This is an Easter cactus, Rhipsalidopsis.
It is finally blooming mid-June.
Maybe we should call it an Eid cactus,
since it is neither Easter nor spring right now.
Its blooms are pointy and sweet.
A cactus by any other name…
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Rain Lilies Right on Time
I know that three days after we have a good rain,
my lovely pink rain lilies will burst into bloom.
Zephyranthus robustus is also called Fairy Lily.
They look like bouquets in the garden.
Magical!
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Daylily Update
The deer battle continues. I have pulled out all the stops.
We have fence. We have Deer Scram.
We have stakes. We have bird netting.
So far so good.
Here are a few survivors.
I cannot let the deer learn to eat my flowers or they will stay in the area and only eat my juicy flowers.
I am being cruel to be kind. I do not believe in interfering with nature.
I do not feed the birds(except hummingbirds) because they stay in one area
and the bird’s of prey learn to hunt there most of the time
and everybody gets lazy and crowded and spreads diseases…
It’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature!
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South Seas under Protection
I will put almost anything between the deer and my darling daylilies.
So my garden is beginning to resemble a junk yard.
This ‘South Seas’ bloomed amidst the mess.
I have a new method that has been working well and looks less messy.
I have been hanging a fence ring on a pole around the blooms.
It is high enough so the deer cannot stick their hungry heads down in it.
The grooves on the posts hold the rings in place so that they are not tossed out of the way by the bunch of munchers.
I found one ring thrown in the middle of my driveway by an overzealous eater!
I will be buying more posts today.
‘South Seas’ was worth all the trouble.
Don’t you agree?
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Hot Chocolate Calla
This plant is an easy-pleaser.
It has thrived wherever I plant it.
I love the blooms and the foliage.
All it needs is enough water to stay vertical.
‘Hot Chocolate’ wins the prize for the best calla.
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Peacock Alley
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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Lavender Rainbow
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.
The Be-headings
I discovered more damage during my morning rounds.
There were several be-headings in the garden.
Our deer herd has been back for a midnight snack.
Any stem outside a fence ring is in danger of ingestion.
This Whooperee daylily was totally decapitated.
I try to put barriers between the beasts and the blooms.
I hope the Deer Scram will help slow down the feasting.
How many flowers could I buy with the money I have spent to stop the deer?
June is not joyous.
It is the month of expensive battles.
Nature always wins the war.
I know this.
I just need one bloom to photograph.
Is that too much to ask from my hungry herd?
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Dixie Boy Daylily
‘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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