Gradual increases in elevation as we climb to the peak. Today, it felt like the peak was not too much more of a climb. Grab your oxygen, here are the new blooms for today:
That’s 9 new, 44 in bloom today, and 70 total that have bloomed this year. That’s a 40% bloom rate and we are headed for around 90%. 70 down, almost 100 to go to reach that goal. Makes me tired but tomorrow, we climb, again. Good thing for our Rocky Mountain Pals.
Here is part 1 of this blog post These posts include all daylilies that were in bloom in July in my yard. Please see first post for more details.
No U, No V – I need to fix that with some new flowers 🙂
No X, either!
That is all for July, folks. Look for our Colorado Day (8/1) blooms up next!
Perhaps it is a bit premature to start my “between the seasons” chores. However, the best time to update my garden map was with several of the cultivators in bloom. It is funny what I forget when they aren’t blooming and look like a cross between grass and a spider plant. So, I printed off the old map and thought it would be a few adjustments. However, the garden grew and changed over the years and the numbering system was confusing – so I started from scratch.
Garden maps are great, though. You know what you have and what you don’t have. You know approximately where your cultivators are – so when that bloom you don’t remember pops up, you can figure out what it is (esp if you lost the label.
Anyway, back to the blooms – I had 3 very different premiers today.
Finales included a lot of big yellow-white flowers today. Sad to see them go.
Only about 36 hours until I head for New Mexico for a few days – to see a Truchas sunrise and visit Ghost Ranch – Oh, and drive the Enchanted Circle in the land of enchantment.
Finally caught-up taking photos off my camera. Never let that go for a week or two this time of year – you play heck catching-up. So, I thought I would get the blog fully up-to date by sharing our July 1-3 premier blooms for this year. Enjoy. Hopefully, tomorrow I start get back in daily sync. The good news is I got my art cove all cleaned, decluttered and added some fun stuff. That means the daylily paintings are coming – for sale through my business Art and Nature From the Hartt http://artandnaturefromthehartt.com
That’s 18 more in 3 days (wholly cow)! That brings our total to 70 that have bloomed so far. Happy 4th – hope to post the morning daylilies tomorrow.
Are you ready for a beautiful July parade? Here goes – a listing of all of my daylilies that had first blooms in July. I count 81. Enjoy!
Change of shift is obviously when one group goes home and another one takes over. Well, since I left on vacation last Wednesday, I have had a lot of premiers and finales. I am not sure how many of each – but I do know that I have 44 in bloom today and 21 are new since I pulled out on my trip.
I had about 400 trip photos to go through, so I haven’t had time much time to count finales. I do know I missed at least one and others I only saw one bloom.
Was it worth it? Oh, yea – Colorado is beautiful and it is good to get out of town. Of course, the downside is that I now worry about COVID. Oh, I masked and carried hand sanitizer everywhere – around my neck. That said, there are a lot of people wondering around Colorado and our cases are on the rise.
I’ve now had about 104 bloom (+/-) so we are at a 61% bloom rate. I’d like to get to 80%, but we will see. I am just going to list the 21 new bloomers (Premiers) in alphabetic order:
With 44 in bloom, I am still at peak. We will see what tomorrow brings . . .
Today, I had 63 in bloom. It’s a record. Despite the wet, cold spring that did in a couple of my cultivars, my blooms so far are numerous. For a late start season, we are catching up! And, now, our monsoon rains are assisting with hydration.
I have several that are first blooms ever this year.
For time’s sake, I’m just doing Premiers tonight:
Lullaby Baby 7/15
Bluegrass Music 7/15
Blue Beet 7/15
Mildred Mitchell 7/15
Heavenly Curls 7/15
Medicine Feather 7/15
Black Ice 7/15
Maya Cha Cha 7/15
Indian Giver 7/15
Platinum Pink 7/15
Hesperus 7/15
Jungle Queen 7/15
Mauna Loa 7/15
Chaco Canyon 7/15
My lesson – water early and often. And, with any luck, the monsoons show up like they have this year.
Wow – It will be August next weekend. The daylily peak has come and gone. The cultivators were in the teens today . . . a massive drop off from 2-3 weeks ago. It is funny how the first 3 weeks of June are slow progress, then it explodes, then it goes to just a few here and there for months.
Today, we had one new cultivator. Heirloom Heaven bloomed for the first time in 2018. She is an adorable late-blooming mini. She is my last unbloomed scape on a cultivator that hasn’t bloomed yet. This could be it. It seems like I usually get some August scapes . . . not many, but a handful. I don’t know with this drought, though.
Heirloom Heaven 7.29
And, I had a rude awakening last night – because Mount Echo Sunrise doesn’t look anything like Mount Echo Sunrise. I looked at her tag, and she has two. The other one says Moon over Chimayo . . . and she looks like that one. So, I assume . . .
