End of the month....

Hello Daylily Lovers,

Can you believe it? The end of the month of July! Are your daylilies continuing to show their colors? Hope so. Our rebloomers are looking good. Our other daylilies are being deadheaded, so growth will go to the roots. Better daylily clumps for next year, ya know.

Have just returned from the blueberry bushes for the day. You know that blueberries are an excellent antioxidant, good for your health. Blueberries contain 14 mg of Vitamin C and 0.8 mg Vitamin E per 1 cup of blueberries. These blueberries we picked from Calvin's yard are so sweet and very abundant. After picking them, I laid them on a towel to dry and will put in freezer bags in about an hour then to the freezer they go! Again, I have eaten so many that my teeth have turned blue. My Mother, who was an RN, said you need only "swish and rinse" your mouth out with water after eating blueberries to prevent any stain. Works for me!

Until next time, Happy Gardening.

Daylilies...

Hello all,

How are your daylilies? We lined out daylilies yesterday and Sherman is making space for MORE! A few of the additional cultivars we plan to offer for next year are Barbara Mitchell, Peggy Jeffcoat, New Series, Scarlet Pansy. And continue to checkout the website http://www.oakvillefarm.com for reduced prices on current daylilies.

Yesterday was a busy day with gardening items...food items ya know. Picked okra, washed it and froze it. YUM, it will be so tasty this winter on a cold winter's night. We like to mix it with tomatoes, sweet onions, a few bacon slices, spices and heat it thoroughly.

Then it was on to snapping green beans. As you know, I grew up in Indiana, and we called them green beans, here in North Carolina they are called string beans, but whatever you call those delicious beans, we snapped and froze them. They do not come out mushy, as some people say, if you freeze them whole. Very tasty....and yes, the beans do have to be used within six months.

Will end here. Time to peruse the daylily and food gardens. Until next time, Happy Gardening.

6 days.....

Hello,

I have been very busy with daylilies, daylily sales, gardening and have missed blogging with you. But hope you are continuing to enjoy your daylilies.

DAYLILIES.....We have lined out many cultivars. Some daylilies are much easier to divide than others. "Division" is the term used to describe dividing a multifan clump into individual fans/plants. We find that a beautiful, thick daylily called "Tomato Surprize" does not divide well and must be cut apart so as not to distrub the integrity of the fan. The daylily called "Mosel" is easy to divide, it can be twisted apart at the crown, without any damage to the plant. What other daylily plants are easy to divide? Difficult to divide? Please let us know your experiences.
We also moved daylilies from our "display" area to our "for sale" area. So be on the lookout for new daylily cultivars to be on sale next year. We are revising prices (lowering in most cases) for many of our daylilies. So continue to visit our website, http://www.oakvillefarm.com to find the daylily that is just right for you.

DAYLILY SALES.....Thanks to our many daylily customers, we have sold out several varieties. And again, I want to send a BIG "THANK YOU" to our repeat customers. Your purchases and referrals to fellow daylily lovers have been much appreciated.

GARDENING.....Our corn, which was very slow to start, has come in. And you know what a chore that can be....pulling, shucking, removing silk, washing, canning or freezing. Plus trying to eat some all along!! Then yesterday I was picking blueberries. Thanks to a local family for allowing us to pick those beautiful blueberries. They were so tasty. In fact, my teeth were blue after eating sooooo many deliciously sweet blueberries. YUM!!! Tomatoes have not done very well this summer, weather just too dry. The okra is just grand. Does anyone have a good recipe for cooking okra? I like it fried, but would like to try other "tried and true" recipes.

Guess this is all for now. Time to head to Carolyn's garden and get the last of the green beans. Well, "string beans" as they are called here in North Carolina. So until next time, Happy Gardening.

July 22....

Seventh month of the year. A great month, wouldn't ya say? For daylilies, of course. Last night, Sherman and I were discussing how vibrant the daylilies have looked this year. They are about two weeks ahead of where they were the past several years. And we continue to have blooming daylilies.

Monday

Here it is, another work week. Another blooming daylily. How wonderful.

Weather has been overcast skies all day, with about an inch of rain this afternoon. And the wind has not been blowing. Oh yes, a calm day.

The daylily, Royal Occasion, which is a Rebloomer, was looking very nice in the daylily field yesterday. It stands over 2 feet tall and shows its beautiful bloom well above its shorter daylily blooming neighbors.
Panda Bear
rebloomer, yellow color with wine eye and edge

The term EDGE refers to the outer periphery of the petals. Notice on this Panda Bear daylily, the edge is a wine color as is the eyezone. Our Panda Bear daylily has been blooming for more than two weeks now, with no signs of stopping anytime soon.

Dublin Elaine
About three feet tall, large bloom, rebloomer, double, pink self


Our Dublin Elaine daylily has been blooming for almost a month now. A real joy to see each day.

All for now. Until next time, Happy Gardening.

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.

SUMMER....

