I am down to just a few blooms left. Don't Stop Believing has one more bud to open, Eagles Flight has one opened late, and Princess Beatrice opened one last bloom. But, my lilies are starting to open near the house, and one Daylily bloomed today.
Lollipop

NOID yellow

Paper Butterfly (On a short stem) Wonder if this is a sign of things to come?)

Lilies !! Those you sent, are starting, Tom ! Beautiful !! Thanks Again !!

Glad they are growing for you. They usually bloom the first year. I lost one of the new ones I got the year before last. Bloomed once then died this winter. I have had some recover after thinking they were dead, but I'm not holding my breath.

no lilies here. I got tired of fighting the red lily leaf beetle.

They're beautiful!

irisarian said:no lilies here. I got tired of fighting the red lily leaf beetle.

Omigosh -- you mean that there's a curse that we don't have???? Shhhhh Lucy -- don't say the words out loud............

thank you to all of you who have posted pics of your wonderful iris displays! i just spent the last three hours viewing the gorgeous flowers, and i needed a bib! The blossoms were so beautiful! what a show! think i'm in love all over again.😍

Daphne, I'm sure beginning to miss them already, and it's along wait until next spring when they bloom, unless I get one or two to re-bloom this fall.

Welcome Daphne

Great pics Tom. I have a few other garden blooms posts to stalk still. Gonna be a cold winter so I'm pacing myself on these threads.

Really loved the home garden rows of blooms in one of the post. You guys are always inspiring to try something. It gives a visual persuasion tool to show my lady here of the potential our yard could almost have. Great stuff

irisarian said:no lilies here. I got tired of fighting the red lily leaf beetle.

I didn't have any issues with them this year.

Probably they were confused by the number of irises. Don't use up your space, the ISM sale in next July.

Ummm....what is the ISM sale?

You dare ask??

My iris have taken a beating this year, with the early onset of extreme heat and the flooding when the monsoons finally hit...they look like a disaster. They just look the worst I have ever seen, I am keeping my fingers crossed they will perk up when the weather cools a bit. I usually start getting bloom in early February and am looking forward to checking them out.

Carla - It has been a very hard year for irises in the south. Hope yours survive the rest of summer without problems.

Lestv Thank you...This has been a brutal summer for all of us in the south. I hope your Iris are doing okay.

Carla I have some friends in the Phoenix area that I sent iris to a few years ago. They lost a few this year due to extreme heat too, so I'll be replacing a bunch for them. Later though when it gets cooler.

Sorry to hear it Carla. Seems like no matter where you live, this year has been brutal for Irises. Hope yours do better than you expect.

tveguy3 You made me feel better just by telling me that I am not the only one in the area, I thought maybe I could have done something different. Thank you


Muddymitts Thank you so much and I hope we are all surprised next spring!