Took a walk in the yard this afternoon. Blue Hyacinth. Daffy's starting to open. My ditch lilly bed. Really starting to grow, but won't have any bloom until about mid June. These go all across the back of the property.
My blue hyacinths don't have the dark buds yours had CK - that's why I thought it was going to be black. It's a beautiful shade of blue though isn't it? The ditch lily beds are going to look fantastic when they all flower. So glad your daffs are about to open as they really make you think spring has arrived.
No that's my old charcoal grill that the bottom has rusted out. I got a new one for Fathers Day last year!
First planted by my Grandmother in 1905 I still have ditch lilies in remote areas of the garden brought from her house when we moved 30 years ago. Most have been replaced by cultivars. I had so many that they still 'pop' up in strange places. You have a lot of ditch lilies Captain, a sea of orange. Jerry
About 20 years ago, I planted a single row of the lillys about 6 inches apart. They have never been split. I planted them there so I wouldn't have to do anything with them. After they are done blooming, I mow them off and let them start growing again.
Thanks Capt. Can't wait to see how that river of orange will look in bloom. When you mow them off, how far down do you cut them? I guess the ditch lillies in my yard are at least 30, 35 years old. I'll leave them as they are then, won't worry about splitting them, unless I want a few more somewhere else.
Wow Capt, that Lily bed is HUGE! It must look amazing when they all bloom. The east side of my farmhouse is all orange Lily's that must have been planted in the 1930's. I have dug many, MANY clumps up to share with friends and they also grow wild beyond the farm fields. I often wonder if those areas used to be someones gardens.
When I mow them off, I start out with the mower deck as high as it will go. I just keep going over it and lowering the deck. The last pass is with it all the way down. I got the start of these from my Mom's place and she first planted them in 1951. She got them from one of the ditches along one of the back country roads. The road she got them from is the road that I live on now, but it was a gravel one lane road then. So they haven't gone far from where they started out.
What a wonderful feature story . . . . I can hardly wait to see them bloom. I love plants with a history! @;~)
Lovely stories of those flowers being planted soooo long ago and still appearing each year,..a tune as a reward,..look at this on enlarged screen play. Video Song
