Tag: Treasure of the Southwest

Trifecta

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Long work day, short blog post.  No new faces today, but 3 pretty ones returned.  I think Purple Many Faces, Talon, and Indian Love Call are close.  If I called those three right (for tomorrow), it would be a real trifecta.  There are a couple others that haven’t bloomed yet that are close.  The morning light will have the answers.

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Treasure of the Southwest 6/13

I counted 94 plants with scapes earlier today, including the 7 that are blooming now.  Over three dozen of them in the Southwest Garden.  Everything is coming to life.  The drought is crazy this year.  The humidity is usually single digits in the heat of the day.  Today, it was mid-90’s.  The next county over is on water restrictions.  There are major wildfires in the region.  It is not good . . . and I hope I can continue to get my blooms the water they need.  We really need monsoons.

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Saratoga Springtime 6/13

Many of my orchids are outside.  I had to put up a shade sail and misting system for them.  Orchids are less adaptable than daylilies – but, they do have a hardiness about them.  Everything needs some rain.  Especially our firefighters.

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Stella de Oro 6/13

Southwestern Treasures

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Manic Monday is manic during daylily season.  I get up and take care of orchids, take daylily photos.  I want to start jogging in the morning, but dealing with some exhaustion issues already.

Anyway, today Treasure of the Southwest bloomed for the first time in my yard.  This cultivator has a story.  She was a bonus plant 2 years ago when I first built the Southwestern Garden.  And, she arrived with 2 scapes.  I planted her and waited for blooms, but they dried up in our low humidity.  She grew big and last year, I was sure she would bloom, but she stayed quiet.  This year, I finally get to see her.

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Treasure of the Southwest

Other blooms were as follows:

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Passionate Returns

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Saratoga Springtime

I remember when the first daylily in my yard usually bloomed around the solstice.  More varieties mean more months of blooms.  I have several that are close to bloom . . . in the next week.  Many of these I have never seen because of my low bloom rate the first two years of the Southwestern Garden.  I should triple my bloom rate in the Southwest garden at a minimum.  I hope to do even better than that!