a north east ohio garden

what is the garden ? a place to grow flowers and vegetables. a place to play in the dirt. a place to observe nature. a place to forget about the daily noise of the rest of the world. and not just accidental forgetting. willful forgetting. on the level of the garden fairies forgetting the other business of the world. perhaps even finding some peace and solace in nature. or eve...

i want to say something profound about nature and this flower. however as i fumble for the words i see the flower is doing just fine on its own…

some plants take a hundred years to mature and bloom. you might see them in a botanical garden. rare is the home gardener with the patience and endurance to witness such a plant. in some climates say like florida a daylily will go from seed to bloom in a single year. credit the strong tropical light and warm growing conditions. move farther north say ohio and it takes 2 or mo...

it is said that the genetic make up of daylilies is very complex. so complex that the possibilities number like the stars. to describe it another way putting two flowers together you never know what you will get. sometimes the new seedling will show aspects of one parent, both, or neither. yes put your seat belt on fasten your crash helmet and sit back. it just might be a ver...

this seedling has been one of the favorites all summer. besides being generally pretty and captivating it has been a good parent plant. it sets seed pods and i am fairly sure the pollen works on other plants. though confirmation on that point will have to wait until harvest time. so if this seedling is such a favorite where pray tell are all the pictures of it ? either the ga...