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Today our Nursery Web Spider again begins the photo parade. She nearly toppled me. As I bent to photograph her, I had to lay down the crutches, got a foot caught in the grass, and nearly went face first into her nest. Methinks she would not have been pleased. I caught myself against the porch post, though, and saved both of us a bit of stress. It seems the poor girl has had enough stress in her life already. I realized after taking this photo, and closely examining it, that she’s missing a leg!
Hemerocallis ‘Lady Inara’ is next in line. This is a very old cultivar, and I’ve had it in my garden for almost twenty years. There are two main clumps, one here, and the parent plant on the side of the house. The front planting always blooms a week or two before its momma due to getting more direct sun.
I had thought H. ‘Mauna Loa’ was not putting in a showing, but I discovered that one of the scapes I thought was coming from “Not Matt” was, in fact, from ‘Mauna Loa’! I’m most pleased. It opened quite a lovely first flower for the season today, and I’m happy to be able to share it with you. Have you ever seen such an orange?
H. ‘Fooled Me’ grows alongside the triangle corner garden, right to its west. I’ve mentioned how profuse and prolific this daylily is before, and thought I’d grab a shot of a clump of blooms all on simultaneous display. There were actually several more open, but this grouping gave me the nicest photo.
This pretty peach is a good sized bloom, probably six inches across, and was given to me by my friend Ruth. The garden tag was lost, so we don’t know what it is, but it is a registered cultivar.
And down on the west edge of our property is our sideways tree. This huge old grandfather was toppled by an ice storm this winter. We were totally shocked when, as we discussed how to cut up and haul away such a large tragedy, it sprouted buds. The tree is in full leaf … lying on its side. We don’t know how long it’ll stay that way, but it surprised us by coming back this spring. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what next spring brings.
