maters: new variety – black beauty

This gorgeous, fuzzy, frilly thing is what I’m assuming is a Black Beauty heirloom tomato. (I got my starts mixed up after sowing the seeds.) The tiny fruits have the longest sepals I’ve ever seen, thin and graceful. This was the last variety I’m growing to develop buds, but went into overdrive this past week […]

today in the garden:

The triple daylilies are suddenly prolific, which seems early to me. I thought they were the last to show. Various daylilies also at peak: Other things in the garden:

mutant daylily?

I think we have our own crossbred hybrid daylily in the garden. Our daylilies are a mix of various short squat hybrids and the typical tall slender orange ‘ditch lily’. Most of our hybrids are deep burgundy, with a few yellow or peach mixed in. Prior to this morning, none of our hybrids were orange… […]

approaching summer in the garden:

Today was the first real break from 90+ degrees. An afternoon rainstorm removed my need to water, so I took the day off from work, and spent some time snapping shots. The daylilies are showing themselves even while recovering from a move: Habanero and Thai chili plants are filling with tiny green fruit: The beebalm […]

this weekend in the garden:

last bit of the day

One last trek out in the heat gave me enough time to fill most of the gaps under the far stretch of fence. Also, I got enough done on the far gate to know how I want to finish them… The open frame will be fit with lattice, and the seams will be capped with […]

lilyfest 2020: full cast

All the top stars have made their debuts at Lilyfest 2020:

lilyfest:2020 is underway

state of the garden 5.31.20

now blooming:

The iris are on their last bloom, the columbine are going to seed. The surprise lilies’ greens are fading and the daylilies are setting buds. But, the coreopsis… holy cow, the coreopsis is full-bore showy. And the Asiatic lilies are starting their show. Enjoy!