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September Daylily Blooms: 2024 Recap & 2025 Preview Plus Art Sale Update

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September: Where Have All The Daylilies Gone?

It’s September. How on earth did that happen? The days are growing shorter and cooler. Glad for the cool – but dread the time change and cold months.

I had a few more blooms in August – the 20th and 22nd.

Four-Corners Adventure Ends Daylily Season

The 22nd was the day we left for a 2-Corners camping adventure. It’s so fun to see the Ancient Pueblo Ruins. My love of the Southwest shows in my selection of daylilies!

Since returning, I had 1 bloom on September 1st. I have no scapes. This year will either end early or late. We will wait and see. But as of right now, Navajo Curls is my latest bloom for 2024. The scape got broken in the monsoon a few days before, but bloomed she did.

Broken but blooming: My last bloom from Navajo Curls on 9.1.24

Until The Last Daylily Blooms Sale Ends September 20th!

The Until the Last Daylily Blooms sale continues until September 20th – if I have no scapes by then, the sale ends. If I get a late, late scape, then I will resume the sale as previously outlined. This sale means 35% off purchases on selected merchandise including:

  • Art pumpkins
  • Hypertufa pots
  • Terra Cotta pots
  • Leaf castings
  • Tile clocks
  • Daylily wall art
  • Daylily cards

Check them out AT MY ETSY SHOP!

If you entered the “guess the date of the last daylily bloom” contest – I am waiting until freeze and if no new blooms by then, I will give everyone (who entered) the choice of a new plant or a 40% off coupon.

New Daylily Roots: Looking Ahead To Bloom Season 2025

I did get my daylily roots from Doris at Shady Rest Gardens on Saturday.

Daylily roots taking a re-hydration swim before being planted in my yard today.

I generally soak my roots in a big pot to rehydrate them for a day or two before planting. This year, I decided to convert my two squash pots to daylilies because the squash have not done well. You can see how I place the roots in the pot. I cover them and trim the plant back. It’s magic to watch the leaves put out new growth before freeze.

I put my two new OZ daylilies in the squash pots and my two new Ned Roberts daylilies in the large multi-species pots I have out front. I want to get covers for the tops of the pots that are not buried this year.

Anyway – I will check back in about the sale and the contest in a couple of weeks. Until then, keep blooming. And, remember that my daylily art can add a daylily bloom to your decor 24/7/365. Please check out my sale! 35% off on many items through the 20th of this month!

Until the Last Daylily Blooms: Daylilies Dwindle But Art Production Thrives!

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Dwindling Daylilies and Late Bloomers

The daylilies dwindle and I am back to creating new art! Each day still starts with a walk through the blooming daylilies to get photos. It is just a lot easier (and less spectacular) when there are only a couple blooming. And, my Art from the Hartt is back in production because I need colorful adventures to survive!

Adios Albuquerque
Autumn Minaret
Frans Hals
Happy Returns
Heirloom Heaven
Indian Sky

Still with us this past week were Adios Albuquerque, Autumn Minaret, Frans Hals, Happy Returns, Heirloom Heaven, Indian Sky, Kachina Firecracker, Navajo Curls, Purple Corn Dancer, Raven Woodsong, Rosie’s Red, Simmering Elephants, Skinwalker, and my NOID Roberts that could be Winds of Love or Skinwalker. This coming week is going to start to be much slimmer pickings. Oh, and Happy Returns is a first bloom for the year – likely my last first!

Encouraging Rebloomers, Prepping For Next Season

To encourage my rebloomers, I used liquid fertilizer yesterday and today. I gave about 1/3rd of the pots some organic fertilizer in their water. The rest got Miracle Grow spray today. This should help the plants fill out and rejuvenate before they go dormant.

Kachina Firecracker
Navajo Curls
NOID Ned Roberts Spider
Purple Corn Dancer
Raven Woodsong
Rosie’s Red
Simmering Elephants
Skinwalker

I think part of my problem this year is that I didn’t do any fall care. I also need to put more soil in a few pots this fall – plus I plan time-released fertilizer next month. The weather is cooling off and we have some rain the next several days, so I picked the spray type since it is still summer.

Until the Last Daylily Blooms Art Sale Prices Drop Again This Week

On the 20th of August, my Until the Last Daylily Blooms sale prices drop to 35% off select items in my Etsy Shop. These prices drop to 40% off is I still have a daylily in bloom on September 20th. My sale ends within 72 hours of my last daylily bloom! Don’t wait!

What is on sale starting August 20th?

  • Most of my hypertufa art is included in the August 20-Sept 19th sale prices. This includes pots, leaf castings, leaf castings and pet memorials!!!
  • All of my hand painted tile clocks. There are stunning pour paint on tile and wood styles (various sizes) and landscape clocks. I even have one daylily clock.
  • My daylily wall art is part of the sale. Hand painted daylily wood panels and signed prints to help you see daylilies 365 days a year!
  • My daylily terra cotta pots are on sale. These are an adorable way to show your daylily love with a year around houseplant or succulent.
  • My flower photo notecards are part of the sale!
  • And more.

