July 30 and this is all there are for today.
VENICE IS SINKING
LATE SUMMER ROSE
ZELLA VIRGINIA
ELLEN CHRISTINE
JOAN SENIOR (Best picture of her yet)
Blooming Today New Mexico
Really nice! WT, SSB, CC, EC are all looking especially great!
Was out in the gardens today and disappointed to see so many are done, and many had their last blooms on them. So sad to know the season is just about done. There are still some late ones with lots of buds, though, and I can enjoy them.
Karen
We could use a separate thread for late and very late bloomers? I want to order a lot more of these; when you see all of the buds on some plants this time of year, you realize the season doesn't have to be over for quite awhile yet!
Yes definitely, I would like some more late bloomers myself.
I'm a late bloomer.....does that count?
Not really, I was an early bloomer.
I was looking at the particulars on Zella Virginia today, and it says it is a Very Late Bloom. What the heck is it doing blooming like crazy in the middle of July? I don't think that is Very Late! Do You??
Here is all for today....Pickins are getting slim.....
Walter's Tango (a very nice pic of it)
Zella Virginia
Ellen Christine
Joan Senior (2)
Nice! That is a nice pic of WT.
Yes, we should have a thread for late bloomers. I would like more myself. Early bloomers, too.
Karen
Here are my lilys for August 1
Trimmed in Gold
Sunrise Sunset Beautiful
Pony
(2) Late Rose
Pardon Me (a quad)
I've never seen Walter's Tango anywhere. Where did you get it?
That Walters Tango came from Bob Selman at Blueridge Gardens for about $15. I got it last fall.
Described as UFO Crispate
He has it on E-Bay right now. WALTER'S TANGO - DF - B3F - Marx-Hensley 2007 - DAYLILY
Item #230831673016
Karen....It is also listed on his website under 2007 intros, for $10 for a double fan.
I plan on sending you one, but it won't be a double.....
Linda
Your garden shots look like an oasis to me!
Gary
Thanks Gary!
That is what I was trying to do, BUT this year has been a bummer. We had a very long extra cold spell 2 years ago and this last year it got warm, everything started leafing out, then it froze again, and it has been super hot since the middle of May and no rain to speak of. Everyone is on rationed water and they want us to only water 3 times a week in July and August, so a lot of my flowers have dried up. I also lost my Reywood Ash tree. The tree guy said it was due to that deep freeze from 2 years ago, along with the warming and freezing early this year.
I bought 2 new coneflowers and only 1 looks like "maybe" it will make it. The one I already had is blooming so that is a good thing. My Galardia and my Coreopsis look like they are dying, Petunias are not blooming as usual, and even the Lantana are not doing well. I have brown places on my little lawn and it "looks like hell"!! I also may have to replace the Dianthus, as it is all browned and not flowering like it usually does.
I may have to resod my lawn to look decent. It is only about 15 x 7 to 8 ft, so it isn't that expensive.....just time consuming along with a lot of water. My daylilys have short scapes and I lost a lot of buds that just dried up and dropped off. I am now watering more and changed out the drip system, so hopefully next year will be better.
I am depressed......can you tell?
All I had today was Late Rose and Zella Virginia
Aug 3 and only have a few blooms today. The weather has been really weird and really hot! No rain for days, just a lot of wind as the storms blow on by.
Kind of like the rest of the country I guess.
Blueberry Blush - I really love this one.
Late Rose (actually 3 blooms but the other one was on the other side.)
Zella Virginia (5 blooms)
Here it is August 5, and have 5 blooms!
Trimmed in Gold
Venice is Sinking
Late Rose
Pardon Me
Zella Virginia
Only 2 today....Sunrise Sunset Beautiful and a misshapen Pony!
I still have buds, so hopefully I'll have some more in a few days.
Just 2 today also. Very hot. The weatherman said 92 degrees, but my thermometer said 102.
Poor Zella Virginia shows it! This morning it was just opening up, and at 3:45 this is what she looked like.
Your pics look nice, though you can tell they are suffering from the heat. Too bad you couldn't use your waste water from baths/showers. Maybe you could put in a gray water system that uses reclaimed waste water for the gardens. Might be expensive in the short run, but could save you on water in the long run, and you wouldn't have to worry so much about watering restrictions.
Hope you get some rain really soon.
Karen
Thanks Karen, but doing something like that is "against the rules" in this town, as your "dirty water might contaminate the aquifer!" We are supposed to have a backflow special valve on our sprinkler system. (I don't), but if and when I were to sell my home, I'd have to put one in. The valve is about $150 + a plumber. It has to be done by a licensed plumber too.
