Deep Red Daylily
Well the middle of July Bloom Day update is always highlighted by lilies, daylilies, and sunflowers. They are the strength of the season. We’ve just returned from a vacation and they are the first flowers I see.
Rich Golden Daylily
Light pink Lily
Lily ‘Stargazer’
Lily ‘Scheherazade’
Lily ‘Anastasia’
Anastasia is an Orienpet (cross between Oriental and Trumpet lilies) and it’s one of our favorites but it’s season is nearly done. Two week ago it was sprawling across the fence row.
Lily ‘Anastasia’ coming into bloom at the end of June
Nearby are the crocosmia that are a long-lasting flower for July.
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
Out in the vegetable garden the sunflowers are reaching for the sky.
First Big Sunflower
Hybrid Sunflower
Also from the vegetable garden are the gladiolas that are now part of the inside decor.
Harvesting glads from the garden
A really unusual flower for July comes from the greenhouse.
Haemanthus humilis ssp. humilis
Haemanthus humilis ssp. humilis detail
This is a South African flower that I obtained from the Pacific Bulb Society.
I had this plant growing for 5 years before I got the first flower, but it is delightful. During the 1-2 month dormant period it does a good imitation of a dead plant, so you have to have some patience.
Outside the world of flowers the redhaven peach is covered with peaches right now
Red-haven peaches
And the Kingbird is in command of the mulberry tree in the mornings.
Kingbird eating mulberries
That’s it for quick look at Ball Rd. What is blooming in your garden?