After we “harvested” the wheat, some wildflowers decided to show up. I’m curious to see how this continues. There were supposed to be 17 types of wildflowers in this collection of seeds. They aren’t full and lush. Neither are they dead. Next summer will be interesting.
There was some butterfly sex going on out there, too. But, I decided to allow them some privacy.
I’m not sure why these get called Tiger lilies since they’re spotted.
I have no idea what’s in which pot now.
(The plant in the foreground is the Sarracenia psittacina I lifted out of the bog last year.)
Last year, Madame bloomed for a week in the middle of August. This year (so far) a single day in June. That is ‘Almost Black’ which has never bloomed before.
This one bloomed earlier this year.
Last year, it opened on August 13. The bud was up on Saturday and it opened on Sunday. And there’s another bud coming up.
The other 2 don’t have any buds and I decided they were too crowded in their shared pot. Man! They were root bound!
I have cut them apart and replanted them in separate pots with good soil around their abused roots. I’m thinking that I’ll lift all 3 of them out of their pots when they’re dormant this Fall and set them down to free range in the bottom to see how that goes.
I would love to see the purple ‘Almost Black’ and white ‘Virginiana’ blooming along with this ‘Madama Wilfron Gonnere’.
I am the Audience 