We have had a few rain showers, but not enough to do much good. I turned my water back on to every other day rather than 3 times a week (skipping 2 days), & then I give the pots and anything else looking droopy a fairly good watering.
Yes, the daylilys show it when they are too darn hot! This is all for today.....
Sunrise Sunset
Late Rose
Zella Virginia
Pardon Me
I wonder if there was a system that could be installed that would take the contaminants out of the waste water to make it clean enough that it would not harm the aquifer. Would probably be very expensive, though.
I took a bunch of pics of my late bloomers yesterday, but don't have time to post them now. Maybe tomorrow or Friday night.
Karen
Well, only two today. But, I did get a couple of pictures of the hummers!
Pony
Pardon Me - Triple
Hummingbird drinking
Hummingbird Just staying in place
August 10 and 2 blooms. I still have several buds on each plant though, so will have a few more at least. I don't see any "new" scapes for rebloom. Is it too early?
Late Rose
Zella Virginia....looks like it tried to double, but didn't quite make it!
Here are my latest blooms....
Zella bloomed yesterday and again today and I still have some buds.
Pony (twin)
Late Rose (2)
Zella (2)
Just plain roses
Nice pics l2le. Like the rose.
I didn't think I had anything blooming today, and when I cam home from work I had 3!
Pony
Late Rose
Another one of Late Rose....love the coloring on this picture!
A JP Rose
Old Fashioned Rose
The roses are for you Mike!
August 15 and Aug 16
Late Rose on August 15
Pardon Me 8/16/12
Late Rose 8/16/12
Looks like they're petering out over there, just like here. Pretty much the only ones left blooming here are Swamp Yankee, August Flame, Challenger, Good-Bye Columbus, James River Rose, Autumn Minaret and a late blooming NOID orange.
Here are some pics of Good-Bye Columbus. The last shot of it is with a hardy hibiscus.
Karen
Very nice Karen!!! Someone on here was asking about you the other day. They said they hadn't seen you on in awhile and wondered if you were alright.
Oops! Forgot to mention that the second pic in that previous set was of a katydid on the bloom. Do you have them in NM, Linda? I don't recall if I ever saw them in NV or AZ when I lived there.
Here are some more pics. The first is the orange NOID. Next 2 are of Challenger. Last 2 are of James River Rose.
Karen
Thanks, hemlady. I'm fine, just really busy, and not spending as much time on the computer. Been spending more time going out, working, reading, and occasionally watching movies with my nephew.
Here's one more shot of JRR, and one of Autumn Minaret. Then there's one of August Flame and then Swamp Yankee.
Karen
I really like James River Rose. How tall is its scape??
I like Challenger and August Flame!
No Karen, I don't remember ever seeing katydids here. Seems like we had them in Oregon though.....I don't remember.
Linda
Oh...nothing blooming today. I think mine are done! I saw one more bud on Late Rose. (That one COULD be CLASSIC ROSE) ???
James River Rose is 42" tall, though mine isn't that tall yet, as it's in a pot.
Linday, yours might be Classic Rose. When I looked up Late Rose on Tinkers I got nothing. Classic Rose looks like it has a creped texture and it does bloom late.
I would like to get one called Sandra Elizabeth, which is a very late blooming yellow, and will bloom into October here.
Karen
YAY...I had a bloom today of Zella Virginia. I can't tell if it is a rebloom or not.
Also have a very pretty rose blooming.
Thanks Karen for the heads up. After looking at that creped texture, I don't think that is what it is. In fact it might be just one of his seedlings. Laura never thinks to ask about the daylily while she is there, and he has so many people coming and going that he doesn't remember which one she bought. Laura says she like surprises, so doesn't even label them for herself.
That rose is a pretty one. Nice soft color. Yay for Zella!
Karen
No daylily blooms today. BUT, there is a large bud on Late Rose and 2 more on Pardon Me. Eveybody else is tired out and done for the season Unless someone decides to REbloom!
I need to find some very late bloomers for my gardens.
I need to do the same. I do have some, but not enough.
Karen
Karen, Sandra Elizabeth have a couple off springs that are not yellow and they are late also. Carmine Elizabeth and Scarlet Elizabeth. http://www.daylilies-hostas.com/welcome.html
Oh, those are nice ones, Mike. Thanks for the tip! I will definitely be needing to get those now.
Karen
I have another Late Rose today and still have 2 buds on Pardon Me. Amazing.....I'm going to do some searching for some late bloomers for sure.
Very nice sibs of Sandra Elizabeth. Isn't it interesting that they are self crosses and not yellow? I had never heard of this DL website; thank you! Will definately be browsing it this winter...