Some Keep Hanging On

mantis__oh

11 years ago

Given the fact that the season has been accelerated, I am surprised at the number still at it.

THUNDER AND BLAZES is filled with rebloom scapes:

ANGEL RODGERS with its usual clear coloration:

PANDA BEAR also loaded with rebloom, but blooming beneath some foliage:

LAVENDER STARDUST clear and perfect, still at it:

COSMIC TRAVELER still attracting attention on rebloom.

PLEASE SAY YES some blooms have been splotchy

Seedling Branching is not good.

SARA CHRISTINE throws an extravagantly crispate bloom at the end:

Picked up MARDI GRAS BEADS at Ashwood (rebloom):

Saw obscenely gorgeous Sam Abells:

After that, we need some demure, but painted, hibiscus:

For some, daylilies are not the prime attraction:

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Comments (10)

organic_kitten
11 years ago
Beautiful, beautiful butterfly pics, Mantis. I also really like Sam Abells and Lavender Stardust. Your seedling is very attractive, branching or not.
kay
Nancy Barginear
11 years ago
Trying to pick a favorite amont your gorgeous daylilies is impossible! Love your butterfly and moth (?) pictures. I never have a camera handy when I see things like that. How do you manage? Great photography!

We have a moth (?) that comes out every evening at dusk and races from one daylily bloom to the next. I'm not sure what it is - it's pretty big, as large as a hummingbird. I've never seen it sitting still, so don't really know what it looks like.

Nancy
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Julia WV (6b)
11 years ago
How is the scape height on LAVENDER STARDUST? Bud count?

Nice butterfly pics and the hummingbird moth. I haven't seen alot of butterflies this year. Far fewer this year.

Julia
mantis__oh
Original Author
11 years ago
Lavender Stardust: One clump is 24"; the other is 26". Bud count is 16-20.

Does anyone know the name of this rather late blooming spiderlike cultivar. Not a big flower (around 5") and a diploid. It was sent by mistake, and I've kept it because it's sort of cute, though nothing great.
JJOF
11 years ago
Beautiful pictures! Love your hibiscus. I have one very similar except mine is darker pink.
Jason
mantis__oh
Original Author
11 years ago
Nancy: The butterfly bush is so compelling that it is not difficult to find various visitors. I can carry a camera in my pocket, which is one advantage of the point and shoot. No way could I carry around a DSLR, even though it would give greater detail. It sounds as though your whizzing critter is the same as the hummingbird moth pictured here--almost as big as a hummingbird, though it seems to linger longer than do hummingbirds. I have yet to get a hummingbird shot.
shive
11 years ago
It looks like you have some good rebloom coming for August! I love the hibiscus and your amazing butterfly shots!

Debra
jkayd_il5
11 years ago
Could your noid be Dixie Land Band?
maximus7116
11 years ago
Beautiful shots from this late in the season. Your hibiscus looks very crisp and pristine. Mardi Gras Beads looks like a good addition, and I love the form on Sara Christine.
mantis__oh
Original Author
11 years ago
The red with white midribs does indeed look like Dixie Land Band. DLB is listed as early with rebloom. That does not fit; however, sometimes a very early evergreen will bloom out of sync here. Certainly, the picture seems identical. Thanks for your help.