Firsts for 2026 Gardening Season

We have firsts in the 2026 garden!

We still have a few tulips in the back garden that come up each year. Those started to pop up a few days ago.

And then the first of the daylilies are up.

On ‘Autumn Red’, the various clumps out front are starting to show greens.

‘Autumn Red’ is our oldest (historic) daylily in the gardens. It had a bountiful harvest of seeds from 2025 crosses (84 of which are already planted in seedling trays). It also has 2025 seedlings from 2024 crosses I did.

I’m not surprised to see the “Autumn Red’ daylilies are already up this year. They are super hardy.

The daylily I am calling Equal Opportunity is also starting to come up.

Equal Opportunity is from my work with ‘South Seas’ self-seed, and it bloomed last year for the first time. Equal Opportunity did not accept a pod parent attempt last year. It is slated to be tried again this year, as both a pod and pollen parent.

And then, of course, ‘Pink Tirzah’ is up.

Now it will go fast with new greens popping up daily.

Have a wonderful weekend!