Hubby and I had dinner with a pair of librarian gardeners, J and B, last night and I was delivered of my first transplants: Iris’s (with purple flowers) , Shasta daisies and a Baylily.
Grandmaster Gardener J has come through in fine style with the following descriptions:
The grass-like plant that is all green is a daylily. It is called a Baja
Daylily, which just identifies its color variation, as daylilies come in a
wide variety of colors. The Baja is a lovely deep red with a bright
yellow center. I bought it because rumor has it that hummingbirds love
it, although I’ve never been able to attract any hummingbirds in the city.
It does draw butterflies sometimes. They like the bright color and
trumpet shape.
The iris came with the house, so I have no idea what variety it is. I’ve
never seen one in that shade of lavender with variegated leaves. Hybrid
flowers come and go like fashion trends, so it may just be an older
variety that isn’t commonly sold right now.
The last, for which I don’t have pictures, are Shasta Daisies.
It helps make up for the fact that the 80 sunflower seeds I planted all failed to take. All 80. All right, all right, it was too early to plant. But it felt so nice out to me!!
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