I had a different post in mind for today but that required time in the garden and it's scorching hot out there. I also had a trip to my local garden center in mind but it's even too scorching hot for that. However, I did manage a little time in the garden early this morning, tamping down the latest gopher mound, watering a few things with what's left of my stored rainwater, and deadheading the remaining cool season flowers I should probably just pull. However, during the course of those chores, I noticed a few lovely flowers that may not make it to Bloom Day next Monday given the aforementioned scorching hot temperatures we've experienced over the last few days. I thought I'd share their fleeting beauty while I can.
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| These noID lilies were received as a gift with purchase years ago. Other lilies I've tried die out within a year or two but this one comes back reliably year after year. |
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| By definition, daylilies don't last more than a day but some of them produce one flower after another. Hemerocallis 'Elizabeth Salter' hasn't been so accommodating in the past but she's looking more robust this year. |
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| This is Hemerocallis 'Joan Senior', which I originally received as a gift with purchase. I liked it so much that I bought two more plants last year. The flower fades to near white. |
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| I planted bulbs of Triteleia 'Queen Fabiola' two years ago. They never hang around long and they're largely hidden under tall shrubs but they're so pretty - and blue! - I'm left wondering why I haven't planted more. |
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| I'd given up thinking that the drumstick Alliums (Allium sphaerocephalon) were going to show up for a third year in a row when a handful did. I'd forgotten that these were late bloomers. |
Some plants have already given up the fight.
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| This Kniphofia looked much better a few days ago when I first noticed it. This morning it was simply sad. It seems something commonly known as a "red hot poker" should hold up better to the heat than it did. |
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| My favorite scented noID rose took its time to bloom and then got singed |
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| Can I hope for any better for Rosa 'Lady Emma Hamilton'? Won during a raffle at a prior Garden Bloggers' Fling, she hasn't proven to be very tough here and, thus far, only offers we one flower at a time. |
While some things don't hang around anywhere near as long as I'd like, others seem to hang on forever.
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| This dead mimosa tree (Albizia julibrissin) branch has been hanging here, well out of reach above the steepest part of our back slope, for more than a week. Even several days of high winds haven't managed to jostle it into falling. |
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