Category: July Daylilies

Double Nickles

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Today, saw 55 cultivators in bloom and nearly 100 degrees. It’s too hot to enjoy them before the fizzle in the dry heat. I savor my picture taking time because it forces me to pay attention. I’m done with the endless heat and no rain.

My Instagram reel for today has 4 cultivators, but only 3 were new. Previously, I misidentified Wild Rose Fandango as Chokecherry Mountain. I realized today when Chokecherry Mountain bloomed. In order: Prelude to Love, Chokecherry Mountain, Santa Fe Christmas and Wild Rose Fandango.

Another Peakish Day

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It was another peakish in the daylily garden. Not as many first blooms for 2023 as yesterday (or last year), but a decent number. It’s too late to catch-up to last year, but this hot weather is doing its darnedest.

I feel a little sad for my desert daylilies when it’s so hot and dry. They like the South or humid areas with rain much better. Blooms are so faded and look like melted wax by noon in so many. I’m not saying I don’t love them but the reason I take so many photos is to savor the blooms at their best without cooking myself in the sun.

Anyway – here is my Instagram reel with photos for today.

Cultivators in order of appearance: Mayan Poppy, Pick of the Litter, Mildred Mitchell, Star Over Milagro, Truchas Sunrise, Little Grapette, Hesperus, and Bold Tiger.

We had a little monsoon today. Let’s hope the rains are back for the season. Short, intense, unpredictable but cooling and all moisture helps.

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Fizzle, Not Sizzle

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It’s mid-July. I’m usually overwhelmed and a little exhausted from peak season. Not this year. I’ve only had over 30 on one day yesterday) and only had 2 first blooms for 2023 today. It feels like a fizzle this year – like it did when I had half as many daylilies.

Lime Frost first bloom 7.15

Anyway, today’s first blooms were Lime Frost and a NOID that was mislabeled as Fringe Benefit. Just photos today, no reel.

NOID “Fringe Benefit” first bloom 7.15

A Little Steam

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Today, the daylily garden picked up a little speed with 6 “first bloom for 2023” cultivators. It feels like late June usually does. I wonder if peak will be late or if we will just ride the plateau this year.

Here are photos via Instagram. Names in order: Nona’s Garnet Spider 🕷, Passionate Returns ❤️, Heron’s Cove 🐦, Holy Sombrero 🤠, Kiva Dancer💃, and Chorus Line 💃. Potpourri of cultivators.

The next few days are supposed to be scorchers and no rain in sight.

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Lady Fingers and the Thin Man

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It made me chuckle to have a man and a lady in the crop of “new for 2022 daylilies today. Other firsts were Stephanie Returns and Isaac – those names honor my daughter and grandson. See the instagram reel below for photos. In order: Stephanie Returns, Isaac, Thin Man, and Lady Fingers.

I’m trying not to feel totally disappointed by my underachieving Southwest Name Garden this year. So many with healthy leaves but no scapes this time around. Maybe Mother Nature is giving me a break.

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Raindance!

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We need rain here on the Colorado Plateau. No monsoons as of yet. So, I’m hoping Pink Rain Dance’s presence in my garden for the first time in 2023 is a sign from Mother Nature.

I only had 4 new cultivators today but up to almost 30 total. Still only about 50% of the mean for this date. Please check out my Instagram for photos. Cultivators in the order that they appear: Pink Rain Dance, Blackthorn, Wineberry Candy, and Route 66.

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Cheddar Cheese and Buttered Popcorn

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I always chuckle at the food named daylilies. I had Cheddar Cheese and Buttered Popcorn both in bloom today. This was a first bloom for 2023 for Buttered Popcorn 🍿. I’m getting a craving now.

Other “first for 23” blooms for 7.11 – Amazon Day – were Mauna Loa, Purple Moonrise, and Pueblo Dancer. Please check out my reel with photos.

The Terrible Twenties

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I had 20 total blooms today. From here, it takes over my life a little. Photos, posts to Facebook and Instagram, and this blog. Still, I look at my traditional early blooming areas and some are still very quiet. I don’t expect a high bloom rate but my water bill is at peak season.

Here are the “first of 2023” blooms for today (7/10): Lullaby Baby, Return A Smile, NOID Red Riddle, All American Chief, and Quilt Patch. I love the variety of color this time of year. Everything from pastel pink to vibrant red. Please enjoy my reel with photos!

Daylilies for 7.10.23

The Eye of God

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This is not intended to be a religious post, but Ojo de Dios was my favorite “new for 2023 bloom today.

Ojo de Dios first bloom 7.8

There were several others Prairie Wildfire, Cheddar Cheese, Inkheart, and Canyon Colors. Inkheart is a new one from a local nursery to fill a pot left empty by a demise.

Prairie Wildfire first bloom 7.8
Cheddar Cheese first bloom 7.8
Inkheart first bloom 7.8
Canyon Colors first bloom 7.8

There may be lots of snow in the mountains but getting it into my pots when the monsoons haven’t come yet is a challenge. Fire weather alerts daily. But, it’s a dry heat.

Enchanting

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It was hot, dry and my yard is starting to pop. But, I worry because some buds are drying up. No monsoons so far. I guess we got all our moisture in the wintery spring.

Land of Enchantment first bloom 7.7
Hopi Jewel first bloom 7.7

I had some nice “new for 2023” blooms today including: Land of Enchantment, Hopi Jewel, Wild Horses, and a NOID that I call Purple Mystic. Baker’s dozen in bloom today.

Wild Horses first bloom 7.7
Purple Mystic first bloom 7.7
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