🌱💛A subtle #SundayYellow where the buds carry the show! Hardy Hibiscus Summerific® 'French Vanilla' (Hans Hansen/Walters Gardens, 2021) has incredible presence - buds are a beautiful soft lemon yellow that catch the waning sunrays of evening & shine from a distance. Malvaceae

It is a creeping or prostrate form of Rosemary - but more importantly is a plagiarized image.

🌱🌸SCENES FROM A DITCH not far from my home. Beloved Chicagoland native Hibiscus (Muenchhusia) laevis, fka Hibiscus militaris - one of the species responsible for modern Hardy Hibiscus. We also have scattered populations of H. (M.) moscheutos (Swamp Rose Mallow). Malvaceae 😎

🌱❤️ Some random #FlowersOnFriday - Zinnia 'Dreamland Red' just 36 days from direct sowing, paired with Calamintha nepeta; Hardy Hibiscus 'Watermelon Ruffles' living its name; & Hemerocallis (Daylily) 'Cosmic Struggle' with some action from a rebloom scape.😎 #FlowerHunting

🌱❤️🌞Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower), Chicagoland native, in a Meditation & Bridge Garden I designed at a woodsy executive client site. Paired with Hardy Hibiscus Summerific® 'Perfect Storm' behind & beside - just starting to bloom. Both love the moist to wet soil there. Campanulaceae & Malvaceae

🌱💜Reblooming Tetraploid Hemerocallis (Daylily) 'Born In California' (Bill Maryott, 2016). Pics 1 & 2 in the a.m., pic 3 in the p.m. Luxurious color & form. Maryott Daylilies are touchy growers in Chicagoland, this is best of 5 planted in 2020. No rebloom here yet - maybe this year.🤞 Asphodelaceae

🌱⏱️FAST ONE! Tetraploid Reblooming Hemerocallis (Daylily) 'Cosmic Struggle' (Karol Emmerich, 2009) wastes no time as preferential rebloom emerges. Karol hybridizes in Jordan, Minnesota - her flowers are beautiful & plants robust, Winter 🥶 hardy & heat 🔥 tolerant! Asphodelaceae

🌱💕 This Canna seedling greets the day in a sweet shade of candy pink. Have a herd of these beginning to open now - kept the bronze seedlings & green ones went to a client site. Though collected from 'Cannova® Bronze Peach' flower color of each is subtly different. Cannaceae

🌱💕AND SHE DID! Hemerocallis (Daylily) 'When My Sweetheart Returns' (Dr. Darrell Apps, 2003) takes sweetheart to the next level! Like all in this series, she has preferential repeat bloom, a short resting period, and then occasional stalks later in Summer & Fall. Asphodelaceae

🌱Thank you for asking but no I am not a seller. Had a similar question on the American Hemerocallis Society's FB page - here's a screenshot with more information

🌱YES SHE DOES! Reblooming Hemerocallis (Daylily) 'Stephanie Returns' (Apps-Blew, 2006) is a near-continuous rebloomer, beginning with preferential rebloom - stalk & buds later cycle through Autumn. Pics 1 & 2 taken PM, pic 3 AM. Asphodelaceae

🌱❤️Beautiful crop! Curious that you pulled most of them green - can get additional size development, ring thickness & etc. if tops are allowed to die back naturally. Can also adversely impact storage longevity - meaningful on shorter storage types like 'Walla Walla' (& 'Ailsa Craig' in pic).

🌱💪🏼💛🧡STRENGTH IN BEAUTY. Reblooming Tetraploid Hemerocallis (Daylily) 'Heman' (James Gossard, 2007) makes his presence known with dramatically toothed 9" flowers on 3 foot scapes. Degree of burnt orange shading varies with conditions & bloom stage. Impressive! Asphodelaceae

🌱🤍 ALL TIME CLASSIC! Reblooming Hemerocallis 'Joan Senior' (Ken Durio, 1977; 🏆AHS Lenington All-American Award, 1990) is a beautiful marshmallow of a Daylily with brackets (buds initiate at bracts) pic 2, & preferential rebloom (new scapes emerge during main season) pic 3. Asphodelaceae

🌱💕Reblooming Hemerocallis (Daylily) 'Romantic Returns' (Dr. Darrel Apps, 2000) is cherry-rose at opening, but has already lightened. A 2nd day of humid 95°F/36°C & 105°F/41°C heat index won't faze it. Preferential rebloom (sequential stalks) already emerging. 🥳 Asphodelaceae

🌱💜 Impressed with this gorgeous blue-eyed lavender Hemerocallis (Daylily) seedling, unregistered, from Kay M. Cline of Rolling Oaks Daylilies. Kay's personal guidance helped steer my selections to align with updated breeding goals. Asphodelaceae - Asphodel Family.

