Parade of the Lily
Late June, in my cottage gardens, is the time for the day lilies to shine. This year, many of the red border lilies are still in bloom and the summer asiatic varieties are beginning to open, thus creating a colorful show.
Here is a look at my parade of lilies.
As you can see from many of the pictures, it's still wet here in the Pacific NW. While the interior of the country is roasting and fires are torching states like Colorado, here in Oregon, the skies are gray, with damp and humid air.
The beautiful thing about day lilies is that they don't seem to care about the weather. They bloom regardless of the rainfall or temperature and most of my dwarf day lilies are the re-blooming varieties, which will provide another parade of color in August.
I plan to dig up and divide all of my day lilies and bring them with me to the new house in West Linn during the fall transplanting season. I am keeping my fingers crossed that to make up for our rather lousy spring and start to summer (what summer??), here in the PNW, we will have a pleasant and dry fall, creating a perfect time for prepping flower gardens for the next year.
Cheers, Jenni
Here is a look at my parade of lilies.
As you can see from many of the pictures, it's still wet here in the Pacific NW. While the interior of the country is roasting and fires are torching states like Colorado, here in Oregon, the skies are gray, with damp and humid air.
The beautiful thing about day lilies is that they don't seem to care about the weather. They bloom regardless of the rainfall or temperature and most of my dwarf day lilies are the re-blooming varieties, which will provide another parade of color in August.
I plan to dig up and divide all of my day lilies and bring them with me to the new house in West Linn during the fall transplanting season. I am keeping my fingers crossed that to make up for our rather lousy spring and start to summer (what summer??), here in the PNW, we will have a pleasant and dry fall, creating a perfect time for prepping flower gardens for the next year.
Cheers, Jenni
Those day lilies are absolutely gorgeous! You and Ed, over at From the Mountainside, must be the best day lily growers ever :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely lilies - I'm hoping for a late summer too!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Jenni! Daylilies are one of my absolute favorite all-time perennials! Lilies too!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful lilies! And you photograph them so nicely too!
ReplyDeleteI think the raindrops on the flowers make for more interesting photos, Jenni. It gives them an extra dimension.
ReplyDeleteYour lilies are so wonderful. They look really happy. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend ~ FlowerLady
Beautiful daylilies, gorgeous colours! But mine here in London are barely in buds, thanks to grey skies and low temperatures...seems like my daylilies do care a bit more about the weather - but they'll get there eventually :-)
ReplyDeleteThose lilies / day lillies are fab, so pretty. A great idea to move some to your new house. Not much of a summer yet in Northern Ireland either! Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteThe lilies are just barely starting up here. You have such a pretty variety and it'll be fun to bring them to your new garden. Remember last fall ended up being so nice after the not so nice summer. Hopefully we'll get a nice summer and fall this year!
ReplyDeleteThey are so beautiful! I just got into lilies the last two or three years and I just love how brilliant they are. Thanks for the tour.
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