Bob and I drove out to Jordan Minnesota to see daylilies in bloom in Karol Emmerich’s Springwood Gardens greenhouse. I am far from a hybridizer– kind of like sitting in on a brain surgeon’s convention when I am taking high school biology. They were gracious and welcoming. I am a newcomer to raising daylilies and had a wonderful start when I bought my first little “Mini-Pearl” last summer — I fell in love with it.
I called on my Mexico vacation/daylily friend in Sag Harbor, Pat Neumann, for advice and encouragement and she sent me a big bunch of her plants including one named after her “Pat Neumann.” I planted them last fall and YAY they are coming up.
inside the greenhouse
daylily splendor
Karol is working on hybridizing these lilies, it takes about 5 years to have one to introduce as a new variety
This is Karol and her husband’s home in Jordan – gorgeous views and historical home.
My “Pat Neumann” coming up in the garden today.
angel with broken wing and no arms… irises coming and my first daylily, “Mini Pearl” growing in the front.
Prairie before the scheduled burn this week.
new hive in the woods – we are planning to move the other one here too (a little more discreet)
bees with pollen sacs — not sure where they are getting the pollen, probably the trees
SPRING!!
Beautiful, Judy! We went to Gertens Garden Center yesterday and there seemed to be a buying frenzy in the air. People just wanted to take something alive and colorful home after that long winter. So, Dottie took me home – and, yes, a few flower pots as well…
It is the season for sure — what is it about Minnesota — land of extremes, I guess — that make us so silly?
Judy: Were all you Minnesotans going around in shirtsleeves in that green house??? I’m so jealous. No daylilies blooming this year yet, but it’s a bumper year for daffodils which I don’t remember ever having planted! Still cold and windy here.
We thought of you all day! You would have loved it.
Wow, looks like spring finally! You should come out for the Skagit tulip festival sometime – http://www.tulipfestival.org/site