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[SHADEGARDENS] Flowers

Hi Forrest and Faith,

Glad to hear from both of you.

About daylilies - true, daylilies can take some shade, but they will
do much better in full sun.. it is a myth that they are shade lovers.
Must come from those old fulva plants around old or abandoned homes,
where they are still 'showing up'  even though the areas have been
overgrown with trees and undergrowth.  They still grow, but become
'green things', with not too many blooms.  Hybrid daylilies can be
expensive, yes, if you have to have the latest gene material, but
money does not make a better daylily!  There are some very
inexpensive absolutely beautiful daylilies for under $10.  In fact if
you look at a lot of daylily catalogs, you will have a hard time
chosing.

Neds  ( the new england daylily society) on March 14 will dedicate
most of the mornings program to just this - great daylilies that
won't break your piggy bank!  Several will bring in slides of their
favorite under $10 plants, and there will be a trade for those who
want to trade some beauties and make new friends. The daylily email
robin has been polled and the list is on the web for inexpensive
daylilies that are recommended across the country.

And this week alone I received three catalogs with hundreds of great
varieties for under 10 and one that lists everything for under $5!!!!
and they had some that I will get, too!  :-)

The benefits of daylilies besides a beautiful bloom, are ---  ease of
care, hardly any bug problems, strapping foliage that goes well with
moundy and ferny plants, and clumping plant habits (unlike the old
running fulva).  Just remember that the more sun, water, fertilizer,
the more flowers! I also grow some, like Forrest, in part shade.
They LEAN a bit towards the sun - well, like sunflowers, they also
like to face the sun, and they do not flower as profusely, but they
grow just fine.

What are those catalogs you ask?  Let me find them- SUNNY RIDGE, the
couturiers, from Tenn, tel 423 933-0723,  COBURG PLANTING FIELDS, In
Indiana, 219-462- 4288, and the $5 ones? SERENITY HILL, inVA, 804,265-
 8192.  Now these are not the only ones that have inexpensive plants,
they are just three that I got this past week!  I could name 25!

So hope this helps in your garden plans.  And Forrest, I am glad that
you talked about daylilies to Faith, but I just didn't want her to
get the impression that HEMS have to be expensive.  :-)

Bobbie Brooks in MA
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