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Welcome, Pastels!

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When I think of daylilies, I often think of the huge, bright blossoms that I love.  This morning, though, I found a stunning bouquet of smaller pastel blooms.  They provide a nice contrast in the garden, for sure.

The lightest one is Lullaby Baby.  I almost miss it every year.

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Lullaby Baby – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

Mini Pearl – the one named for my grandma! She is new to my yard this year.

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Mini Pearl – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

Then Chorus Line – an old favorite.

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Chorus Line – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

And, this sweet Ned Robert’s bloom – Desert Icicle.  Man, I could use an icicle in this Colorado desert today!

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Desert Icicle – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

Isaac may be a little brighter yellow than pastel, but nice small, simple blossom.

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Isaac – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

And, Blue Beat came into the world of the Colorado Plateau today.  This is a very nice near blue color – I am really pleased at the color it produced.  It is a first year for this one.  I would call it pastel tones, too.

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Blue Beat – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

The collage today has one of the pastel/small blooms next to the traditional blooms.  It creates a bit of a stiped appearance.

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From L to R. Top Row: Blue Beat, Jungle Queen, Chorus Line, Lady Fingers. Row Two: Lullaby Baby, Return A Smile, Desert Icicle, Ruby Spider. Bottom Row: Mini Pearl, Mildred Mitchell, Isaac, Prairie Blue Eyes.

I believe that is 37 different cultivators that have bloomed so far this year.  I have 20-30 different ones with scapes right now.  It looks like I may go over my 50% goal. (I have 130 +/- in my yard. I’m addicted!) I have not given up on the ones without scapes yet.  I love the late bloomers!

All in the Family

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As I typed in this title, I actually Googled to see if there is an Archie Bunker daylily. Fortunately, my search didn’t find any such flower.  The title of this blog is because I want to talk about a section of my daylily garden with names from my family. Because today Stephanie Returns returned for 2016.  My oldest daughter is a Stephanie, too. And, she returned to Colorado the year that I came across this cultivator at the local nursery.

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Stephanie Returns – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

Following after mom, my Isaac daylily is close to a first ever bloom in my yard.  Definitely tomorrow.  Isaac is also my 3-year-old grandson’s name.

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Isaac bud – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

Mini Pearl was my grandma’s name, and I have a daylily by the same name with scapes, also added last year.  Interestingly enough, there is a daylily named Catherine Irene which is also my mom’s first and middle name.  I am still waiting on that one to send scapes.  I have Mayan Poppy for my granddaughter, Maia.  It also has scapes.  I have a couple more to add in that section – I am waiting to see what space looks like after the first year.  But, it is already a very special section of my garden.  Right by my front door.

Other new faces for today are Razzamatazz, a pretty little purple bloom that I have had for a couple of years.

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Razzamatazz – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

All-in-all, I have 12 full blooms and a very ready-to-bloom bud of Isaac.  Today, I mixed-it-up and made the collage in alphabetical order.  Lots of yellows and purples today.

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From L to R. Top Row: Canyon Colors, Indian Love Call, Isaac, Lady Fingers. Row Two: Mesa Verde, Mildred Mitchell, Purple De Oro, Razzamatazz, Return A Smile. Bottom Row: Ruby Spider, Soco Gap, South Seas, and Stephanie Returns.

I have had 32 different cultivators bloom so far in 2016.  That is somewhere around 25% of my daylily collection.  I am hoping for 50% this year, because so many are new.  And, the ones for $2 often take a couple years to bloom.  My long-term goal is 80% per year.  Time to quite, though, cause I am thinking like a doctor.  And this is my get-away time.

 

 

Not Southwestern, but Native American

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I sit in a hotel so that I can attend a clinical conference the next few days. It’s going to be good, I think.  Still, I hate missing daylily blooms.

Today’s featured bloom is Soco Gap.  It was sent as a gift plant last fall.  I had no clue what the name meant so I Googled it and found out that it does link to Native Americans. Soco Gap was a place in North Carolina where the Shawnee were defeated by the Cherokee.   Therefore, it is in my Southwestern (mostly) Ned Roberts garden.  It is a pretty bloom amongst the yucca plants.  I like the red-orange color.

 

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Soco Gap – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

The other new face today is Mildred Mitchell.  The name reminds me a bit of Watergate, but it is really named for the hybridizers family member.  It is a near blue, which was clear to my eye.  It was too bright by the time I got out and it does not look blue to the camera under the sun.  It is a pretty flower, just the same.

 

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Mildred Mitchell – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

The other bloom that I will mention in the text is Return A Smile.  She had blooms in her container on the porch and in the front garden.  It is a division of the same plant.  I am amazed by the difference that the sun exposure makes to color.  It makes identification much more interesting because these guys are not color stable in bright sun.

And, my collage for today.  Best day yet – that is nine blooms if you count both Return a Smile blooms. (Flowers moving clockwise from top left – Mesa Verde, Early Bird Cardinal, Primal Scream, Ruby Spider, and Lady Fingers (center).

 

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Mesa Verde, Early Bird Cardinal, Primal Scream, Ruby Spider, and Lady Fingers – Photos by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

 

Can’t wait to see what is up next when I return home!  I am considering finding high country flowers as I walk around this area and blogging a bit about those.  I am at 9,000+ feet above sea level.  And, I have empty nest for my own garden already. 🙂