Oh yes, the weather has been so very HOT for a long time now. And we have the rest of July and the month of August for more heat. Summer in North Carolina, ya know!!!!

Daylilies are a great perennial that tolerate the heat. When one looks out across the brown crisp like yard and sees the color of the daylilies, it brings a smile to your face. Red, purple, yellow, apricot, orange, white...great colors. Molly said yesterday that each time that she drove by our daylily field she would look over to see what new color was to behold. Does anyone else look out across other people's yards at the color? We just can't help but admire the wonders of nature.

Time to end here and walk through the daylilies. Visit: http://www.oakvillefarm.com/ to see all available daylilies and I will be back soon to show you our current bloomers. Until next time, Happy Gardening.

Good Evening.....

Hope everyone had a good day.

We had sad news this morning. One of our friends passed away at the young age of 60. Jerry was a symbol of our local town, Warrenton. An icon if you will. He was a friend to everyone. And to all his family we say...we are sorry for your loss. He will be sorely missed.

Jerry worked at a local flower shop and composed some beautiful arrangements. Although daylilies did not hold up well in arrangements, cut daylilies can be a colorful sight in a flower vase. Each bud opens for one day, but then others open for days to come. Cut some, place in a nice vase and watch the beauty unfold.

Want to say Thanks to Molly and Susan for visiting us at Oakville Farm today. They picked out some great daylilies.

Daylily bloomers......

Newberry Amaryllis
large bloom, red self with yellow throat


Jay Turman
large bloom, rebloomer, red self


Angels Delight
large bloom, apricot color


Isn't it such a nice surprise to see the new daylilies that bloom each morning? We have several that have yet to bloom, so I anxiously await those. Still can not pick out a favorite daylily, can you? Is the favorite because of a Name? Color? Height? Each daylily has its uniqueness and each is so.....well daylilies are just a wonderful perennial. Haven't found a daylily yet that I didn't like! Please visit our daylily website: http://www.oakvillefarm.com/ to find the perfect daylily just for you. Until next time, Happy Gardening.....

Thursday...

Hello all...

Since my last post here at our oakvillefarm.blogspot.com, we have been busy on our daylily farm and the old age has just caught up with me. I can work most all day outside, but then at night, I collapse and can't seem to get the energy to do anything, but eat and sleep. PHEW.... enough of that.

Hope everyone had a happy, safe and fun filled July 4th. We attended the local parade and when returned home, had many daylily customers. Thanks everyone.

Our granddaughter returned to her home on Tuesday and we sure do miss her. We have been busy selling daylilies right here from the farm. Our repeat customers have brought family and friends. A local lady with whom I worked several years ago, purchased daylilies to take to her mom who lives out of town. Mr Macon and his daughter visited at noon to pick up his daylily collection. And now I want to send gardening well wishes to you.

Did not get a chance to photograph new daylily bloomers this morning. Have a few photos from previous days which I would like to share....

Little Zinger
short height, small bloom, red color

Ultra Violet
large bloom, dark violet


Starstruck
large bloom, fragrant, yellow green self


All for now. Skies are overcast, should be a good time for daylily photos. Be sure and checkout our website: http://www.oakvillefarm.com/ for all available daylilies. Until next time, Happy Gardening.

Pre-4th of July.....

Happy Friday to all. If this is the beginning to your 4th of July holiday, please have a safe one. There will be a parade in a nearby community and then activities following, can't wait to see all the Red, White and Blue!

And speaking of blue, there is not yet a true"blue" daylily. So many beautiful purple and lavendar colored daylilies are available. Several purple daylilies which we sell here at Oakville Farm are: Trahlyta, Prairie Blue Eyes, Sebastian. If you know of a "blue" daylily, please let us know.

New bloomers for today....

Panda Bear
5" bloom, rebloomer, yellow with wine eyezone


Royal Heiress
large bloom, rebloomer, burgundy


Tomato Surprize
large bloom, tomato red color

Our website: http://www.oakvillefarm.com/ has our current daylilies that we offer for sale. We have a variety of cultivars to add for next year, so check back often . Until next time, Happy Gardening.

July 2...

WOW. Time certainly does fly by. We only have one more week with our granddaughter. She and I have been to visit my sister. Had a grand time in the swimming pool, watching my nephew play in a softball game (they won!), laying mulch in her flowerbeds, weeding Mom's flowerbed and shucking/washing/cutting corn off the cob. Alot of work in three short days. Now I am back home and she is visiting with teenage friends.

Back here at Oakville Farm, we are having very summer like weather...sun, breeze and some high humidity... well, just plain ole HOT! The humidity level is lower today, so it is not unbearable, but still worthy of carrying a water bottle! Took daylily photos this morning, hope you enjoy...

Chicago Apache
5" bloom, scarlet red bloom


Frans Hals
bright rust and orange bicolor


Thanks for visiting our oakvillefarm.blogspot.com and hope you will visit: http://www.oakvillefarm.com/ Until next time, Happy Gardening.