Tag Archives: lilies
Hummingbird!
Not to be outdone by anything or anyone, our Glorious Alice found a way to top what the Rain Lilies did for Mama’s end-of-birthday week festivities. Not content to simply bloom (though admittedly, she is so beautiful that this is almost enough), she has now managed to invite a hummingbird to our tiny backyard. Mama and I weren’t …
It’s Raining Lilies
After putting on quite a show all week, our rain lilies are starting to get drowsy now. We think they’ve earned the rest. This is just a tiny taste of what they’ve shared with us since last weekend (and all for Mama’s birthday, I just know it)! The Naked Ladies (the dark pinks, anyway) and Queen Alice …
Better Late than Never
Our Easter Lily bloomed yesterday: a little late for Easter, but just in time for Mother’s Day! We will take it either way!
The Great Ex-scape
Earlier this summer, we had what first appeared to be a very sad incident with Mama’s Tawny Ditch Daylilies. Hardy as all get out, the plant was getting big and tall and putting out its first few flowers and buds. Because it is so beautiful, it acts as a beacon to the baby dragons. Because …
Swamp Thing and Spider Woman
Sometimes, Swamp Things get a bad rap, but sometimes they are good, too. The Swamp (Thing) Lily in our front yard is one of the prettiest lilies we have, even if it does take up a lot of space. At first, our Swamp Thing only lived in the front yard, protecting its green domain. Mama …
Lily Lizard
Our first garden sight this morning:
Going for the Gold
London gets all the credit for hosting the ‘official’ Summer 2012 Olympic Games, but we have our own version that is (almost) as entertaining. It’s mostly the lilies that have entered our Olympics. As usual, the red cannas are reaching for the sun, growing as tall as they can so that they tower at roof …
Princess Toad Lily
As though squirrels and baby dragons weren’t enough, Mama also invites toads into our garden: Because they’ve only bloomed about once a year, and because the flowers are tiny (the biggest are the size of a quarter), it’s easy to forget we have frogling royalty in the backyard. These Gilt-Edge Toad Lilies have actually been living in our …
Flaunt It
The stage is set, the girls are out, the competition is on. Most of the bulbs in Mama’s garden have been very happy this year, and it’s pretty clear to me that they must be in a race for “Most Prolific.” We’ve had rain lilies and daylilies galore. The peach show-off daylily came out a few times before retiring …
Long Live our Gloriosa Queen Alice
Daylily surprises notwithstanding (that one is still too painful to revisit), our other favorite lily surprise is the gloriosa lily. Roguest of all our flowers, queen of her domain, she somehow manages to scatter seeds to all corners of our tiny garden. When Mama brought her home from the nursery, she was in full bloom: When she finished showing …
around the garden 