Bright Spring Blooms

Tulips are having a rough time in my garden this spring. I'm not sure if it was the frost (and snow) we had after they started growing, or if I have something else to be concerned about. On top of that, the deer came through again this spring and chomped their way through many of the backyard tulips before they even set buds. Regardless, there's still lots of colour to enjoy!

back yard

front yard

Tulips Thrive with Bone Meal

For the first few years I was gardening, I lamented in the spring that my tulips didn't bloom well. A lot of green but sparse blooms. After hearing advice that tulips need bone meal after they bloom, I decided to get off my butt and do something about it.

The problem is that by the time my tulips are done, I can't get at all of them to dig in bone meal unless I crawl in under growing perennials. What I did discover is that it doesn't have to be a big job. I grab the bucket of bone meal and a scoop, and simply throw scoopfuls onto every place where there's tulips.

Finally I'm getting tulips back that haven't bloomed in years... which, of course, is going to make me want to plant more in the fall.

Showing Off Daylilies - Yellow

This isn't all of my yellow daylilies, but it's some of my favourites...

daylily So Lovely

daylily Atlanta Full House

daylily Delicate Design

daylily Jersey Spider

Unusual Daylily

I learned something new about daylilies today. A couple of days ago I took this photo of one of our new daylilies. It's got big 7" flowers!

daylily Ada May Musick

This evening, after the rain stopped, my husband noticed something odd about today's bloom. I had to run out and take a photo - same daylily, different time of day.

daylily Ada May Musick (polymerous)

See? It's got both an extra petal and an extra sepal - for a total of 8 instead of the usual 6. We looked this up and it's called 'polymerous'. First time I've seen one, but it took Kelly to actually notice it.

Showing Off Daylilies - Red

I've had a bunch of daylilies bloom this week, many are new in my garden this year. The shades of red really vary.

daylily - unknown red

daylily - unknown dark red

daylily Nona's Garnet Spider

daylily Creature of the Night

daylily Fushia Fashion

daylily Cameroon's Twister

Random Blooms in July

I my Saskatchewan garden :)

Daylily 'Stella D'Oro'

Rudbeckia - yellow

Rudbeckia - orange

Rose, 'William Baffin'

Maltese Cross

Osteospermum

Marilyn's Rose

Linda's Yellow Lily

Rose, 'Morden Blush'

Lily, 'Tiny Bell'

Double Pink Peony

Lily, 'Landini'

Delphinium

more Delphinium

Columbine

Clematis