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A hint of fall, daylily abundance

The past few days have had just a hint of fall – a bit of crispness in the morning air, a few early leaves dropping, the seeds from the amur maple turning pink.  (I will be pulling hundreds of seedlings again next spring, but right now they are beautiful.)

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And the ‘Marque Moon’ daylilies are blooming abundantly – 28 blooms a few days ago!

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The hummingbirds are also beginning to come by much more often, so both feeders are back out, and the butterflies are stopping long enough for me to catch a pic.

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I am also starting to see the daylilies produce seed pods.

There will still be plenty of very warm days, but fall is starting to peek around the corner.

 

 

August

August is here.  The grass starts to look tired.  Every corner crevice needs to be swept at least once per week to prevent a webby effect, and it’s going from warm to nice to warm to nice.

This week was gorgeous.  This weekend was a bit warm – high 80s and humid.  Tomorrow is supposed to be 10°F cooler.

The dayliles are still beautiful and the hostas are in varying stages of bloom.  The sedum look very full.  Soon they will start to pink up.

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Another benefit of daylilies.

Today I was reminded of one more extra benefit of daylilies – they bloom and bloom and bloom and bloom and then they go to seed and THEN, in fall, I harvest the seeds and then cut them back when I cut back the rest of the garden.  Soooo easy!

I absolutely love the massive bloom of asian lilies.  They are gorgeous!  But when they are done blooming I trim them back before they go to seed, some in back parts of a fully stacked garden, sometimes precariously balanced to avoid harming other plants, in the July heat.

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Today was that day.  It’s very much worth it.  Daylilies are just a wee bit easier.

Trading

Up north we traded seeing waves of purple lupines alongside the roads in June for fields of yellow buttercups and white daisies in July.

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(The haze is from the Canadian wildfires.)

Back at the townhouse, we are starting to trade asian lily blooms for gladiola blooms.

There are two sets of asian lilies still blooming.  The rest will be trimmed back to greens tomorrow.  I do not harvest those seeds.

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The potted gladiolas are starting to bloom.  The hummingbirds love them, and we enjoy seeing them visit.  For now we have put away the feeders until fall.  There is an abundance of natural food coming up in the garden.

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