Comments on: 99 down, 276 to go

By: Tootsie

Tootsie — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:37:49 +0000

wow…that is a lot.
I am in love with the first photo!!! what a beautiful house…and the gardens…just lovely…
Thanks for linking in…hope to see you again next Friday!

By: ~~Rhonda

~~Rhonda — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:17:59 +0000

Larry, we keep talking about hybridizing, but don’t have the space to put out the seedlings. I hope you get some beautiful plants from your try! I know what you mean about throwing some away. Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?? I always enjoy visiting a garden or nursery where they are hybridizing. It’s interesting to see which plants they use and, if the hybridizer has time and inclination, it’s fun to talk to him/her about what they traits they are interested in developing. ~~Rhonda

By: ~~Rhonda

~~Rhonda — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:12:13 +0000

Paula, each year, DH and I take a long weekend during the summer (usually around our anniversary) and go “nursery hopping.” We visit four or five nurseries and daylily farms. And we do some ordering online, too. We’re to the point where we’re looking for things we haven’t seen before. We’re getting pickier. ~~Rhonda

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:47:34 +0000

First off… love the house… very beautiful! We enjoy daylilies as well and I tried my hand at hybridizing last summer. My wife hated my doing it and not being able to deadhead daily! I came up with 700 seedlings. We planted out perhaps 2/3rds and something destroyed at least half of them. Not willing to take any more chances, I’m growing the others in the greenhouse in pots. I keep wondering if my one in 5000 was one of the ones that was destroyed! Daylilies surely are addicting… but what a wonderful addiction! Larry

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:41:42 +0000

Rhonda these are amazing! How did you find so many different lilie s- theyare spetacular! Paula in IDaho

By: ~~Rhonda

~~Rhonda — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:23:27 +0000

Viki, yes, we have garden bed maps and we keep everything in a database. Seems it has snowballed. We never intended to get this many, but can’t resist them!

Darla, we’ve been to daylily nurseries with fewer varieties than we have. But there’s always something we just have to have…

Don, so glad you found the flickr pics. I have a lot more to put up. Our blooms are running 7-10 days ahead of last year, also. Looks like your place is one we need to visit! ~~Rhonda

By: Don Williams

Don Williams — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:13:44 +0000

Rhonda, we are just Northeast of Evansville, Indiana. I don’t think we have that many blooming yet, but we are 7 to 10 days early this year on our bloom, sounds like your are also.

Nice pictures, got here via flickr.

By: A Garden of Threads

A Garden of Threads — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:58:12 +0000

Dayliliy flowers only last a day but sure put on a show for that day. They are just starting to bloom in my garden. Happy gardening.

By: Darla

Darla — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:07:33 +0000

More like a lily farm! Gorgeous…

By: Viki

Viki — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:59:32 +0000

Wow, that’s really a lot. Do you have them mapped out or something so you know what each name is? Because I’m awed that you know all the names, ha!!