When I first moved into this house in Boise, I received 4 daylily bulbs as a bonus for something else I'd ordered. At the time, I wasn't much interested in them, but why not, I don't like to throw plants away so I stuck them in the bed in front of my porch. Then I promptly forgot about them.
The next summer they came up as small plants, bloomed with totally forgettable colors of flowers and I ignored them as there were much prettier things to look at and admire in my garden. The following year I completely redesigned and replanted the porch bed and again did my best to dig up the daylilies. However those stubborn plants had other ideas for themselves and kept coming back. Still they were not terribly interesting and had few blooms. I tried once more to dig them up and this time was pretty sure I'd gotten them all.
Fast forward to 2010 with a long, rainy, cool spring. All of a sudden there were 5 big clumps of daylilies but no flower buds so I looked past them. About a week ago I finally noticed that they were burgeoning with huge buds that were about to pop. These were so much bigger than the plant had ever produced before.
Yesterday three of the buds opened, I could hardly believe my eyes. One has beautiful creamy white flowers that are 7 inches across. The second is a lovely melon color with a light burgundy throat and the third is a light pink with a burgundy throat. The other two clumps are more shaded and about 2 weeks away from blooming so there are more surprises in store. They are so lovely that I shake my head in wonder that I didn't like them. Mother Nature is always scheming to get us out of our complacency and away from being stuck in our unfounded prejudices. Thank goodness.
Hmmm, as I look upon these flowers, I think it's time to pull out the garden catalog that's exclusively devoted to daylilies and which, for some reason, I couldn't throw away.
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