I guess it is true it is in the eye of the beholder, for example some of the tangos that have been released would have been culled here. Many too similar to others and others just simply unappealing.

And I am not a great photographer either. I have to find some way to make an archive though and nobody else but me will go out everyday to find the new blooms.

I'm jealous of the nicoteenias.They get eaten here.I gave up on them.

OK Donna, you've convinced me I need Hiawatha. A little punch of red is just what my front gardens needs.

Some lilies today

Buggies lilies plus a B&D Sunvally.

Susan,

Go Baby!

Jo Ann, I put in the nikkis once, 7 or 8 years ago. Nothing attacks them here, and it's fun to watch the night pollinating moths go after them. Then I put some seed in a location that blew around and they come up all around my yard, usually in great spots. I just pull the excess. My next door neighbor adores them because he comes home later in the evening as the nikkis open and release their scent. I actually started my gardening life as an heirloom annual and perennial fan. That's probably why I like roses and peonies from the 1800's.

But I am discovering the neat newer lilies in addition to the older ones. Such fun.

There's no better way to start out a morning than popping in here. Your lilies are all looking so good. The Buggy mix is particularly enjoyable as it's a surprise every day for you ge. They are looking great.

Still waiting for full tilt opening for some of the newest openers. As you can tell I am not very patient.
Later today maybe.

I looked at mine yesterday and I see she threw a Queen in my mix. Since the Queen Orientals are my favorites, it is more than a pleasant surprise.

I need to add some of the nicotiana, Donna. It goes so well with the lilies. And I see they have such pretty ones now. I always loved the greenish white one.

Beautiful lilies Jo Ann.

You autta know Polly teee heee

Spinning Wheel

And that's exactly what it looks like, Ramona. Cool!

The only nicotiana I have grown is Nicotiana sylvestris, what they call Only the Lonely these days. That would be about 20 years ago, before most gardeners knew it existed. Aphids loved the bloom scapes, but they were easy to control with a hard spray from the water hose.

I thought I had lost Kathy Jan with the encroachment of an arborvitae. I remove the arb a few years ago, and it's back:

Spinning Wheel

Finally open. Lavender Gem from Buggy.

Not sure of this one...could it be Dizzy?

Rio Negro. This one got planted late spring.

One more that was among the first I planted. Name long since forgotten...

Love that Lavender Gem! Last one maybe Honeymoon?

Here is Original Love asiatics and Elise together.
Good guess on my part,they were new this spring.I have learned not to trust the web pix.