On Jun 5, 9:22*pm, "dwight" wrote:
I have two small columns of stones in the back yard. In front of each, I
planted three day lilies two years ago. This week, the first of 100 possible
blooms have opened.
A few photos:http://www.tfrog.com/digitals/daily/daily.htm
My daughter is a huge fan of Tiger Lilies. Here in the Northeastern US,
Tigers are considered weeds - they grow everywhere, seen most alongside the
roadways. Didn't take me long to figure out that no local nurseries sold the
things, and more than one nursery told me to take a shovel, drive out into
the countryside somewhere, and dig some up. So that's exactly what I did.
Like the day lilies, the Tigers have now spread out quickly and are throwing
up dozens of stalks, which usually bloom on Father's Day. One person warmed
me that the Tigers would try to take over my entire back yard. Is that a bad
thing?
After this year's bloom, I'll be transplanting some of the tigers to
strategic places about the property, leaving the rest as a sort of nursery
of my own. I want LOTS of them.
Point is, with no attention or tending from me, these lilies have done
fantastically well. I am not generally an active gardener, but do enjoy
maintenance. I will work on a given area to create an "environment" by
clearing the area, bringing in new plants, and arranging things to my own
liking. But the occasional weeding is the extent of my overall landscaping..
I need more plants like these, that can take care of themselves, grow and
spread, and put forth fantastic beauty year after year.
dwight
well, Dwight, first thing, the common daylilies you are referring to
as "Tiger lilies" is not correct. Not that I'm anal about names, I'm
not. The common daylilies that are ditch lilies are hemerocallis and
they were once referred to as "Quanzo Lilies". Not sure why, but they
are the ones most of the hybrids came from. Your referral to "Tiger
lilies" makes most of us think of the ORIENTAL Lilies that come up in
Mid June. From actual bulbs that have scales, the stems rise almost
six to seven feet tall once established, the bulbils are black and at
the base of the lance like leaves and drop off and root and make even
more Tiger lilies, and the petals are reflexed back and spotted black
dots with orange petals. There are other colors of Tiger lilies.
Ditch lilies are the best referal name. And they spread like
wildfire. I had the triple variety of the 'Quanzo" ditch lilies that
have been shared for over 180 years between old ladies. Orange with
maroon throats with three layers of petals and the stems don't break
or give under the weight of the petals and flowers, and blooms?
Awesome. And they spread like weeds. I adore them still. You need to
look for tetraploid daylilies, and for lables that say "rebloomers" as
there are now breeds of them that rebloom in the fall!! beautiful
pictures by the way, and is that an eagle or a hawk? (don't flame me
people, sometimes I just can't tell). I've been going through my many
incredible images I captured of my former "Faerie Holler" which I have
renamed "Vinca Ridge" as vinca major has taken it (as well as probably
millions of 4 o'clocks) over. it's hard to see the many daylilies I
too had of colorations and varieties that boggle my mind now as I see
their faces. My favorite if I could bear it was a tetraploid called
at the time "Bruce". A strong red one that had huge awesome blossoms
and enormous fat buds. Happy gardening and good to meet you. I've
been on this newsgroup writing and sharing and helping with questions
now for over 13 years.
maddie up in the green bowl, surrounded by the Cherokee National
Forest and Appalachians in eastern Tennessee, zone 6b- 7a