I have been fighting to protect daylily buds long enough to get a photo of one bloom from each plant.
I actually burst into tears in the garden yesterday.
One of my slow-growing daylilies, ‘Gentle Shepherd’ was decapitated overnight.
Here is a survivor.
‘Peacock Alley’ with sparkling raindrops.
Pointy, pink and pretty.
My flowers are my friends.
The deer are not my enemies.
I am torn between flowers and fawns.
My world is tiny.
My garden is important to me but so is nature.
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This bloom stands out in the garden due to its mellow petal color.
Many daylilies scream for attention,
but ‘Moonlit Masquerade’ quietly waits to be noticed.
It has smooth moonlight yellow petals and a deep mulberry eye contrasted by a yellow-green throat.
Ooh la la!
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Smoky Mountain Autumn has always been one of my favorite daylilies.
Its color is a strong apricot with a hint of cantaloupe centered with a bright yellow throat.
Its a mixture of fire and fruit.
I am always glad to see these blooms.
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This ‘Lavendar Rainbow’ daylily has lovely large blooms.
A mix of soothing colors.
I love how the sepals are a different color than the petals.
‘Dixie Boy’ started blooming this morning.
It has a rich yellow to contrast the deep burgundy eye and edge.
It’s hard to pick a favorite.
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This daylily’s name is ‘Daring Deception’.
It has ruffled petals with purple edges.
I loved how the edges match the eye.
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Last week I enjoyed my annual stroll through the gardens
of my friends’ former daylily farm, Whippoorwill’s Call.
There are hundreds of hybrids of daylilies and obviously, no deer.
It is interesting to me how many forms a flower can take in one species of Hemereocallis
if you mix up its genes a bit.
Different ruffles and watermarks and tepal markings…
Here are some of my favorites.
I will get the Rumples to check behind me about names.
Of course I was busy talking while photographing, so there are probably some mix-ups.
Check back in a few days if an accurate hybrid name of one of these is important to you.
If I ever quit talking,
I may be able to get something done correctly…but it won’t be as fun.
Aren’t these uneaten flowers amazing?
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There were numerous be-headings overnight. Oh, the horror!
Mama had a serious hankering for daylilies and hostas.
She especially loves the Whooperee daylilies.
Luckily, I do have one left intact inside the fence to show its juicy, big buds and blooms.
If I were a mama deer, I’d eat it too.
Such succulent flowers…just for show. How wasteful!
There should be a whole row of red here. Hi Ho.
This hosta row under the oak should be green. Hmmmm.
Here on the bank is a group of nine Giant Elegans, up past my knees.
The bottom row was a buffet last night.
There will be some fence laid down at the feet of my favorite juicy morsels,
to prevent future consumption.
Yes, I love my flowers, but that fawn wobbled away with my heart.
Chomp on Mama. Chomp on.
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I know I should not complain about the rain.
After all it does bring out the Rainlilies.
Another name for these is Fairy lily/ Zephyranthus robustus.
My daughters lily garden is starting to show blooms and buds are blushing.
A new daylily, Moonlit Masquerade is the first to bloom this year.
Its my shoes that are the problem. This North Carolina red clay sticks to everything.
I have run out of dry shoes. My shoe basket by the door is full.
I may be forced to go shoe-shopping. Poor me.
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