Good Morning...

Hello everyone,

Hope today will bring many smiles your way. I have been out perusing the daylilies. And the daylilies are beginning to show new growth from the water that we have put on them and from rains from two days ago.

Our last daylily to bloom for the first time is.....

Stoplight
late bloomer, rebloomer, spider, orange red


Rebloomers which are currently sending up new scapes and opening new buds include:

Sebastian
Coral Dawn
Cranberry Chalice
Many folks who visit our farm ask for names of reblooming daylilies. Here are just a few of the many reblooming daylilies that we have: Trahlyta, Moonlight Orchid, Charles Johnston, Happy Returns, Big Kiss,
Pandora's Box, Jeune Tom, Joan Senior. All coming in a wide range of colors. Check out our website for our other daylilies: http://www.oakvillefarm.com

Have a great day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

Oakville Farm....Google Map

Want to add the Google Map for our daylily farm to our daylily blogspot. Hope you find this helpful when wanting to visit us in person. All you need to do is click on the title above and you will navigate away from the blogspot to the google map page.

Thank you.....

"The sky is falling"...

Not Chicken Little's version of the sky is falling (an acorn) but .....

RAIN
RAIN
RAIN

Yes, we had rain during the night. The lightning and thunder woke us up. Both running to the window to see what the fuss was about. And WOW, were we glad. There are no standing puddles of water, but the daylilies are looking quite revived with the raindrops on their blooms and foliage. And the wind is not blowing!!!!

I found a website that features quotes/poems for gardening/gardeners. It has interesting, fun, sometimes soulful reading and I want to share with you.
Visit: http://www.gardendigest.com/flowers.htm, if you will.

Here is a preview of what you will see:

Each flower is a soul opening out to nature.
- Gerald De Nerval


All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.
- Indian Proverb

In my garden there is a large place for sentiment.
My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams.
The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful.
- Abram L. Urban

Check back often to our daylily blogspot, more photos to come. Hope everyone has a great day. Until next time, Happy Gardening

Almost the Weekend..

Hello to each of you on this beautiful Friday. Guess it is officially the weekend at 5:00 PM Friday, but it is soooo close now. So, have a safe one. And be sure to stop and smell the flowers as often as possible. You know, that does not mean to literally smell the flowers, at www.wikihow.com it says " 'Stop and smell the flowers', is a saying that is really not related to flowers at all. It is a reminder, a message, for each of us, to stop rushing, stop working late, time passes quickly. Stop and enjoy the day, the moment and the minute. Each minute that you miss, is time lost and will not return to you again." So, slow down for a mere moment each day. There is so much beauty out there....

Daylilies are a pretty part of one's day. They are a great perennial that require 6-8 hours of sun each day to perform to their highest. With less sun, daylilies will produce less blooms. The darker colored daylilies, ie: Jungle Beauty and Night Beacon, may become streaked in color when subjected to intense heat for a long time period. Those daylilies would be just as beautiful in six hours of sun daily. Guess my point is that if your daylilies are not as "showy" you think that they could be, look at the daily sun they receive and the possibility of overcrowding and needing lining out. Daylilies are very forgiving plants and require minimal amount of attention. Honestly a perfect perennial plant for your garden or yard.

Until next time, Happy Gardening.

Hump Day....

Hello,

Yes, here we are already, Wednesday. You know, I was talking with someone last week about things. And they see things in life as "the glass is half empty". I see "the glass as half full". One negative? One positive? Not sure, but I do know one thing....life is fuller with
daylilies in your yard :)

Thanks to our customers who visited this morning. I am sure that your daylily choices will grow well in Georgia. Have a safe trip home.

We have several customers ask about when is the time to divide daylilies. We have found here at Oakville Farm and have read that daylilies should be divided every three to five years. We will be lining out our daylilies next month. LINING-OUT refers to dividing and planting divisions of daylilies. Actually the term can be used when dividing anything. Our daylilies will be "lined-out" after the bloom season. Lining out will promote root growth and foliage and scape growth on newly planted fans.

Here are a few bloomers to show ya:

Prickled Petals
large bloom, rebloomer, pink with grape eye and edge


Sebastian
large bloom, rebloomer, purple with lime green throat

All for now. Thank you for visiting our daylily blogspot. Hope you return soon and until next time, Happy Gardening.

July 14

What a great day, weather wise, here at Oakville Farm. Low humidity and temperature in the high 80's. So unlike an average July North Carolina summer day. Everyone I met today commented on how so wonderful this weather was...we all enjoyed.

No new daylily bloomers for us today. Hope everyone is finding pleasure in their blooming daylilies.

Want to thank our customers for shopping with us today. Continue to visit our daylily blogspot for information and be sure to checkout our website: http://www.oakvillefarm.com
for all your daylily wishes. Until next time, Happy Gardening.

A new day....

Hey everyone. Hope all is well.

Before I begin our daylily blog, want to let ya know that my cousin, Peg, has a blogspot. She makes gorgeous cards and I would invite you to visit her blogspot: http://createwithbubbe.blogspot.com Her cards are sooooo cute!

Now on to daylilies. Today was very HOT, windy and dry here at Oakville Farm. We will set up the sprinklers around dusk and let the daylilies get a bit of water. It is now overcast and I hear rumbles of thunder in the distance, but nothing close. The local radar shows rain north of us in Virginia, hopefully some will come South!!

Have no new bloomers to show, but have continual bloomers. Still gorgeous...

Bit of Jam
large bloom, pastel pink with cream blend


Siloam Special
short height (20"), gold self


Bright Sunset
large bloom, fragrant, dusty burnt orange


This is all for now. Have a good evening and until next time, Happy Gardening.