Was really happy to walk into the garden this morning and find five still able to bloom. One was Black Eyed Stella, but the others included Selma Rose.
Guess what's still blooming today?
Also Court Troubador
Iszy Dizzy had two nice double blooms.
Another view of Iszy Dizzy
Roses in Snow
They are all so pretty! Just wish they would bloom all winter!
Isn"t that the truth! I almost missed the last rebloom on Rainbow Kid. Just discovered it a few minutes ago.
See all those spent scapes!
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Do you cut the spent scapes back on rebloomers?
I haven't. I usually leave all the scapes on until they are totally dried and pull off readily. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
I do the same Ginger.
I *love* Court Troubador, gingerjar. Very nice.
Thanks langbr. It really is pretty and still has six more buds.
Thanks gingerjar & hemlady,
I usually cut mine back,, maybe that's why I don't get many reblooms?
I really need to work on getting more late bloomers. Those are all so beautiful.
I'm sure this is the last bloom this year for Just Plum Happy. Sad!
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D-Cat - that's been my mission over the last month...to find as many L and VL and RE that I can find that strike my fancy. Doing pretty good too. So good I'm afraid next year I'm going to be saying, "I need more early bloomers." LOL!
to hooked in Farmington from Eglantyne in Litchfield :-)
I cut mine back too without waiting for them to try up,most of the time anyway.
You had a comment about reblooming .
Cynthia or Don is that a fact ?
Brigitte
I don't believe cutting scapes off has anything to do with whether a plant will rebloom or not. I've not heard or read anything like that.
I don't think so either.
I just wait for them to turn brown and they pop off easy, never worried about cutting them down or if it would effect them. Guess I also figured that its green and maybe it energy gets absorbed for better root growth, Kinda like they recommend for iris.
It's getting really bad when all I have to post is Black Eyed Stella and Court Troubador which also bloomed on the 23rd and that is pictured earlier in this thread. I did find a new scape on Regal Procession, so should have a bloom on that in about a week if the deer don't take a fancy to it.
Court Troubador
LOVE THAT PLUM HAPPY.....BUT WHAT A WAY TO GO!!
"eyes"
So excited, the one day I dont go look first thing in the morning and look what I found! Woodside Romance polypetaled for me. Now if I can only figure out what I did. This is the only one I have left blooming, still have a few more buds on it too.
Dravencat I noticed in your last picture that You have roses mixed in .
So do I :-) and other Perennials.
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Have been working on a new garden since May,digging up grass by the square yard :-(
I also planted some iris among above mentioned flowers ,never thinking about that iris don't like as much water as Roses and DL.
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Do the Roses and DL make good companion plants ?....most likely.But what about the Iris's ?
Do You or anyone else have done that and how did you all fare with mixed beds like that ?
Brigitte
Cameron Quantz is still going strong with at least l0 buds still left.
I'm interested in this too, because where I plan to put some recently acquired daylilies also has a rose planted there. And, I'd like to put some Iris in with them, but I've been concerned about giving them too much water. When I think about it though, Irises grow beautifully in a part of our state that gets a lot of rainfall, so maybe if the drainage is good enough, they'll do okay. Am anxiously awaiting thoughts about Brigitte's questions.
sharvis
Also, Tune the Harp is still on its rebloom.
Well I just planted that bed aaabbboouuut a month ago, everything in it is doing great. I have daylilys(of course)a rose, yarrow, solomons seal, a couple iris, and a couple of other things I cant remember right off. Everything has new growth, the roses are doing fantastic in that spot and the daylilys growth is great. I had some tiny fans of Song Sparrow planted elsewhere that looked ready to die, replanted them in that bed and they area showing all kinds of new growth and are about 5 inches taller than when I planted them there.
Just needed to say that Tune the Harp is beautiful, how big are the blooms on that one?
Wow! They're all beautiful. I love that Iszy Dizzy!
Blooms on Tune the Harp are 6". They sometimes look bigger than that to me. I never actually measured to see.
Wow, nice size.
That Iszy Dizzy is one I am putting on my wish list, my youngest is named Isabelle, called Isa for short and thats pretty dog gone close.
Hi all,
I cut my daylilies that are in mixed beds when the scapes are still green because they look less "messy". I have rebloomers but they always bloom on new scapes, so cutting the green scapes never effects the reblooming. I never cut orange daylily scapes-always wait till they're easy to yank.
I don't put bearded iris in any mixed beds-they have their own bed, because they shouldn't be mulched. But I mix siberian and japanese and species wherever because they like mulch. What do others do?
Also is Black Eyed Stella small flowered? A rebloomer? Such a pretty form. Like the Troubador lots, too!
Boojum
To Eglantyne.
Thanks- I've been ordering new DL - just read your note! Maybe we just don't have a long enough season for reblooming. I only have one at this time.
Black Eyed Stella's blooms are a bit bigger than Stella's, and it reblooms as readily as Stella. Blooms are a bit more than 3".
How tall is Tune the Harp, she really is an angel.
"eyes"
As I read this thread every day I realize how much I like Selma Rose too! I really like those seer-sucker textured pinks and whites. Very nice!
Eyes, TUNE THE HARP has 26" scapes, it's one of my favorites. Often has rebloom scapes developing on a fan before the first scapes are done blooming. The first year I had it I wasn't that impressed but had heard from others that this one needed settling in time to truely show off and they were right! I have some posted on the auction right now, adding a few daylilies here and there along with my seeds.
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Sue, is right, lovely plant. I haven't been able to sell mine for a couple years. I almost done it in by overselling it 3 years ago. Everybody wanted some. I'm just letting it increase. It looked real good this year. I was able to send a fan to Wanda for secret trade.