Monday, July 6, 2009

The Daylily Project

As I noted a couple of posts ago, I've been hauling daylily plants home from my mother's gardens for years. Some I've lost over the years, some have multiplied like crazy, some I've shared with fellow gardeners, some I have but have lost track of. I've lost the names of almost all of them, though my mother was most careful to give me the name of each. All of them have been moved around my gardens until I know longer know what is where. Now I've set out to at least label each plant as it blooms so that I can know where the duplicates are.

I keep reading that you can eat the buds, and someday I'm going to try that. But today, I'm just going to enjoy the beautiful show of color!

Here's my catalog. I'll be adding more as they bloom.

#1 -- In Pantry Garden & Cottage Garden -- I have lots of these to share.










#3 -- South of path in Cottage Garden -- not a great photo!











#4 -- Cottage Garden “Island” & Pantry Garden -- Lots of these to share, too!










#5 -- 'Delightful Lady' -- Center of southern section of Cottage Garden -- My absolute favorite. A much more delicate pink than this picture shows. Some to share, but not until the fall.








#6 -- 'Fat & Sassy' -- Along fence on south edge of Cottage Garden













#7 -- Double Yellow (description, not name) -- West of pink rose in Cottage Garden (along south fence) -- The picture doesn't do it justice!











#8 -- Along south edge of Cottage Garden, near cut-off -- It's hard to tell from the picture, but this one is peach-colored.











#9 & #10 -- New transplants from Mother's, no pictures. Both are in the Pantry Garden.



#11 -- Along south fence of Cottage Garden, between ‘Fat & Sassy’ and double yellow












#12 -- 'Redin Kilpatrick' -- in Pantry Garden











#2 -- Joan Senior -- In Pantry Garden

1 comment:

Dig, Grow, Compost, Blog said...

I've always wanted to try eating daylilies as well but then the thought of sacrificing such a nice bloom... well, I'd rather it stayed outside. You have a lovely collection of daylilies.