I love Santa Claus and miss LaLuna. Nothing new has shown up the last few days. Got a lily Scherazade that just opened. It is interesting how spaced out lilies are. Far more so than almost any other flower I grow. Since Nick dug up my iris and lilies from the rim bed I am in a quandary. They 'held down' each end and the middle with dahlias, poppies and such between. They simply multiply too much so not sure what to put in place of them. Not more dahlias as I like to have the early blooms of the iris followed by the lilies. I may move some Siberian (the ones I have are setosa) because they are more slender and taller. Hopefully won't build a huge clump so fast. Peonies and the larger lilies don't do well in that bed for some reason. Anyway. All off topic. Just ever present on my mind.
Oh, one of my NOT favorites, Red Hat, was quite a hit at the botanical garden. It sits right as you enter the path up to the entry. Really tall. Poor Holyhill Candystripe and one other were behind it and are shorter. I guess everyone wanted to know what the tall red one was. I told them I was going to pitch the clumps this fall but now I guess I will save the clumps for them and they can have a really eye popping display next year. Figure out something complementary to do in front - shorter.
