Here's another update from today!
I did decide to go ahead and move most of the varieties in the L-shaped bed to in front of the porch. The yellow/red, orange, rebloomer sections and Tobacco Chew and Thornbird are now in a new home. The blue section and the ID purpose-irises may stay, but I am not sure. Regardless, this new area looks quite nice!
Rebloomers Feed Back (left), IB Concertina (middle), and Grape Echo (right) have housed themselves around one of the ceramic pots. I moved the Nordica rhizome that was in the way, but I may move it right back, but more to the left and away from the rebloomers.
The other two Nordica rhizomes (particularly the third in front of the third ceramic pot) are doung well. One has grown an increase, but no fan. The other one has four increases, but I am not sure on a fan.
I did an interesting pattern with the irises that were moved up close to the porch. IBs and BBs (or smaller irises in general) are still in front, but the TBs make up the back row. I also planted the noid daylilies in with the irises for companion's sake. (I'll get to that later).
Here they are in order: Mango Queen (left) and Kathy Chilton! (right)
Both have increases forming!
Nessun Dorma, and one of the noid daylily plants transplanted from the plastic pots.
Smoldering Fire(back), Tobacco Chew (back) and IB Honey Glazed (front).
Smoldering Fire has an increase forming, Tobacco Chew has three!!
BB Cranapple (front) Thornbird (back), IB Hot Spice (front) and the second noid daylily transplant. I love Thornbird and Tobacco Chew. I have a feeling they may do well together! HG, Cranapple and HS are awesome looking. Hopefully, they'll do the same in real time!
Thornbird didn't have any inkling to an increase(surprisingly! That rhizome is HUGE!), but Cranapple and Hot Spice both have some forming!
Bad image, but Terracotta Bay (left) and Oil Painting (right). The last of the first segment of transplanted noid daylilies from the plastic pots.
Both have increases despite small rhizomes. (Compared to other rhizomes from that of Tobacco Chew and Thornbird
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Shakedown (left) and Earthborn (right) finish up this long bed.
I believe both had increases!
I am liking this new pattern MUCH better than them all being singled out into groups. If you like, here's the pattern: Orange, yellow/red, orange, dark red, tan(ish), tan(ish), red(ish), orange, yellow/red, orange.
The littles in front are orange, dark red, orange. If I recall, the daylilies are also orange.
Hopefully, this will mean I get a wide array of colours and bloomtimes. I am so looking forward to this bed already!
The aforementioned right-most ceramic pot houses a Nordica rhizome in front of it, and she's doing really well!
Cat's Eye (middle) Edith Wolford (left) and now a Midnight MDB (top right) reside in the large plastic pot. Cat's Eye has SIX increases!
This pot is more-so a 'recover yourself' pot. Even though Cat's Eye wasn't sickly (clearly!), it is a nice fit ever more. Edith Wolford has not sent up an increase, but that's likely due to her puny rhizome's stature. I am just so glad to see she's recovering, though!
I mentioned how some noid daylilies were transplanted into plastic pots to recover themselves before being moved to a better area, well, here's phase two. Phase 1 and 2 daylilies were in the same area, but being trampled by deer and constantly cut down by lawn mowers, both drastically reduced their stature and was on the brink of going extinct. A few weeks back, I moved the small clump remaining of the first noid daylily clump (both were purchased from Lowe's in 2016, but I forgot to save the IDs like a numpty!
) into the plastic pots, so they can recover themselves before I transplanted them. Those three daylily plants I mentioned in the transplanting of all the irises, those were phase one. Well, now here's the remainder of what was left of the second group of noid daylilies. Hopefully, they'll recover themselves, and now they're on the right track!
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Maybe tomorrow or in a few days, I may transplant the remainder of the L-shaped bed into the other side of the sidewalk's bed in front of the porch. It'd be consistent of the blue section and the ID's, but I am not sure yet. The only bed that may not move is the purples in the tire! They're doing considerably well. All three have rooted very firmly and some are showing increases!
I'll keep you all updated as time progresses. I'm very much enjoying this so far!
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