South Seas daylily

The Dress and the Daylily

| Flower Roberts

I was out this morning photographing one of my favorite daylilies, South Seas.

As I was admiring its gorgeous color I envisioned a dress of this fabulous hue.

This reminded me that I must chose a dress to wear to Rose’s friend’s wedding this Saturday.

Rose is a bridesmaid and will be in a lovely eucalyptus green gown and gold shoes.

My dress for the event? I have chosen a midi that just happens to have that lovely color smeared on it. It’s old and its blue.

I hope it won’t be too much with red shoes!

FLOWER

South Seas under Protection

| Flower Roberts

I will put almost anything between the deer and my darling daylilies.

So my garden is beginning to resemble a junk yard.

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This ‘South Seas’ bloomed amidst the mess.

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I have a new method that has been working well and looks less messy.

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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!IMG_6381

I will be buying more posts today.

‘South Seas’ was worth all the trouble.

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Don’t you agree?

Fighting Flower

Cheater, Cheater, Color Reader

| Flower Roberts

It happened again this morning.  A new daylily bloomed with an unusual color.

Its name is South Seas, but that color…

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Time to pull out the cheat sheets.

I used to use my colored pencil collection, but this got rather cumbersome…

carrying around a box of pencils…holding each up to the flower…

Now, I whip out my color charts from the internet.

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I happen to know that by the time it gets through my printer and the photos and the internet,

there is bound to be some change in tint, tone and hue.

I know someone is going to tell me there is a APP for that.  There is an APP for everything.

I can only use “lipstick” so many times (twice) before it gets redundant.

So now you know. The FLOWER is a cheater.  (Blushing scarlet.)

I’d like to think of myself as a color-reader over-achiever.

FLOW

P.S.  South Seas looks candy with hints of blush and a honey throat. (i.e It’s red and yellow. )

The Family’s Farm

| Flower Roberts

I have always dreamed of having a farm, so I love visiting them.

I envy the space and the history that goes along with a family farm.

Jimmy’s family has been on this farm for generations.

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Joyce and Jimmy now grow hay and daylilies and keep a number of animals.

I love visiting anytime, but June is the most beautiful month for daylilies.

They have over 300 varieties. They no longer sell them. They are trying to get their numbers down to a manageable amount.

If you have daylilies, you know that many need dividing to keep blooming.  I can’t imagine the work involved in keeping this many.

I walked through rainbows of color last week.   Here are just a few of the flowers.

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Helen Shooter

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Moonlit Masquerade

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Fama

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South Seas

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Elijah

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Nutmeg Spice

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Dixie Boy

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Daring Deception

I must include some of the animals. Their horses were running too fast for photos because they were being chased by Tank, the donkey who likes to bite their backsides.

I did get to pet the goats.

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Woody

 

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Buzz

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June and Johnny

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I love chicken noises.  These are young ones.

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Juvenile Rooster

This little rooster was trying to crow.  No noise came out. It was so cute!

FLOWER wants a FARM!