There are so many daylily cultivars these days - something like 60,000 registered flowers, but back in 1925, this beauty was one that everyone wanted. And now, H. 'Hyperion' still shines in July - a lovely clear yellow with a green throat and a very nice scent. No matter what else comes along, it will always have a place in my garden. ... Read More about Hyperion
A couple years ago, I added a big extension on my front flower bed and filled it with a bunch of new daylilies, a big pretty hydrangea, some grasses, echinacea and probably some other stuff I'll forget until it blooms again. [it's not unusual for me to find a surprise in my garden that I planted and forgot about, which is way better than looking for something that you can't find, because it died]. I was, and remain, the most excited about one plant in particular - a Crocosmia called "Distant ... Read More about Favorite Plant: Crocosmia ‘Distant Planet’
I am very fond of Sedums in general. Sedum 'Acre' has self sown all over the place here, and I am always glad to see it. It peeks around the sides of paths, and tucks itself into odd corners where it brightens things up. Sedum 'Dragon's Blood' is kind of a foundation plant on a bank where nothing else looks quite as tidy and fitting. I have one from which I lost the tag before I got it in the ground, but I suspect it is Sedum 'grisebachii' - it has beautiful bracts of bright yellow flowers ... Read More about Favorite Plant: Sedum ‘Angelina’
I am moving all of my "Favorite Plant" posts over here this week, because it is getting to be time to get some seeds started, and you need to do some planning for that. They appeared on the old blog in their respective growing seasons, and future posts in this series will do the same, but the ones I'm moving over [transplanting!] will be done, as transplanting often is, in a clump. Sneezeweed Such an inelegant name for a plant that is a pleasing work horse backbone in the garden in late ... Read More about Achooo! or One of my favorite flowers: Helenium
