No “Wordless Wednesday” post for me today. You want to know why? Cause I ain’t got nothing going on. Even after crawling around in the wet, nasty clay, I couldn’t find anything of interest, let alone anything blooming.
So just know that I despise all of you who have daffodils or crocuses or hellebores blooming.
In order to make myself feel better, I am giving you a post about a fave plant of mine – ‘Joan Senior’ daylily.
I am by no means a daylily expert, not yet at least. To get all the information you’ll need on all things Hemerocallis, check out this link –
http://www.daylilies.org/
Some quick nuggets on Joan Senior:
- 30″ tall by 24″ wide
- Survives zone 3-9
- Thrives in full sun to partial shade
- First flush of blooms are in mid summer with reblooming up until mid Fall (photo below is from 2nd week of November)
- Blooms are creamy white and about 5″ across
- The blooms have a a yellow-green throat (innermost section of bloom) and a pale yellow watermark (area above bloom’s throat)
- Each bloom lasts just short of a day but these plants have a high bud count
- As with most daylillies, they are tough as nails and survive in almost all soils
- To keep the plant looking fresh and clean, deadhead regularly and remove the scapes when all of the buds have bloomed (below is a photo of the buds which sit on the “scape”
- They are most definitely not deer resistant so it is a constant battle for me to keep the blooms
- The foliage is quick to emerge in late winter and I’ll take that whenever I can get it (the photo below was taken two weeks ago)
Hopefully there will be some action in my gardens real soon so I can stop dreaming of April and May.
Until next time.
ONG
It could be worse – it could be snowing, like it is here (Maine) today.
Now that’s one thing I don’t have in my garden (sorry I do have daffs an croci 😉 ) My anenomes de Caen have also started flowering too – very early indeed!
I have several favorite flowers…one is daylilies! Your “Joan Senior” is one of the most beautiful I’ve seen! What a luscious bloom! Dramatic! You will have something in your yard blooming soon…hang on!
You could always stop over to Rutgers Nursery where it’s spring every day… lol…
I like the white daylily, I have some orange ones.
Love daylilies, all of mine are either pink or purply. I think I need a white one.
My Daddy laughed at me one time the way I planted some lilies in a hump of dirt beside the fence because I didn’t really want them. They grew wonderfully but the white took over the purple.
All gardens should be required to house a least a small patch or container of a daylily!
A friend sent me a daylily labeled as Joan Senior. She bloomed in color. Wupps! Mislabeled.
I hope you get blossoms and lots of green at your place soon.
Viva la Daylily, They are some of the most photogenic flowers. My friends photographs his and hangs them inside. I can’t help but to stop and look at them when Jenny and I visit
Take heart. April is coming quick and will be here before you know it. (at least that’s what I’m telling myself)
I laughed at the thought of you crawling around looking for a bloom. I hope spring comes to you soon. Good information on the daylily.