{"id":7429,"date":"2023-07-16T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T20:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/?p=7429"},"modified":"2023-07-16T16:17:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T21:17:04","slug":"garden-bloggers-bloom-day-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/?p=7429","title":{"rendered":"Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Orienpet Lilium ‘Scheherazade’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Well, for mid-summer it’s got to be all about the lilies for Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Each time the wind begins to chime,<\/em>
And end begins to near<\/em>
A whisper of the softest sort<\/em>
Flows gently to the ear<\/em><\/p>\n

The scent and sight enough are great<\/em>
Yet lilies live for more<\/em>
The lilies whisper poetry<\/em>
As none have heard before <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Lilies Whisper Poetry by Deborah Amar<\/em><\/p>\n

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Orienpet Lilium ‘Scheherazade’<\/p><\/div>\n

Lilies are definitely the most striking flower in the yard right now.  They come in all shapes and sizes.<\/p>\n

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Orienpet Lily ‘Anastasia’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lilium oriental ‘Muscadet’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lilium oriental hybrid ‘Casa Blanca’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lilium ‘Madame Butterfly’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Oriental Lily ‘Stargazer’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Orienpet Lily Conca d’Or<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course, the lilies also work on the inside of the house.<\/p>\n

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Showy lilies on the mantle<\/p><\/div>\n

However, there are other things happening on our hillside.  I notice, for example that the Corydalis are doing there usual magic in the front yard where they just gently spread over any vacant space.<\/p>\n

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Corydalis lutea<\/p><\/div>\n

Similarly, the echinacea are everywhere in the perennial beds.<\/p>\n

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Echinacea purpurea<\/p><\/div>\n

I should also share the Cestrum which is just now flowering for the first time this year and they will go on like this for the next 5 months.<\/p>\n

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Cestrum ‘Orange Peel’<\/p><\/div>\n

The Hydrangea are just now flowering for the first time this year as well and they will also have any extended flowering.<\/p>\n

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Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the real delights for us is the Bishop of Llandaff Dahlia which has once again survived a winter in the ground.<\/p>\n

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Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’<\/p><\/div>\n

In the middle of the backyard there are some allium also showing up for the first time this year.<\/p>\n

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Allium ‘Millenium’<\/p><\/div>\n

If we go back beside the greenhouse the alpine bed has some Daphne that are flowering once again this year.<\/p>\n

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Daphne collina x cneorum<\/p><\/div>\n

Nearby in the troughs there is one with a little potentilla that flowers for a long time.<\/p>\n

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Potentilla hyparctica ‘Nana’<\/p><\/div>\n

And in another trough a very tiny thyme that has taken over a good part of the trough.<\/p>\n

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Thymus serpyllum ‘Elfin’<\/p><\/div>\n

I should also share the vegetable garden which has a number of flowers.<\/p>\n

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Vegetable Garden<\/p><\/div>\n

Although flowers are not the main purpose there are many, many flowers every day in the vegetable garden.<\/p>\n

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Cucumbers<\/p><\/div>\n

If you think of corn as a grass, it is the tallest grass we’ve ever grown in our garden this year.<\/p>\n

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Kandy Korn<\/p><\/div>\n

We’re just hoping the raccoons don’t come exploring for the corn.  I won’t go into the peaches, pears, and apples \u2014 more about those in the future.  But the wildflowers in the pasture are quite striking right now.<\/p>\n

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Wildflowers in the pasture<\/p><\/div>\n

We mowed them down once because of the poison ivy, but the flowers seem to be outgrowing the poison ivy at the moment.  And finally, it has rained now and then for which I’m quite grateful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Well, for mid-summer it’s got to be all about the lilies for Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day. Each time the wind begins to chime,And end begins to nearA whisper of the softest sortFlows gently to the ear The scent and sight enough are greatYet lilies live for moreThe lilies whisper poetryAs none have heard before  \u2014 The Lilies Whisper Poetry by Deborah Amar Lilies are definitely the most striking flower in the yard right now.  They come in all shapes and sizes. Of course, the lilies also work on the inside of the house. However, there are other things happening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,21,1,5,44],"tags":[38,49,45,10],"class_list":["post-7429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-garden-bloggers-bloom-day","category-general","category-vegetables","category-wildflowers","tag-flowers","tag-garden-bloggers-bloom-day","tag-vegetables","tag-wildflowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7429"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7456,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7429\/revisions\/7456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}