African) Iris are the only ones people grow here. Like I said, most here have to dig bulbs and refrigerate for winter to fool them! Canna lilies do great here, as does agapanthus (Lily of the Nile).
We have 250 full sun days a year and even more partly cloudy and the avg annual temperature is 70 degrees.
Some kind soul planted day lilies along the fence in the back yard of a place I once rented in Vancouver, B.C. In fact the whole yard abounded in perennials I never had to think about, they just took care of themselves. Whether by design or chance (I rather think the former; whoever this person was, they were a horticultural genius) the various species bloomed at different times of the year, providing me (with help from the cherry tree in the middle) with constant flowers all summer.
One thing made the day lilies stand out in my heart and mind. A friend was visiting once, and reached out and plucked a few blossoms, and began to munch away on them. While they weren't exactly delicious (just like any salad green really; Romaine or baby spinach) they are perfectly edible. Any time I had a female companion over for dinner, I would always pick a few choice ones to garnish the salad with, adding a few unopened pods (like mild okra) and a few half-opened flowers, tastefully arranged. It was the rare lady who would not melt when treated to that and a glass of home-made blackberry wine. Pure aphrodisiac.
Wowsy! Your flowers are gorgeous. By the way, I read the post below, and ask the doc to check for bubonic plague. You would be surprised at the number of people in Texas and New Mexico come down with it. Particularly hunters. I hope your health improves and doesn't cost you too many $$$.
Pretty flowers, pretty photos, pretty colors, I liked it its blog:)))
Nice Deep Purple! Was wondering about deep purple lillies!!
Hope you're feeling better.
I'm still pissed off about bush!!
Hey, thanks for your cheery news today! I've been so pissed off at the insanity, it's very welcomed!!
:)
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