Color Echoes, anyone? in the Perennials forum

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ge1836

Jul 10, 2016 11:13 AM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

Coleus and superbell

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foraygardengirl

Jul 10, 2016 11:55 AM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
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Lovely!

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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

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cliftoncat

Jul 10, 2016 12:10 PM CST

Name: Mika
Oxfordshire, England and Mento

The blue-grey in Salvia farinacea Sallyfun Blue echoes the colour of Artemisia Powis Castle

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ge1836

Jul 10, 2016 12:59 PM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

Lovely textures together also.

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foraygardengirl

Jul 10, 2016 1:51 PM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!

I agree completely.

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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

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stilldew

Jul 10, 2016 2:10 PM CST

Name: Susan
Southeast NE (Zone 5b)

So many lovely colors and textures! Clint, your Rainbow Eucalyptus and Bromeliads make me want to move to a warmer zone.

Every time I looked at this lily I notice the lavender stigma echoing the lavender butterfly bush. Hard to see in this photo, but the stigma is very lavender.

Laura Harwood daylily in front of a self sown coneflower.

Kentucky and Muscadet lilies with Police and Thieves daylily

Blackberries and Cream with Cosmic Kaleidoscope.

Dragon Eye daylily with coral bell bloom

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stilldew

Jul 10, 2016 2:35 PM CST

Name: Susan
Southeast NE (Zone 5b)

Licorice Twist daylily and Music Art lily

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foraygardengirl

Jul 10, 2016 3:07 PM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!

Gorgeous, Susan. Laura Harward is a very striking daylily.

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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

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pirl

Jul 10, 2016 3:28 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Arlene
Southold, Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)

Love it, Mika.

Truly great photos and plants, Susan.

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clintbrown

Jul 10, 2016 4:15 PM CST

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Name: Clint Brown
Medina, TN (Zone 7b)

Thanks for acorns!

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conniepr27

Jul 10, 2016 5:27 PM CST

Name: Connie
Edmonton, Alberta area (Canada (Zone 3a)

Jeanie, that purple daylily is lovely, but in that setting?? It's stunning!! I confess, I copied it to my computer so I could add it to the ones I have shuffling on my desktop background. I hope you don't mind.

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foraygardengirl

Jul 10, 2016 6:22 PM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
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Connie, glad you like it. Strutter's Ball is my absolute favorite daylily.

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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

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cliftoncat

Jul 10, 2016 10:11 PM CST

Name: Mika
Oxfordshire, England and Mento

Thanks, everyone, and thank you for the acorn, Arlene.

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ge1836

Jul 11, 2016 4:36 AM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

Echos this morning.
Altarie and phlox Junior Dance

Garden Pleasure and monarda Raspberry Wine

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foraygardengirl

Jul 11, 2016 5:12 AM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!

That second photo is to die for

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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

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ge1836

Jul 11, 2016 5:24 AM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

That is a great lily. It's 6 years old,clump has disappeared and the lily is short this year but still hanging in there.

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foraygardengirl

Jul 11, 2016 7:04 AM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!

At least you have something.
My lilies have disappeared in droves this year...Patricia's Pride, Mount Duckling, Salmon Star, Casablanca, Playtime, Monte Negro, a short pink and white one I can't remember the name of, and all but one stalk of Cobra. Not even a stalk or a bulblet left so that I could hope for next year.

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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

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pirl

Jul 11, 2016 8:15 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Arlene
Southold, Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)

Love them both, Jo Ann, but the second one is superb.

I also lost so many lilies this past year - many Conca d'Or, all Salmon Star, many Casablanca (and the one survivor was eaten by deer), all Dimension, all Royal Crown.

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gemini_sage

Jul 11, 2016 11:34 AM CST

Name: Neal Linville
Winchester, KY (Zone 6a)

Great echoes with lilies JoAnn!

Jeanie, looks like most of the lilies you lost are Oriental hybrids. Some varieties are known to diminish after a few years, but they're also usually listed as zone 5 hardy with protection. I'm thinking it may be a bit too cold for Orientals there. My Oriental hybrids have diminished over time here too. There was a couple of years when I neglected the garden horribly and most disappeared during that time, but a few have returned and are bulking up again. Most of the Oriental-trumpet hybrids have been good perennials here and are much hardier.

"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi

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