I'm inside trying to get warm. The temps dropped and clothing just isn't keeping the wind out. It finds every opening and I'm already acclimatized to warmer weather. So I'll post some more of what's been and is blooming while I warm up. Apologies to the iris for the wind distortion, but I don't know how to prevent that. Sometimes it's hard to just keep the object in the view frame.
Here, left to right, are 'Circus Parade', 'Imaret', and 'Heimdall':
Left to right 'Jelly Roll Jam', 'Sand Dancer', and 'Absalom's Treachery':
Old seedlings still hanging around:
And strays with unknown parentage - two new ones and a clump of one I call 'wide stray':
More exciting than seeing a new stray bloom for the first is seeing one with known parents bloom for the first time. You made the choice and get to see the results. Here are some this season:
For those who like to play, here are three - an OGB-(quarterbred) seedling which was the pod parent using 'Damfino' pollen and gave the result seen on the right. It's the sort of cross that causes me to do a lot of head scratching, but I've more or less gotten used to it over time.
I've warmed up. Gonna put on a heavier coat and go play in the daylilies and feed the cows!