Moon over Chimayo 7.27
Finales:
Lullabye Baby 7.29
Roll Call 7/23-29:
Adios Albuquerque 7.26
Anasazi 7.27
Apache Uprising 7.25
Aztec Firebird 7.27
Baja 7.25
Bela Lugosi 7.24
Blue Beat 7.25
Bluegrass Music 7.24
Bold Tiger 7.23
Cheddar Cheese 7.24
Cherokee Star 7.28
Chorus Line 7.26
Classy Lady 7.27
Comanche Princess 7.28
Dream Catcher (with Navajo Curls) 7.27
El Desperado 7.24
Fox Ears 7.25
Heron’s Cove 7.27
Hesperus 7.25
Indian Love Call 7.24
Indian Sky 7.24
Lady Fingers 7.25
Lime Frost 7.26
Longlesson Show-off 7.23
Marque Moon 7.24
Mildred Mitchell 7.23
Mini Pearl 7.29
Navajo Curls 7.24
Navajo Rodeo 7.23
Nearly Wild 7.28
Nosferatu 7.26
Orange Vols 7.24
Passionate Returns 7.29
Pick of the Litter 7.23
Pink and Cream 7.29
Pizza Crust 7.28
Prairie Blue Eyes 7.28
Prelude to Love 7.25
Purple Corn Dancer 7.26
Purple de Oro 7.24
Purple Moonrise 7.27
Purple Thunderbird 7.26
Raspberry Propeller 7.28
Rosie’s Red 7.23
Route 66 7.26
Royal Palace Prince 7.27
Ruby Stella 7.28
South Seas 7.27
Stephanie Returns 7.23
Tiger Kitten 7.27
Twirling Pinata 7.24
Yellow Punch 7.26
56 for the week . . . that is all! I bet we are down to half of that by next week.
Today was Christmas in July and we had 25 cultivators to match that date! We had a weird work meeting dress-up for the occasion or I doubt I would have noticed.
Anyway – We had a new cultivator in the yard today. I think this is it for a while and only few more (well, right now only 1 other is in scape) for 2018. It is odd when ones that bloomed last year are not scaping this year . . . one wonders what motivates a flower to bloom. Probably not a drought.
So, Apache Uprising bloomed. She is in the little corner garden in front and I nearly missed her. She has bloomed for the last 3 summers – I like her deep red color.
Apache Uprising 7.25
Because it is Christmas in July, I will mention Lime Frost bloomed today. This adds some green to our red and she has a Christmastime name:
Lime Frost 7.25
Finales:
Prelude to Love 7.25
Bela Lugosi 7.25
Sort of Christmas colors. I only remember one celebration of Christmas in July . . . and today that makes my heart heavy. I am especially glad I have flowers to keep me company today.
I have been forgetting other blooms – so here we go: Dream Catcher, Mount Echo Sunrise, Navajo Curls, Purple Corn Dancer, Cherokee Star, Mount Echo Sunrise, Classy Lady, Rosie’s Red, Tiger Kitten, Nearly Wild, Comanche Princess, Marque Moon, South Seas, Baja, Mini Pearl, Lady Fingers, Hesperus, Fox Ears, Ruby Stella, Blue Beat, El Desperado, Heron’s Cove, Purple de Oro.
It is roll-call day! But, first, a dedication. It is camping weekend and I was listening to a song “Desperado” on my ipod. I have always identified with the song. So, I will put El Desperado as our lead photo today.
Desperado – The Eagles
Don’t you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She’ll beat you if she’s able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can’t get
Desperado, oh, you ain’t gettin’ no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they’re drivin’ you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that’s just some people talkin’
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don’t your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine
It’s hard to tell the night time from the day
You’re losin’ all your highs and lows
Ain’t it funny how the feeling goes away?
Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin’, but there’s a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you (let somebody love you)
You better let somebody love you before it’s too late
Pizza Crust 7.22
Thin Man 7.22
Route 66 7.18
Fairytale Pink 7.22
Nurse’s Stethoscope 7.18
Here goes Roll-Call for the week of 7/16-7/22:
Adios Albuquerque 7.19
Anasazi 7.17
Aztec Firebird 7.17
Baja 7.18
Bela Lugosi 7.19
Black-Eyed Susan 7.16
Blue Beat 7.20
Bluegrass Music 7.16
Bold Tiger 7.17
Canyon Colors 7.15
Catherine Irene 7.16
Cheddar Cheese 7.22
Cherokee Star 7.17
Chorus Line 7.18
Classy Lady 7.18
Comanche Princess 7.17
Dream Catcher 7.18
El Desperado 7.19
Fox Ears 7.19
Happy Hopi 7.17
Heavenly Curls 7.17
Heron’s Cove 7.17
Hesperus 7.17
Indian Sky 7.16
Isaac 7.16
Jungle Queen 7.16
Just Plum Happy 7.17
Lacy Doily 7.20
Lady Fingers 7.18
Lime Frost 7.15
Longlesson Showoff 7.18
Lullabye Baby 7.22
Mama Cuna 7.17
Marque Moon 7.20
Mellon Balls 7.17
Mildred Mitchell 7.18
Mini Pearl 7.19
Mount Echo Sunrise 7.16
Navajo Rodeo 7.16
Nearly Wild 7.18
Nosferatu 7.18
Papa Longlegs 7.17
Passionate Returns 7.20
Pick of the Litter 7.17
Pink and Cream 7.18
Prairie Blue Eyes 7.17
Prairie Wildfire 7.16
Prelude to Love 7.18
Purple Corn Dancer 7.20
Purple de Oro 7.17
Purple Grasshopper 7.17
Purple Moonrise 7.17
Purple Thunderbird 7.18
Raspberry Propeller 7.20
Red Hot Returns 7.17
Red Riddle 7.18
Return a Smile 7.16
Rosie’s Red 7.20
Route 66 7.18
Royal Palace Prince 7.20
Ruby Spider 7.17
Ruby Stella 7.22
Skinwalker 7.19
Soco Gap 7.16
South Seas 7.22
Stephanie Returns 7.17
Strutter’s Ball 7.18
Taco Twister 7.19
Colorado Kid 7.22
Tiger Kitten 7.20
Treasure of the Southwest 7.20
Twirling Pinata 7.20
Wineberry Candy 7.16
Yellow Punch 7.22
Colorado Kid Daylilies 