The Garden is a Riot of Colour!

These days the blooming flowers in Mrs. F.G.'s garden are just at their summer peak.  It will go on for a few weeks yet, but two days later as I write this, the Daylilies are already passing their best, as the first few are finished blooming.  But it's a treat to go out there and just sit on the patio surrounded by the colour and all the buzzing insects.

One of the views from the living room, pink and yellows to orange.

The deep orange 'Saugeen Sunrise' has always been ne of my favourites, locally bred and beautiful!

The rest range from yellow to a paler orange.

And two or three that are truly red.

We do have one very pale Daylily, one I'm tempted to call white, but not quite.

And a couple that are dark purple.

Daylilies are collected, bred and named based particularly on colour and colour combinations ike this.

Some petals are longer and narrow in shape.

The 'Saugeen sunrise' is another two-toned Daylily, but if you look closely you'll see that the edges of the petals on this one are wrinkled or wavy, another feature breeders looke for.  A great deal of the breeding is done by passionate gardeners who get really interested in Daylilies as a group.  We certainly enjoy them!