Who knew?
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That there were so many different kinds of day lillies? Yesterday, we did a lot of gardening. The great news is that our front gardens are nearly finished. They have been a work in progress for nearly 8 years since we moved here. I have two more lavender plants to buy (which I plan to get next Sunday at the Lavender Days festivals in Greenfield), and then it will be complete.

We started out our Father's Day by taking a trip to WalMart, and then heading to Andrew's Greenhouse and buying quite a few perennials. All flowers/veggies were on sale, since they were celebrating their 25th anniversary. So we picked up a hibiscus, some sedum plants, and veggie plants. We came home, and Dale got everything planted while I ran over to Hadley Garden Center, and bought a replacement honeysuckle (mine was hit by winterkill this year), and a jasmine plant. When I came home, we piled into the truck and went up to Deerfield to Pine Nook Day Lilies. The owner has over 160 varieties of day lilies for sale, and will dig them while you wait. We came home with 20 plants. One third of them went into the front flower beds, and the remaining plants went into the back bed, which used to be a rose garden. I dug all the roses up yesterday evening, Dale rototilled the garden, and I set about planting day lilies. Here is the finished garden (well, I don't have my woodchips down yet, but we finished up at 7:30 last night).


Day lilies in the early morning sun

I have some that will come up a ruby red color, others that will be cranberry colored, another that is cream colored with a purple center, and yet others that are various colors of pink and lavender. What I'm hoping I will get is a beautiful garden that is mostly maintenance free (this is why the roses didn't do so well). :) When I get my first day lily blooming, I'll post a picture. Several plants already had buds on them when we bought them.