Very Old and Very New

well … This year for the first time in at least a dozen years I only had two Purple d’Oro blooms. That was unplanned. I was staggering transplanting them. But the one I left was in the same area as all the big hostas that went missing, and it, too, is gone. The second bloom of the Purple d’Oro is happening today. I am thinking it might go to self seed. I already did a “one up” cross with the Purple D’Oro that bloomed earlier this week, and that same cross is not available today. Plus, today is supposed to be my enjoy and relax “no cross” day. We shall see. (The alternate looks a little shy to provide pollen today as well.)

Hey! what do you think of our newcomer? (Upper right corner) That is Carpenter’s Choice, a daylily I added last fall to the townhome garden. We shall not speak too much of another time I planted Carpenter’s choice. Suffice to say, it may or may not be blooming right now at the little house up north we sold a few years ago. A re-do buy and planting here was definitely in order.