Comments on: Hot Coloured Flowers

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:26:39 +0000

Rebecca, it’s delightful to have a pretty flower show up unexpectedly. It’s a nice change from the usual suspects that show up between the spaces in the walkway blocks. It might be ruby spider, but it’s always hard to tell the specific ID of a volunteer plant with so many cultivars and variations. That name is very descriptive of the plant.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:01:37 +0000

How lucky you are to have such special volunteers!! I love lilies and irises, purple irises are especially lovely.

Do you think the red daylily might be a ‘ruby spider’? I was just looking around online for fun, and they appear quite similar.

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:13:09 +0000

Kerri, I had a volunteer purple iris this year in a combination of colours that I adored. I was surprised when I saw it blooming so beautifully one morning. The orange asiatic lilies grow on the other side of my house next to the raspberries. They don’t ask for anything, and I forget about them until they actually bloom. I was appreciating the sunny colours this week.

By: kerri

kerri — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:16:24 +0000

Volunteers are fun, aren’t they? My hubby recently found a Collinsia (Chinese Houses) in the veggie garden…a volunteer from seed sown back in ’06. That was quite a surprise!
Your hot coloured lilies are very cheery in your summer garden.
I had an orange asiatic show up next to the pinkish red ones in my driveway garden this year, and I certainly didn’t plant it there (the oranges are in a couple of other beds). I actually didn’t mind it too much.
I like your bright, sunny photos :)

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:38:19 +0000

Helen, I have another one in my backyard that also volunteered. When I noticed it flowering a few years back, I thought perhaps it was from the previous owners, and that it had just not bloomed until then. However, when I looked back to photos, it was not there originally. This one must have been very hopeful, as it chose a site by the water tap.

By: Helen at Toronto Gardens

Helen at Toronto Gardens — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:59:22 +0000

How amazing — I had the same volunteer pop up in my garden and wondered how it came to be. It’s a lovely one, whatever it is.

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:53 +0000

Autumn Belle, I quite like the deep red of that daylily too, and the gold centre with gold lines coming out really emphasize how velvety it is. I hope you find a daylily, or similar flower, that is suitable for your climate.

By: Autumn Belle

Autumn Belle — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:54:05 +0000

The red and gold daylily is really lovely. With all this flashing around of beautiful lillies by blotanists, I am getting very impatient and very green with envy. I am looking for a daylily seedling that can survive in my hot and humid garden.

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:37:40 +0000

Rebecca, I fixed the comment for you.

A blue and yellow bed can be very cheery. I used to grow Delphiniums, and I love the pretty blue flowers. They really catch your eye in a garden bed.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:11:43 +0000

What a lovely volunteer!! The gloden underside is a very fancy detail. My favorite daylily is ‘Bonanza’, huge yellow blooms with burgundy centres.

I am planning a bed around a young crimson king norway maple with bonanza, a blue sibirian iris, some yellow globe flowers and tickseed and a blue dwarf dephinium. I’ve been wondering if all of the bright coulours would be too busy, but the thought of a colourful tropical bed makes it seem ok. :)