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| Asian Pears. 8.30.15 |
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| Tomotoes and Peppers. 8.30.15 |
More veggies from the garden.
Some Daylilies. These must be the last. Stella de Oro is a champion bloomer.
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| Daylilies. 8.30.15 |
Showing posts with label Stella D'Oro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stella D'Oro. Show all posts
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Kitchen Garden Harvests. 8.30.15
More veggies from the garden.
Some Daylilies. These must be the last. Stella de Oro is a champion bloomer.
Saturday, August 08, 2015
Daylily Progress Report. 8.8.15
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| Seed Pods on Chicago Apache. 8.8.15 |
None of the seeds pods has yellowed yet. Many have big fat pods. They are a little less green. Maybe we are getting loser.
Chicago Apache, Luxury Lace, Fooled Me, Pardon Me are continuing to produce at least a few final flowers. Nice this time of summer.
The variety labeled as "Daring Deception" from Lowes, has nice seed pods. It needs some sort of label, without claiming it is either Daring Deception or something else official. For the moment, NOID Lavender is adequate. I still don't know if this one is diploid or tetraploid, since I pollinated with both types. Mostly diploid. And they are open pollinated, although most that were not hand pollinated on other plants did not take.
NOID Brick Red from Home Depot has one flower bud. That was pollenized from a tetraploid, so probably is tetraploid.
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| Seed Buds on NOID Lavender Daylily. 8.8.15 |
All are alive and growing.
The most vigorous are Strawberry Candy and Winsome Lady.
More delicate growth on Siloam Virginia Hansen and Carefree Peach, but they look OK.
Happy Returns - a few flowers but not much. I feel certain that the mislabeled plants were Happy Returns as well - same size, same flower color, same petal texture. Too bad they were labeled wrong, so I can't be sure.
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| Early Growth on Carefree Peach. 8.8.15 |
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| Early Growth on Strawberry Candy. 8.8.15 |
Chicago Apache X Fooled Me.
Fooled Me X Chicago Apache.
Happy Returns X Pardon Me
Pardon Me or Happy Returns or Ice Carnival or Luxury Lace X NOID Lavender.
Chicago Apache or Fooled Me X NOID Home Depot Brick Red
and other combinations.
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| Early Growth on Winsome Lady. 8.8.15 |
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| Early Growth on Siloam Virginia Hansen. 8.8.15 |
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| Stella De Oro Blooming, About One Month After Dividing. 8.8.15 |
Saturday, November 01, 2014
Puttering. Leaves, bulbs, moving perennials. 11.1.14
No pics this time.
I raked leaves from big maple. It's about half done dropping leaves. I used them for mulch for a dozen trees and shrubs. Good timing. The grass clipping mulch had many small seedlings sprouted. Now those are buried under leaves.
I did a 3-way move in front bed. Buddleia Blue Chip should only be about 3 feet tall, but I did not account for 3 foot spread. I moved that to a different bed with more room. Next to it was a small Stella D'Oro daylily. There are several yellow daylilies in the front bed. I moved it to the location where I had a brick red Chicago Apache daylily, moved Chicago Apache to the location where the Buddleia was, and planted Spring bulbs in the spot where the Stella D'Oro daylily was. It's nice to plant things that I was growing elsewhere. Kind of like a gift from friend or relative, but it was from me. I like the Chicago Apache, the flowers are big and showy, but it was in a spot where it was difficult to see. It will show up better in front of the sunroom. The bright yellow of the Stella D'Oro will show up better there.
Finally, I planted more bulbs. Sale at Fred Meyer and Lowes.
Daffodil / Narcissus King Alfred 8 bulbs planted as one cluster
Daffodil / Narcissus Jetfire 18 bulbs planted as 2 clusters
Daffodil / Narcissus Ice Follies 18 bulbs, planted as 2 clusters
Allium Purple Sensation 6 bulbs, planted as 1 cluster.
Total = 50 bulbs, so fall 2014 total is 214. It's not as difficult as it sounds. Digging with a shovel for planting clusters, instead of individual bulb digger or trowel for each bulb, is much easier. Plus this was extended over more than a month, and largely as breaks from homework.
In the Spring, if I am able, I want to move a couple dozen clumps of Hyacinthoides and maybe a dozen clumps of Narcissus, from Vancouver house to Battleground. Both are not liked by deer, rabbits, or voles. Moving the clumps when they are about 3 to 6 inches tall, digging deep and taking the clumps intact, they move nicely and bloom the same Spring like nothing changed. Plus they look established like they were there a long time.
I raked leaves from big maple. It's about half done dropping leaves. I used them for mulch for a dozen trees and shrubs. Good timing. The grass clipping mulch had many small seedlings sprouted. Now those are buried under leaves.
I did a 3-way move in front bed. Buddleia Blue Chip should only be about 3 feet tall, but I did not account for 3 foot spread. I moved that to a different bed with more room. Next to it was a small Stella D'Oro daylily. There are several yellow daylilies in the front bed. I moved it to the location where I had a brick red Chicago Apache daylily, moved Chicago Apache to the location where the Buddleia was, and planted Spring bulbs in the spot where the Stella D'Oro daylily was. It's nice to plant things that I was growing elsewhere. Kind of like a gift from friend or relative, but it was from me. I like the Chicago Apache, the flowers are big and showy, but it was in a spot where it was difficult to see. It will show up better in front of the sunroom. The bright yellow of the Stella D'Oro will show up better there.
Finally, I planted more bulbs. Sale at Fred Meyer and Lowes.
Daffodil / Narcissus King Alfred 8 bulbs planted as one cluster
Daffodil / Narcissus Jetfire 18 bulbs planted as 2 clusters
Daffodil / Narcissus Ice Follies 18 bulbs, planted as 2 clusters
Allium Purple Sensation 6 bulbs, planted as 1 cluster.
Total = 50 bulbs, so fall 2014 total is 214. It's not as difficult as it sounds. Digging with a shovel for planting clusters, instead of individual bulb digger or trowel for each bulb, is much easier. Plus this was extended over more than a month, and largely as breaks from homework.
In the Spring, if I am able, I want to move a couple dozen clumps of Hyacinthoides and maybe a dozen clumps of Narcissus, from Vancouver house to Battleground. Both are not liked by deer, rabbits, or voles. Moving the clumps when they are about 3 to 6 inches tall, digging deep and taking the clumps intact, they move nicely and bloom the same Spring like nothing changed. Plus they look established like they were there a long time.
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