Most recent Daylily, planted last year. This unnamed is doing well in the front garden. I love the velvety look of it. But, it is going to be too big for the space...will have to do something with it next Spring.
I have been able to properly ID this (7-1-12) as Night Beacon from old Roundup notes.
Banned in Boston. Came from a Iowa Roundup in 2008. Not looking so good this year. In a hot spot...some of the leaves have a bit of brown on them.
Eloquent Silence. Came from an Iowa Roundup (in 2008?).
Bonanza. Purchased in 2004.
Halls Pink. Purchased maybe 8 years ago. It never really looks pink although in this photo it is a little visible...wonder if it is properly named. I do still have the tag.
August 5th: Here is a NO ID. Came from a gal where I worked. We had a small plant swap. This one produced a couple flowers a month or more ago and then new sprouts came up for another round of flowers. The plant is very small, did not grow much at all.
I have one other Daylily on the back side of the house I have to check on. No flowers from it at all, and is a NO ID.
I have had my Purple Coneflower for maybe 4 years. I was able to dig a good batch up this Spring to take to the GIG (gathering of Iowa gardeners).
Last year I added 3 coneflowers to the yard.
Twilight - Seemed to start struggling (along with a few other plants in the garden) after our yard was treated for weeds, just seeing some signs of buds today:
Summer Sky - This plant is doing very nicely:
White Swan - This is struggling but at least a couple flowers coming. This plant needs to be moved into better sun:
June 27th - This baby bird spent some time on our covered grill. It had been windy (very, between 65-75 mph around the area) the night before so I wondered if this little fella got displaced...after an hour or so he left...but not before leaving a little calling card on the grill.
July 9th - Found this wasp in the Bee Balm. I guess he was in the right place!
July 9th - This cicada gave himself away...I would have never seen him as he blended into the side of a fountain on our deck...his "voice" gave him away.
Photo of spider taken on July 13th. Per JRsbugs possibly Whitebanded Crab Spider - Misumenoides formosipes. The echinacea is Summer Sky:
July 25th, I saw this caterpillar on the top of our yard waste garbage can. Poor thing! I was not sure what was going on but JRsbugs at http://cubits.org/buglife/ clued me in...parasites (likely wasps) will have a meal when their eggs open, sigh.
July 28th Swallowtail on some Obedient Plant:
August 1st - Heat index today was 110. The last two days I have seen bees coming and going from my bird bath. A few tidbits of information from the Bee Keeping forum https://garden.org/thread/view/4107/ :
August 8th: This guy was huge, I was a bit afraid to get close but wanted the picture.
August 9th: This wasp (?) comes in for a crash landing a few feet from me. It proceeds to drag this cicada and them climb up the side of the house. He crashed again and I decided not to take any chances of him coming after me and came indoors.
August 23rd - saw a hummingbird a couple nights ago at my saliva's along the back of the house. Soon as I brought out a camera he was gone. Today there are two hummers out in my garden visiting the Obedient Plant, Mexican Mint, Bee Balm and Echinacea. No way I can get a photo of them from here and don't want to go out and spook them. Sigh.
September 6th - a deer went through the yard...a highly unusual occurrence in our neighborhood. Can barely make it out in this photo but his head is sticking out of the neighbors tomato plant:
This is the 3rd year I've had this plant. I love the blooms and the color. Easy to dig up in Spring to share transplants. Stems on the ground form roots. Easy to manage.
Here is Tom with Gavin's Point Dam in the background mid June. Waters are being released at record rates and will be for another couple months. Here in Sioux City the lovely river front is flooded. Businesses and the Dakota Dunes community is surrounded by levees. One exit off the Interstate 29 (flanks the downtown area of Sioux City) is closed due to flooding.