🎶 "Come Rain or Come Shine" - Winter hardy, disease resistant & beautiful Floribunda Rosa (Rose) 'Judy Garland' (Harkness, 1977), like her namesake, continues to grab new audiences! Pic 3 from a prior year - she'll build buds & blooms all Summer long. Rosaceae #RoseWednesday

🌱🔥SMOKE & FIRE. Shimmering, smoldering colors of Calendula officinalis 'Zeolights' aka 'Triangle Flashback' (Frank Morton/Wild Garden Seed, ca. 2008) are hard to describe, they change with light & bloom stage.🌞 A reliable favorite borne on vigorous, healthy plants. Asteraceae

🌱🔎MAYBE, MAYBE NOT... Not sure if variable flecking on fragrant Chamaeiris (Spuria Iris) 'Buttered Chocolate' (Niswonger, 1974) is Iris Severe Mosaic Virus (ISMV) or natural breaking but sure is a beauty! Not only butter & chocolate but also delicious overtones of lilac & dirty martini!🍸😎 Iridaceae

🌱🌹🧡Bit late for #RoseWednesday - long day at the office & taking a different approach with 'Mandarin Sunset' (Christian Bédard, 2023). Showing flowers as they senesce & shatter rather than grooming for pics. Holds color until petal drop so even if a bit messy, keeps a nice distance effect.😎 Rosaceae

🌱🌹🔥Though temps have cooled a bit since peaking at 93°F/34°C earlier, air is juicy with humidity bringing a chance of storms.⛈️🌩 Rosa (Rose) 'Lady of Shalott' (David Austin Roses, 2010), now prospering since I moved her from front to back yard 2 years ago, says 💪🏻"Bring It On!" Rosaceae

🌱💛SUNSHINE FLOATING ON AIR. Phaeiris (Louisiana Iris) 'Edna Claunch' (Henry Wolford, R. 2004 - I. 2007; 🏆Marie Caillet Cup, 2013; 🥇Mary Swords DeBaillon Medal, 2014) truly glows! 2nd try with this iconic laced beauty, neighbors' chem treatment zapped first one.😱 Iridaceae

🌱Glad you like 'Yarai' - one of the more readily available Pseudatas as it's not as slow to propagate as some. This one came potted from a garden walk market stall a couple years back - last year it had only one stalk, this year it has several.

🌱🤎💛Overflowing with love for Limniris (Iris) x pseudata 'Yarai' (Hiroshi Shimizu by Carol Warner, 2011; 🥇Randolph Perry Medal 2021). Petite flowers in a delicious honey brown, striated mulberry - & those SIGNALS! Just stunning! Beautiful foliage & compact habit! Iridaceae

🌱🌹🥦 So much happening in the garden hard to keep track of it all, & equally hard to pause what I'm doing to post - here's a quick sweep. You're not alone in working outside til dark, so everyone make the most of these late Spring days - rich with both wins & challenges!❤️😎

🌱🐀😋DELICIOUS! Raphanus sativus v. caudatus (Rat Tail Radish) snipped into an omelette, spicy & tender, Chives along for the ride. From the Burpee retail rack a few years ago though sown '26. All Radish pods are edible but can become fibrous quickly - not this one. Flowers are lovely. Brassicaceae

🌱Good Evening All at #GardensHour! Chaotic 🤪 is the best word to sum up May gardening here. Meanwhile at the Morton Arboretum with Northern Illinois Iris Society for our annual show, most of mine are bloomed out after heat, cold, storms & etc. so entered fewer than hoped. Great crowd & questions!😎

🌱LIVES HER NAME! Tall Bearded (TB) Iris 'Hottie' (Paul Black, 2018) is a luxurious, velvety & ruffled Bing Cherry maroon (pic 2) - until Mr. Sun flips the lights on!🌞 After which, you could even say she glows!😎 Iridaceae

🌱🙏Thank you kindly Joy! I learn so much from everyone here as well - a great space for collaboration.❤️

🌱Lamprocapnos spectabilis (Bleeding Heart) needs sun to bulk up vegetatively & store carbs for future bloom. Possible they are being shaded out by trees? These at a client site are thinning due to tree growth. Options? Remove limbs, punch daylight holes in the tree canopy, or move the plants.😎