Came upon this seedling in the garden today. It is from a cross we made about three years ago. This is the first time it has bloomed for us and the ruler is there for scale. To be considered large flowered a bloom has to be at least 5.5 inches in diameter. This one easily exceeds the dimensions for extra large and is in fact considered an Unusual Form. The coloration isn't anything to write home about but i'll be keeping it just because it is our first WHOPPER!
Meanwhile, we continue to get ready for the upcoming Open Garden. Our annual Open Garden event was begun as a way to not only share our garden with folks in the community, especially our fellow Master Gardeners, but also as a way to show just how big the world of Daylilies has become. Daylilies have come a long way from the "ditch lily" and the "Stela d'oro" with which everyone has become familiar. Two years ago we decided to make a fund raiser for the Africa Mission that I am involved in to Sierra Leone, West Africa and the attendance exploded. Last year we had more than 80 folks turn out and raised more than $1100! This year, thanks to an error in the Paris! in the Summer magazine, it looks like we will be having two dates! I submitted our Open Garden to their events calendar originally for the 21st of June, but then when I called to change it to the 28th... well, it was so long until publication that... hmmm, somewhere, somethign went wrong! Guess we'll be having two!?!
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