Daylily

May 03, 2009 May is daylily month in Austin. When my children were younger, school let out earlier than it does now, and we frequently went on vacation in mid- to late May, missing the daylily show. But a later school schedule and maybe global warming ensure that I get ...

July 22, 2008 During our tour of Chanticleer in early July, the mistiness of early afternoon gave way to bright sunshine as we dipped into the Asian Woods garden below the main house. Tall trees, their lower trunks wrapped in wire trellises for climbing vines, create a serene wood and ...

May 27, 2008 ‘Apple Tart’ daylily May is my daylily month. When school used to let out in mid-May, we often went on vacation and missed most of the flowers. Now that the state legislature has stuck its nose in the business of local school districts and dictated when school ...

May 27, 2008 ‘Best of Friends’ daylily A summertime BBQ with extended family is the perfect excuse for whipping up a batch of spicy, Texas-style deviled eggs. I made them yesterday for our Memorial Day family dinner, where they were promptly devoured, so I thought I’d share them with you ...

May 14, 2008 Blue pot with dianthus Can a garden you’ve visited only three times, briefly, seem almost as familiar as your own? It can if it’s Tom Spencer’s. At Soul of the Garden, Tom has been chronicling his garden—and “exploring the garden of life”—with stunning photographs and introspective essays ...

May 14, 2008 Blue pot with dianthus Can a garden you’ve visited only three times, briefly, seem almost as familiar as your own? It can if it’s Tom Spencer’s. At Soul of the Garden, Tom has been chronicling his garden—and “exploring the garden of life”—with stunning photographs and introspective essays ...

May 06, 2008 ‘Best of Friends’ daylilies with the stock-tank planter containing silver ponyfoot, squid agave, Manfreda ‘Macho Mocha,’ and Hinckley’s columbine Spring and summer are vying for dominance in Austin this week. One day it’s in the 70s and a cool north wind is blowing. The next, it’s a ...

May 04, 2008 The first daylily opened today, ‘Best of Friends.’ Speaking of friends, check out the newest Austin garden blogger, Philip at East-Side-Patch. Welcome to the garden-blogging community, Philip! All material © 2006-2008 by Pam Penick for Digging. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited ...

June 08, 2007 ‘Apple Tart,’ my last daylily to bloom. It’s really summer this week—though blissfully late this year. Summer often knocks on Austin’s door, dropping six heavy suitcases in the hall, in early May, sometimes even April. By September, it has worn out its welcome but persists in hanging ...

May 25, 2007 ‘Wilson’s Yellow’ is my showy yellow daylily. Its banana-yellow-and-rusty-red flowers splash pockets of bright color under the cedar elm in the back garden. Yak, yak, yak. Don’t they look like two gossips who haven’t seen each other in a while? ‘Wilson’s Yellow’ complements the low-growing, red-flowering Texas ...

May 25, 2007 ‘Wilson’s Yellow’ is my showy yellow daylily. Its banana-yellow-and-rusty-red flowers splash pockets of bright color under the cedar elm in the back garden. Yak, yak, yak. Don’t they look like two gossips who haven’t seen each other in a while? ‘Wilson’s Yellow’ complements the low-growing, red-flowering Texas ...

May 23, 2007 I used to have seven varieties of daylilies, but more than half have faded away over time, victims, perhaps, of Austin’s intense summer heat and droughts or simply poor placement. Adios, ‘Hall’s Pink,’ ‘Hyperion,’ ‘Bonanza,’ and ‘Joan Senior.’ The remaining three—‘Best of Friends,’ ‘Apple Tart,’ and ‘Wilson’s ...

May 23, 2007 I used to have seven varieties of daylilies, but more than half have faded away over time, victims, perhaps, of Austin’s intense summer heat and droughts or simply poor placement. Adios, ‘Hall’s Pink,’ ‘Hyperion,’ ‘Bonanza,’ and ‘Joan Senior.’ The remaining three—‘Best of Friends,’ ‘Apple Tart,’ and ‘Wilson’s ...

May 21, 2007 ‘Wilson’s Yellow’ daylily opened over the weekend. Doesn’t this one seem to be holding a cup of sunlight? The vitex tree in the front garden is in full bloom. Though it’s also known as chaste lilac, unlike true lilac it offers no scent—just purple spires. But those ...

May 17, 2007 Salvia guaranitica—love those blues! I’ve been covering Gardens on Tour 2007 all week, and I have one more to show you tomorrow (my favorite of the bunch, actually), but I decided to give you a little tour of my own garden today. It differs from my Bloom ...

May 19, 2006 Overnight or early this morning the first sphinx moth emerged from the soil in the butterfly enclosure. I was excited to see it there, resting quietly on one of the walls. I placed a damp paper towel and a few stalks of gaura and Indigo Spires salvia ...