2010-06-15martianinvader

[lblanchard]

2010-06-15martianinvader
Originally uploaded by lb_philly.

Whee! The surviving daylily in my backyard is indeed the Martian Invader daylily I rescued at Grovers Mill back in the 1980s. That would be Hemerocallis fulva 'flore plena.' I may have to rescue the few daylilies I planted in a big planter outside the Webster Street house -- the wretched schoolchildren have again snapped off all the buds for the fourth consecutive season. I don't know where I'm going to put them but one is a very pretty peach color with a slight ruffle to its edge, and another is deep blood red edged with gold. Not that I'll get to see the latter this year -- it's the snapped one. Peach lily hasn't sent up buds yet and I'm praying it will hold off until school's out.

In other news, a crew of about 12 librarians, including some fairly high-priced talent, gathered for pizza, beer, and a stuffing party for the best RBMS tote bag evah. We're hosting between 350-400 of our closest friends for a conference next week, at which rarelylynne will not only make an appearance but also give a paper/run a session -- but probably not in regency garb!

Comments

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

That is so sickening about the miscreant schoolchildren. The daylilies sound wonderful - I've got a few weirdo ones but they haven't flowered yet. My husband keeps destroying them with the lawn mover...

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

My husband and I were talking about it and realized it's possible that the trash men weren't careful with the trashcans as well.

This particular weirdo has been around a long time and may even be a natural sport of the species H. fulva. It has been described as an "invasive thug," propagating by runners as it does not set seed. I am tempted to see if its pollen will take on another daylily, but I don't really need to add Hemerocallis propagation to my repertoire (Hippeastrum propagation is bad enough!).