Saturday, August 9, 2008

Lining out...

Our non reblooming daylilies have finished blooming. Now we begin the task of lining out. We locate daylilies that are three years old or older. It is time for them to be separated. The daylily "clumps" (plants) are dug up, separated into 2-3 fans and replanted in a new row. By next spring, those fans should be clumps of 8 or more plants. We will fertilize with 10-10-10 this fall and then Mother Nature showers them with water....Away they "grow"!
Happy Gardening

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

"Somewhere over the.....

...rainbow".

Yes, there it was. Right out the back window. And after a few minutes, a second rainbow appeared. Such a calming sight.

Friday, August 1, 2008

"Make it a double, Joe"....


Nope...not exactly what I mean.
I want to tell you about is a daylily called, Dublin Elaine. A nice reblooming pink double. The term "double" means that the bloom has more than the usual six segments. The bloom size is called "large", since the diameter is larger than 4.5". Dublin Elaine stands approximately 3 feet tall. Makes a nice growing daylily for the back of a display in a garden.