Tag: Stella de Oro

Three is a crowd!

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Today, there are only three daylilies in bloom.  Pizza Crust and both the yellow and gold (or light orange) Stellas.  The season winds down, and yet I still have nine cultivator scapes with unbloomed buds.  Three of those have not bloomed yet this year.  And, of course the Stellas are still making new scapes.  That is why I got them.

 

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Pizza Crust – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

 

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My Yella Stella – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

 

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Gold Stella – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

 

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Heirloom Heaven Scapes – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

It’s threatening rain, but not doing much yet.  I did fertilize my pots, so a good drench like we had yesterday would be OK with me.  I also got about half the potted lilies that I am moving to the garden in before the thunder started to pop.  So, here comes the beginning of the transition to fall chores.  Such is the life of a daylily addict.

Sweet the Rains New Fall

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Cool, rainy weather is welcome after a month of pretty warm weather.  Still, I dread the end of daylily season.  Summer is the time when I live outdoors.  My daylilies get love and attention at some cost to my routine housekeeping duties.  And, when it is not daylilies, it is hedge, lawn, veggie garden, or weeds.  And, then there is school and the job search.  However, arranging my day to increase positive emotion means time with the daylilies . . . broaden and build.

So, today is a low-census day in the daylily garden.  The blooms rest as the rain falls.  Still, I have baby scapes starting on some . . . like the May ones on most of my plants.  Can I extend my bloom for two more months?  Until first freeze?  We will see . . . always a stretch goal.  When it comes to goals, I am a maximizer.  Or so say my Gallup strengths.

So, for today, there is Fine Time Lucille:

 

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Fine Time Lucille – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt.

 

Fairy Tale Pink:

 

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Fairy Tale Pink – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Royal Palace Prince:

 

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Royal Palace Prince – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Orange Flurry:

 

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Orange Flurry – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Both yellow and orange Stella de Oros:

 

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Yellow Stella de Oro – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

 

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Orange Stella – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

And, little Purple de Oro:

 

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Purple de Oro – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Tomorrow is another day . . . and my focus may just turn to transplanting some of my potted daylilies into the garden.  If the rain stops.

Praise for the Sweetness of the Wet Garden

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The rain came.  Finally.  Not much monsoon activity this year . . . so the big, cool storm is welcome.  I got up reasonably early and several of the flowers had not bloomed all the way. Cool, wet weather.  It is a nice break.

I’m two months into this daylily journey 2016.  I hope for another two.  It won’t peak again, but plateaus are good, too.  And, then, comes the paintings.  The cool weather and the presence of my granddaughter put me in the mood, a little.  Ah, but alas, homework calls. Because the grandkids will be back through Sunday on their way home and due dates loom.

Enjoy the collage for today!  This weekend, I am also going to try to sink some of my smaller potted daylilies into the ground.  The rain will be good prep for that chore.

 

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From L to R: Top Row – Stella de Oro, Orange Flurry, Prelude to Love, Royal Palace Prince, Marque Moon. Second Row – El Desperado, Primal Scream, Apache Uprising, Purple de Oro.  Bottom – Pizza Crust.

 

 

Morning Has Broken

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Today was an early day in the garden before a hike with my family.  I love having my daughter and grandkids in Colorado so I can see them every couple of months.  Grandkids are the best blooms of all.

The morning brought two very first blooms to my yard.  The first is Nona’s Garnet Spider.  Sadly, Nona only produced one viable bud year.  (So far – keep hoping!)  She was another small root planted last fall.  I really like her.  I hope Nona brings more buds next trip.

 

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Nona’s Garnet Spider – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Apache Uprising was also added late fall and was pretty small.  I added a couple of intentional late bloomers.  It’s a pretty flower.

 

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Apache Uprising – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

It was also a day of hiking and swimming, so I am beat.  But it is making me smile to have 13 blooms on an August day.  My dream is May – October.  This year started early June.  Let’s see where it ends.    (71 blooms so far – so I made my 50% goal.)  I have noticed Heirloom Heaven with brand new scapes forming.  Plus Tiger Kitten and Frans Hals are growing scapes.  I may hit 74.  And, who knows, I may have another scape or two join the show.

 

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From L to R:  Top Row – Lime Frost, Fine Time Lucille, Nona’s Garnet Spider.  Row Two – Royal Palace Prince, Purple de Oro, Marque Moon, Stella de Oro, Orange Vols.  Bottom Row – Apache Uprising, El Desperado, Pizza Crust.

 

A Little Something Different

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I went to take my daylily photos this morning and my camera did not cooperate.  Dead battery.  The hazard to being addicted to daylilies, I suppose.  It’s my summer road trip this year, though.  So, time to savor it!

Today was different because my daughter and grandkids are in town for a couple of days.  Tonight, swimming.  Tomorrow, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.  And, so for today, a short blog.

The new kid today is one called Fairy Tale Pink.  It looks more peach in the sunlight.  I love the lines coming from the throat.  It is a unique addition to the batch.

 

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Fairy Tale Pink – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Today was Zuni Thunderbird’s last bloom.  I fell in love with this whimsical bloom for some reason.  I am definitely painting this one.

 

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Zuni Thunderbird – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

So, dead battery.  What’s a photographer to do?  I substituted with my Kindle for the early photos and used some of the filters that I have on my photoshop app.  I’ve been wanting to do that.  And, the hour is late . . .

