Beautiful flowers & photos!
Picked my flowers before the rain storm but didn't get whole lot of rain.

Jack, if you find your Gloriosas and rain lilies missing, I found a way to get them on a plane. Just beautiful.

Bev, stay safe out of this heat. I went out for a little while this morning and was wringing wet when I came back in from the heat and humidity. Too hot for me.

Jan, those are sooo pretty. How long do the lilies last in a vase? And what is that beautiful pink and white bloom?

Debbie, thanks!
Day lillies..1 day.
Cannas..1day for one flower but more buds on it.
Amaryllis & Crocosmias are going strong.

Thank you Jan.

I should have stayed out of the heat, but deadheaded, planted and weeded. I did have irrigation going and got wet a few times. That made me feel better, but I'm exhausted!

Jan, really pretty blooms. My cannas haven't started their show yet. Waiting patiently.

Magic Lilies

Surprise! What a wonderful group of pretties, Jack. Thanks for posting them:)

Jack, they are beautiful. Thank you for the photo. Also, your avatar photo is awesome. Is that where you live?

Here is a NOID white crinum that's blooming in my yard.

Another crinum. I'm not positive which it is. If anyone can help me ID these, I'd appreciate it. Most of these are passalongs from friends and neighbors.

A closer look at the NOID white. I thought maybe a white powelli crinum, but it has straggly leaves like the milk and wine lily.

Beautiful crinums!! I also have that dark pink one. I had it tentatively identified as Ellen Bouquet

Debbie, avatar photo is called 'Sitting on top of the world.' It's from S W Colorado along the 'Million Dollar Highway' between Ouray and Silverton in the San Juan Mountains. I wish I could call that home, but such topography is rather rare in the Land of Corn and Soybeans of central Illinois. We try to visit Colorado every 3 years to collect rocks and minerals. The mountain in the distance is named Red Mountain (has 3 peaks). The day after that pic was taken we were going to visit a ghost town and somewhere took a wrong turn and ended up 4 wheeling over the top of Red Mtn at 12500'. That was an experience so exhilarating it would be hard to describe.



Last pic is Ouray.
(Not sure how to delete the double.)

Thanks, Marie. That's what it looks like to me.

I wouldn't worry about deleting it Jack. It's pretty enough to look at twice. What a fabulous place. I'm not sure about 4 wheeling over the top , that looks like it would have been scary. But I could sit and look at it all day. And the town looks wonderful too. Thanks so much for the photos.

Deebie, your crinums are beautiful. What is that awesome blue bloom in the top photo by the white crinum?

Nice photos!
More Crocosimias.

Those are pretty Jan. All of your plants look so healthy.

Thanks Debbie.

These Magic Lilies usually bloom August 1st but this year seems to be progressing further in a shorter span of time...

L. speciosum 'Album', 2nd to last lily this year, only rubrum is left to bloom.