Friday, the 13th.....It has been raining here for days with temps in the 80's and humidity that would make your hair curl, until today, when the temps spiraled downwards 25 degrees into the 50's, and colder tonight. I still have buds on plants but this weather is so schizoid, I doubt whether the blooms will make it. Besides which, we need the colder temps to turn our Sugar Maples and Red Oaks into the beautiful Fall Foliage that Vermont is known for. Vermonters demand it. So on a cold, wet, grey and dismal day, I walked out my front door, and looked down into the garden, to see these two daylilies blooming. I hardly recognized
CUTTING LOOSE - On re-bloom with more buds tucked behind this bloom, a very drenched bloom hung its head. I shook the water off off the petals and snapped this picture.
and at the bottom of my steep garden slope, I saw another lily blooming. I took a short walk down to the lower level by the stonewall, camera in hand, and there was the FFOE on Jelly Maker which was added to the garden this past Spring.
JELLY MAKER
I still have buds on 5 or 6 plants but if we get hit by a frost this week, It will be difficult for the plants to bloom. I cannot complain, however. This has been the longest and best bloom season for me and my gardens, ever.