 

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From L to R: Top Row -Fairy Tale Pink, Ghost Ranch, Mini Pearl.  Row Two – Soco Gap, Marque Moon, Stella de Oro, Ruby Stella. Bottom Row – Skinwalker, South Seas, Zuni Thunderbird.

 

Like a Box of Chocolates!

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So, today I applied for two more jobs and tomorrow my family comes.  After that, it is some catch-up work with school.  I can’t believe I am done in 6 weeks – I’ll have my Doctorate in Nursing Practice!  It’s wonderful and frightening.  The downside of online school is that it can be isolating.  It seems especially pronounced now that we are almost done.

So, I promise myself one trip away from the dogs every couple of days.  It gets me out with real humans and no leashes.  Now, I love my dogs but I also enjoy feeling human.  So, today I visited a local nursery that is having a plant sale.  Four dollar daylilies – cool.  I’ve decided to put Stellas in a couple more of my containers so they have season long bloomers.  It may be good motivation to water them more – and get more blooms from the more specialty plants.

So, welcome to the yard Orange Flurry (in bloom today with scapes and buds):

 

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Orange Flurry – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

And, another couple of Stellas.  I thought it might be interesting to show the ones I got over the weekend with the new one.  The new one is definitely more orange tone.

The other new ones have buds and scapes, but not in bloom today . . . so we wait.  And one is a mystery label one, so like Forest Gump said . . .

Other blooms are Pizza Crust:

 

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Pizza Crust – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Lime Frost:

 

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Lime Frost – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Marque Moon:

 

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Marque Moon – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Prelude to Love:

 

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Prelude to Love – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Orange Vols:

 

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Orange Vols – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

El Desperado:

 

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El Desperado – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Royal Palace Prince:

 

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Royal Palace Prince – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

With any luck, I’ll have blooms until Jack Frost shows.  Here is to hoping I have a job by then, too! And, by next spring there will be more flourishing at my home than ever!

Pizza Crust for Lunch

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Pizza crust is what I had for lunch.  I shared a bite with my doggies . . . and then I found my daylily, Pizza Crust, in bloom.  This is a brand new baby to my yard.  I really love the mottling.  The colors are neat – and it is tall enough to go perfect in a back space in my flower garden.  You see, I planted the daylilies in that garden last summer, then dug out the old red concrete bed in the fall.  The bed is bigger than I thought, but the grass had grown over the edge.  I added bricks to the outside of the bed so that should not happen, again.

 

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Pizza Crust – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Another new bloom today is Royal Palace Prince.  It is a nice one that was a gift plant last summer.  I have found that my gift plants have had a higher rate of bloom this year (in my main garden) than the ones I picked.  I am guessing the hardy ones are generally the ones the sellers use as bonuses.

 

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Royal Palace Prince – Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Here are the other bloomers – the two small orange gals, Mini Pearl and Mellon Balls:

Lime Frost – I wish it was a lime Frosty:

 

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Lime Frost – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Primal Scream:

 

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Primal Scream – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

El Desperado:

 

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El Desperado – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Ghost Ranch:

 

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Ghost Ranch – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Marque Moon:

 

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Marque Moon – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

Soco Gap:

 

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

 

And, by golly, Miss Stella.  I am still chuckling at the poor nursery person who was trying to be nice and explain daylilies to me.  I said, “Yea, they are cool.  I have 130 varieties in my yard.”  Oh, the look on his face.  He went immediately back to watering.  Here is Stella:

 

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Stella de Oro – Photo by Colorado Kid Daylilies – C. Hartt

 

And, my mind is now thinking of where to put the gift plants that I put in pots and they didn’t bloom.  I have ideas . . . now, wait for September.

I caved and got a Stella

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I am a creative . . . so, I always have to do things in a new and different way.  I have nothing against Stella de Oro, except that everyone has one if they own daylilies.  Stellas are pretty generic daylilies.  Simple, yellow trumpets.  But, they bloom and bloom and bloom.  So, I decided to add one to my collection.  Mind you, I put one in several years ago before I was this into daylilies, and it disappeared.  I killed a Stella!!!

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The blooms are down in number, so I will go back to posting individual photos.  Return A Smile was back with her small scape of reblooms.

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Marque Moon was smiling down from the heavens.   I love the detail in the edges.

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South Seas was still rocking the blooms!  (Mine looked better than the nursery ones I saw today.)

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Pretty little Autumn Jewels was back.  She did not produce a big scape this year, so this may be its last bloom.  But, given she was a spring joiner and a root, it’s pretty good!

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And, hallelujah my Skinwalker finally put out a decent bloom.  Hoping it settles in and does better in the future.

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Baja is such a sweet and velvet looking bloom.  It reminds me of red velvet dresses that my girls wore for a photo shoot when they were little.

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I will close by saying that this is the time of year that I get scape fever.  I go to the nursery and find ones with lots of scapes left.  The advantage of nursery bought plants is they are ready to go.  I added South Seas, El Desperado, and Marque Moon at about this time last year.  They are some of my most thriving cultivators this year.  The downside is less variety and cost.

No matter, there is a smile for every bloom.  This keeps my spirits up (and keeps me in broaden and build) as I look for my next career opportunity.