The two objects in the top right are seed heads of the Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris, and earlier in the day, one had been the perch for a deep red Damsel fly, from which she was stalking the few insects missed by the frogs.
Okay Gail, it ain't Giverny, but I have managed to publish something new today, instead of spending ALL my keyboard time on this soooo-fun forum ;-)
Maggie, Loved the new Come Stroll article. The hybrid daylilies are really beautiful, but its hard to beat the prolific orange ones. My mother had them at her house in Fort Worth, where they reliably bloomed most of the summer and fall. Apparently, at some point, she planted some in the shade of a pecan tree AND on the north side of one of the outbuildings at the old farm where, of course, they never bloomed. My husband thought it was some kind of monkey grass and really hated having to use the weedeater on it. A few years ago, I dug them out and planted them in the sun, and voila! blooming daylilies! When we moved here, I dug them up again, and re-planted. Needless to say, one year later, I have daylilies all over everywhere. Thanx for the article and lovely photos.
I'll take anything garden-wise for now. I need a break from home-stuff. Will visit after I catch up on the forum. Thank you for the come stroll & sharing the daylilies. Mine that you shared are blooming right on schedule, although not in a permanent position quite yet....
Good one Maggie, but then you couldn't go wrong, I love daylilies, not that I have many, one really strong grower in two large clumps at the path edge, two more battling the Geraniums and losing, I shall now move those today, see inspiration from your words. One lovely dark one purchased last year that just survived the Spring slug onslaught and a tiny little yellow one, a real miniature with flowers about one and a half inches across and pure pale yellow, leaves only quarter inch wide and about six inches long. Today the tiny one is going in a pot, see even more inspiration.
I bought the pink and white waterlily, popped it in the pond and would you believe it Maggie, the leaf and flower stems were just the right length for the depth of water, instant beauty. Btw it had a label attached which had "yellow" written on it, beware the labels when looking for a particular colour, always try to buy in bloom.
I think Larry deserves a bit of praise for setting up this forum, the chance to edit, re-edit and re-edit again before posting is fantastic, best I've come across, no one has any excuse for letting errors crap trough, notice I always pick up mine before the final pisting.
I know what you mean about the orange daylilies not blooming in deep shade, Carolyn. But they have done amazingly well in that partial or dappled etc. light. I'm glad to know you have your mother's with you now. And also because they are so perfect for a country garden. I will always have some of them somewhere in my garden, even if I do get around to taking them out the rockwall bed this fall.
Did the hyb coral one bloom yet Gail, or did it turn out to be pale peachy instead? I used to have all mine labled so well, but you know how it goes when you keep moving things around :-0
Glad to hear I put you to work moving all yours around too, Terry ;-)
Did you get a pic of the new water lily bloom? (don't mention u-know-who's water lily pond) Yes, yeah for Larry ,,, how else would this spaz get all her d's and k's re-reversed! Your last line above made me think of the policeman character on Allo Allo. Ya know? He is supposed to be a Frenchman playing the role of a Brit who spks terrible French, so it comes out as a Brit spking terrrible English that makes all the Fr characters shutter - they who are spking Eng that's meant to be taken as French. Terryrribly funny.
When I read it back to myself that same policeman sprang into my mind too Maggie.
One waterlily coming up, strange shade of yellow this one.
The two objects in the top right are seed heads of the Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris, and earlier in the day, one had been the perch for a deep red Damsel fly, from which she was stalking the few insects missed by the frogs.
No way... that can't be realll. sooo beautiful and the composition - wow. Love that shade of yellow! Damsel fly... I know it from depths of nearly lost memory banks, but just can't pull it up. Is it same as what we call Dragon Fly - no,,, wait, isn't it smaller?
Yes you got it Maggie, a very slim delicate dragonfly type of creature, get lots of them on warm days, dragonflies also but not as often.
Lovely water lily, Terry. A new friend gave me my first bog plants yesterday, so now I'm into the water plants. I have a little stock tank down the hill that for some reason is always about the same depth, no animals are in that pasture using it, and I think I'll put water plants in it. Just what I need....another project!
Just remember Carolyn that with unlimited water they grow and grow, try the Irises if you can get some, you will not be disappointed.
Great! It just so happens that's exactly what I was given.
Hybrid Louisiana iris ? :-) Sounds like a perfect place for them!
After all these years, I still have to translate for her, Terry. The Damsel fly is called a 'Needle Doctor' over here. And she still uses the occassional 'strange word' as well as odd spellings - even beyond the D & K thing.
It's always the way Larry, where would they be without us *ducks out of the line of fire*
That's why I only do creative writing Guys - for the 'artist license' disclaimer ;-)
Huh? Lars, I've never heard Needle Doctor. Too funny! I've called them damsel dragons when they're the smaller ones. Even with the states, we manage to each have our own dialect. I called 'em damsel dragons when I was a weeeee thing growing up in California. Lars, are you from around these parts?
Maggie, your daylilies are beautiful. I will remember the trick of trenching behind them so they don't take over the rest of the garden!
Did the yellow lilies I sent you bloom this year? They are the first to bloom here. I'm watching my hybrids form their buds - it won't be long now til they bloom. Unfortunately, like others have posted, I've moved them around and lost most of the names. Mostly when they moved from Georgia to West Virginia.
Wow! MamaKane when you people move your plants, you really do move em.
Now you know why we're never leaving this place Terry.
Larry, I was just telling Sonny this last week that I NEVER want to move because he would have to pay for an extra moving van if he wanted anything to go BESIDES my plants! Whoever bought the house would be in for a rude awakening when they showed up after we moved out. I'm afraid there would be just a FEW holes outside in the yard.
Yep, same here Gail !
Holes in the yard! Gail, don't you mean dark circles where the pots stood? Hope we never move, clearing out my roof space would finish me off, after 20+ years it's not only the plants that put down deep roots.
Good to have you join us Larry, evening up the numbers slightly.
Terry, Sonny has threatened me with all the boxes up in our attic. He swears he'll put them on the curb side one day. Humph! That would just mean I'd have to go shopping!