Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Daylilies in August

One of the most varied and colorful of the blooming flowers was the daylily.  The English
Garden / River Meadow was filled with large beds of various varieties and colors.
Their botanical name is Hemerocallis.

"Yellow Dazzler"

during the following night, possibly replaced by another one on the same stalk the next day.
 on cut stems over several days.

"August Pioneer"

Hemerocallis is native to Eurasia, primarily eastern Asia, including China, Korea, and 
seeds are developing, are removed.

 "North Wind Dancer" was very festive with lavender, purple, cream, and yellow colors.
It was one of the larger daylilies.

Similar but with deeper colors was "Delilah."


"Beauty to Behold" was a beautiful soft, lemon color


little care and adapts to many different soil and light conditions.

Usually flowers are named after women, but this is not true of daylies; many species
 were named after men.  This is "Augustus Sanders."


"Techny Water Bug"

I don't know where this name comes from.  Techny, Illinois, is just outside Chicago, but
I know of no connection.  These are small flowers, maybe like bugs on a pond.  The bush
is covered with them.


"Singing Sixteen"



"Uptown Girl"

"Bunny Girl"

There are more than 35,000 daylily cultivars. Depending on the species and cultivar, daylilies

"Chinese Hornbill Lilies"
These were rather small, but there were hundreds of them all over the bush.

"Lemon Zest"

"Daniel Mann"

orange, and pale pink of the species, to vibrant reds, purples, lavenders, greenish tones, 

"J. T. Davis"

"Yellow Star"

in North America.

"Skies Ablaze"

"Totally Awesome"

The flowers of Hemerocallis citrina are edible and are used in Chinese cuisine. They are
vegetables. They are used in hot and sour soup, daylily soup, Buddha's delight, and moo shu pork. The young green leaves and the rhizomes of some, but not all, species are also edible.


 successful if started before renal failure has developed.

"Cape Cod"

Plant Daylilies to attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Beginners learn quickly, and the 
old pros know. An investment in Daylilies pays great dividends. Foliage that looks great
with both a spring and fall season of bloom. "Reblooming Daylilies" are just that. Big bloom

"Frances Joliet"


Still blooming
spring to fall
do it all.
Standing firm
tall and bright
bursting buds
a pretty sight

"Rudbeckia Goldsturm" - a sea of golden flowers

"Rudbeckia Goldsturm"

"Chelsey"  Helenium / Sneezeweed
These were incredibly prolific  bloomers with hundreds of flowers
all over the bush.

"Golden Helehium"  /  Sneezeweed

Helianthus "Sunshine Daydream"
This is related to the sunflower and makes an excellent tall flower at the back of
the garden, hardy and blooming for months.

Helianthus  "Sunshine Daydream"  blossoms

These are clematis seed pods, which appear after the flower has bloomed,
died, and fallen off.

A different variety of clematis, still in bloom.

Clematis seed pods

This was called the "New Varieties Garden."  It contained new varieties, for
example, of New Guinea Impatiens.  Until  now they have always been a flat, solid
color like red or white or purple.  But now they have developed varieties whose
petals vary, for example, from pale pink to rose to magenta, all on one plant.

"Sun Standing Salmon Impatiens"

"Cream Colored Cannas.  This are big, tall flowers, excellent for the back
of a garden.

"Red-Orange Cannas" with dark purple leaves, dramatic showpieces in a garden.

"Variegated Swedish Ivy" - and that is the color -
 cream, pink, red veins, very colorful contrast


"Golden Swedish Ivy" - another new variety

Cafe Courtyard.  Would you like a nice, cool drink and perhaps a little
light refreshment after a long walk through the gardens?

Lots of white Spider Plants / Cleomes around the fountain.