Visit my Etsy Shop today! Email me if you are interested in a product line and need help finding the listing.

Adorable Fluid Art Pumpkins On Sale!!

I wanted to spend a minute on the adorable hypertufa pumpkins that I just made. These stunning fall art pieces would look awesome in the yard for Halloween or on the table for Thanksgiving. I have several in process – so more designs will be added to Etsy soon! Great for garden lovers who want some fall color in their lives! Learn more about the pumpkins on my art blog – Art from the Hartt.

More Sale Merchandise Planned for September

I have more autumn themed art that I will add to the Until the Last Daylily Blooms sale IN A MONTH on September 20th – if my daylilies are still blooming. The art is so new it isn’t listed (of finished) yet! I have everything from paw art to candle holders to succulent planters coming to the sale if those daylilies keep blooming! Sneak preview below.

I will run the sale through September 2nd regardless to give the rebloomers a little time. If I end the sale and get a very late scape – we will restart the sale where we left off!

Don’t Forget to Enter the Give Away TODAY!

I also have the give-away of $35 if you email a guess on the day the last daylily will bloom. Entries are due by midnight September 2nd. Email me at cathy@artfromthehartt.com with your guess (the day my last daylily blooms for 2024) and put daylily in the topic to enter. More info on the contest here – click.

Driving Me Buggy: How to Prevent Earwig Photobombs

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Ugly, Smiling Pincers

How many of those of us who take photographs have ever been disgusted to take a closer look at our beautiful flower photo and see those ugly pincers (click link to find out more about earwig ID) were smiling at the camera when we clicked the otherwise gorgeous shot? Ugh!

Parts of earwig visible in the throat of the flower.

Manual Extraction of the Earwig

I am not here to talk about photoshop or insecticide. I am here to talk about twigs. That’s right, twigs. I don’t like to use insecticide because my earwig issues are usually only for a few weeks during hot weather and I worry about other pollinators.

I inspect the flower for earwigs before I take the photo. If I see the nasty little pincers, I grab a nearby twig. I want a fine enough twig not to damage the flower – but it also needs to be strong enough to grab the insect and allow me to drag it out of the flower. Below is a short video with my process. Sorry about the shakiness, I had to try to hold the camera while manually extracting the insect. Normally, I hold the flower steady with the other hand to minimize or prevent flower damage.

Manual extraction of earwig from throat of daylily.

PS – As a nurse-midwife, I occasionally had to manually extract a placenta. There are some similarities to the process. 🙂 Kind of like high, hot, and a hell of a lot!

Dog photo bombs are much cuter than earwig photobombs.

More Colorful Spiders: Reaching for My Stretch Goal . . . of 60% Bloom Rate

I had two first of the season blooms today – both Ned Roberts’ spiders. That makes 25 total for the year so far . . . out of 70+. 😦 That’s about 35%. As with the rest of the yard, I hope for 60%. That’s about 18 more cultivators. It’s my stretch goal!

Winds of Love

Winds of Love is such a beautiful flower – she always looks like she is blowing in a gentle breeze. Golden Eclipse has unique coloring. I was cautioned by the grower that it looked a little brown to some buyers – but I adore the color.

Golden Eclipse

When Will My Last Daylily Bloom?

Maybe I should run a contest! Last year, it was the day before Halloween. I have actually have had blooms into November some years, but I moved the plant into the lean-to so the buds didn’t freeze. Typically, late September/early October – about freeze time in Colorado zone 6.

My last bloom last year was Open My Eyes on10.29 – It was hit with freezing rain after blooming.

30% Off Art Sale: Until My Last Daylily Blooms!

I am running a sale. It includes my daylily wall art, tile art, planters, and greeting cards. I will be adding more items once I cut down on blogging in August. For the current 30% off sale (July 21-August 19), I threw in more items – yard art (more gnomes styles coming soon) and my pet memorials. I make pet ash memorials from hosta or begonia leaves and summer is the time to order for more leaf selection!

My dog Maizzy’s memorial leaf during it’s creation.

Yesterday, I decided to include my Colorado wildflower cards. These are made with my own photography of Pearl Lake State Park – the Park is named after my grandma.

Until the Last Daylily Blooms – 30% off art sale!

Visit my Etsy Shop! You can click the photo above, the icon below or this link to see all of my art!

Tie It Up

Today’s blog looked at non-techno, eco-friendly approaches to removing earwigs from your daylily photos. I shared photos of my latest beloved Ned Roberts spider daylilies. And, I shared updated information on my Until the Last Daylily Blooms art sale. I am seriously considering a contest for the person who guesses the last bloom date! What do you think?