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A Fairy Fourth

| Flower Roberts

American freedom is a thing to celebrate.

The fairies realized that a party was in order and planned a parade.

There were prizes awarded for the best decorated entries.

Carie the Tooth Fairy won for her bike decor.

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Several floats were constructed.

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Tink enjoyed riding on one of these.

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Queen Mona decorated her carriage.

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A patriotic tear drop trailer joined in.

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Even the onlookers were in costume.

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Wingrid stayed awake for the festivities.

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Ruth lead the proceedings, of course.

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My favorite entries were the little kids in wagons.

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Happy Fourth of July!

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Thanks to my friend Barbara S. for the parade idea.

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Happy Birthday to my favorite little boy, Rudy A.

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Happy Birthday America.

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The Blitz is Done!

| Flower Roberts

I am hoping that some of you will be sad that my June blog blitz is over.

I myself am relieved to be done.

Now for the data.

Did posting every day run up my stats? Yes

Was it worth it? No

I felt like I was my own Flower Twitter tossing floral confetti out into cyberspace.

If this is what it takes to get an agent and publisher, I may have to pass.

I will be quiet and rest up for the FAIRY PARADE on Thursday, July 4th.

I will be going back to my usual two or three posts per week.

I hope you folks aren’t too awful disappointed.

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Blackberry Lilies

| Flower Roberts

The Belamcanda chinensis are competing for attention in a rather crowded field of flowers today.

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These beauties are really in the iris family, but are called Blackberry lilies.

There are several colors.

My dark “Leopard Lily” must have crossed with

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my yellow “Candy Lily”

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to produce this unusual tie-dyed look.

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Another surprise in the garden!

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Glad Again

| Flower Roberts

The gladioli are blooming profusely now.

I am so glad that I moved them from their former, floppy location.

They need sun and staking to thrive. These are inside tomato rings for support.

The stalk I broke off by accident during a photo-shoot has looked lovely in a vase for days.

No wonder it was the “Funeral Flower” in the past.

I think the stalks are beautiful from the back also.

I have two types of white. One has purple pollen.

I am glad that it is Glad time in my garden.

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P.S. Be sure to tune in for the FAIRY PARADE next Thursday. It is crazy cute!

The Disappearing Pepper

| Flower Roberts

Mr. Flower had an extra Sweet Banana Pepper plant.

He gave it to me to pop into one of my beds.

It was rather small, so I potted it up.

I wanted it to get bigger before putting it out in the real world.

I walked by its pot on the steps numerous times each day.

Yesterday, I looked down to see a barren green stem in the pot.

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At first I suspected the little bunny that has been munching on my hostas.

Then I saw them,

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The caterpillar poop/frass.

They looked like tiny grenades scattered around the base of the stark stem.

Another donation to nature! Poor little pepper plant.

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Guilt in the Garden

| Flower Roberts

I have more blooms than ever before. I should be thrilled.

Instead, when I think of flowers as food I feel extravagant and wasteful.

I know this is not logical.

I did not plant the flowers to be food.

I did not tend and feed the flowers to feed the deer.

Here are some of today’s bloomers.

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Radiant Greetings daylily
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Changing Latitudes daylily
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Laura Harwood Daylily
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Sovereign Queen daylily
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Crimson Shadows daylily
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Outrageous daylily

I will get over the guilt.

Next post is about a disappearing Pepper plant.  Another mystery!

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Glad for a Mystery

| Flower Roberts

Bulbs sometimes surprise us.

I planted a “Glad circle” with many Pricillas and another mix, Mardi Gras.

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This circle had plenty of Pricillas last year, but no Mardi Gras.

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This year there seems to be one burgundy that may be a Mari Gras

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but what about these orange flowers?

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I guess I have some bulbs that have “bloomed incorrectly” again.

I won’t complain, since that is my favorite color.

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Bulbs add mystery to your garden.

You think you are planting one thing and something else shows up.

Serendipity!

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My Yellow Giant

| Flower Roberts

This is my favorite daylily.  Okay besides Nowhere to Hide and South Seas and …

I do not know its name.

I got it on a hot as hell day at a chaotic event at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens back in the 1990’s. I wish someone there would identify this giant for me. Hello Daniel Stowe!

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It is a late bloomer. Its first bloom opened yesterday. I visited it many times. I photographed it with my hand for scale,

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but then decided it deserved a ruler for accuracy.

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This giant has big bubba blooms that amaze me every year. Here is its spent bloom beside a large variety, Mabel Nolan.

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Its a lovely, light yellow with a little ruffle along the edge.

Giant and gorgeous!

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P.S. Our other blog is in a blog relay tomorrow. It is about ART and EPILEPSY. Please check it out.

 

The Art Stayed

Flying Lucifer

| Flower Roberts

This plant always grabs my attention in the garden.

It’s not just that fire engine red.

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It’s not just those spiky leaves.

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It’s that stealth-like configuration of blooms

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that looks like it could take off from the stem and zoom into the sky.

They are flying in formation today.

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I love Lucifer!

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