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Welcome to JOYFUL REFLECTIONS. Also welcome to SEPTEMBER. My header photo this month shows a gorgeous picture showing the Great Smoky Mountains from the Foothills Parkway. God's Blessings to YOU for an awesome month.
Showing posts with label SUMMER 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SUMMER 2014. Show all posts

Thursday, November 13, 2014

The Last of our DAYLILIES in 2014

Blushing Summer Valentine Daylilies (taken on 7/1/14)
This post is for all of you who are going through this huge Arctic Blast (Winter Storm) now... These low temperatures and winter weather have been gripping most of our nation --including Texas!!!  SO----I thought seeing some gorgeous Daylilies is just what we ALL need today.  This will remind us that spring/summer will definitely be back ....  Keep the faith!!!!

This is my last batch of Daylily Photos for 2014.  We had 55 different varieties in our yard this year.  IF you want to see all of our daylilies,  click HERE.  Counting this post,  there are 5 total posts in that label (Daylilies 2014).

I worked hard this year at learning the names of our Daylilies (and our Roses) ---and I will miss them terribly until they return next Spring.  Then I'll have to learn those names all over again!!!!

Hope you enjoy today's group.  Be sure to click on them for enlargements.


Persian Market Daylilies  (taken on 7/01/14)



Perfect Peach Glory Daylilies (taken on 7/04/14)



Christmas Wishes Daylily  (taken on 7/02/14)



Orange Velvet Daylilies (taken on 7/05/14)



Pretty Woman Daylily (taken on 7/05/14)



Condilla Daylilies (taken on 7/09/14)



Lavender Vista Daylily (taken on 7/10/14)



Staci Cox Daylily (taken on 7/11/14)



Pink Playmate Daylily (taken on 7/12/14)



Buttered Popcorn Daylilies  (taken on 7/06/14)



Fuchsia Dream Daylily (taken on 7/20/14)



Starstruck  Daylilies (taken on 7/23/14)
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Do you have a favorite (or favorites) from this group?  I have always loved Buttered Popcorn,  but I also love Orange Velvet.  Lavender Vista is a gorgeous color,  and so is Persian Market... SEE??? It's hard to pick favorites!!!! ha

I will close our Daylily blog posts during 2014 by showing you three photos from one of the Daylily Beds in our yard, taken in July.  Hope you enjoy seeing them in groups.
Taken on 7/02/14


Taken on 7/06/14


Taken on 7/11/14


Hope you enjoyed seeing all of our beautiful Daylily Photos --not just today,  but all five of the posts I have published in 2014.   We buy most of our Daylilies from Oakes Daylilies right here in Tennessee.  Click HERE for more information about Oakes.

Hope you will get some Daylilies for your yard!!!!  Be sure to buy re-bloomers though.  We highly recommend them.

Our yard doesn't look like these photos now,  but I do have HOPE for the future and our beautiful flowers...  Have a great day!   AND by all means,  wherever you are,  stay WARM.   We are enjoying the new gas-log fireplace SO MUCH.

Hugs,

Monday, October 6, 2014

The Remainder of the Roses in our Yard -- 2014

TIFFANY ROSE (taken on 9/1/14)
This is my 6th post showing this year's ROSES in our Yard.   In order to see any or all of those posts,  click HERE.   (They are listed under the label,  ROSES 2014,  on my sidebar.)

Today,  I will share with you the roses I have not featured yet  this year.  As I've said in past,  we have 61 different varieties of Rose Bushes in our yard... I have featured all of them except for 12 --which I will show you today.   Actually,  I will show you those 12  PLUS 3 more favorites of mine (which have been featured before).

The fifteen will be featured in THREE parts.  First will be the ones which actually bloomed in September.  Secondly will be the others which have not been featured yet this year --but did not bloom in September.  I had to go back to June/July for those pictures... AND thirdly,  I'll feature three more favorites of mine that bloomed in September... Sit back and enjoy --and don't forget to click on them for enlargements.


VETERAN'S HONOR ROSE  (taken  9/13/14)---a favorite in our garden EVERY year!



SONIA ROSE  (taken in the rain on 9/3/14)



SWEET AFTON ROSE  (taken on 9/15/14)



PINK PEACE ROSE (taken on 9/8/14)



SOMETHING SPECIAL ROSE (taken on 9/26/14)



EIFFEL TOWER ROSE (taken on 9/16/14)


PART II  (Photos taken in June/July)
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MELODY PARFUMEE ROSE  (taken on 6/5/14)



FRAGRANT CLOUD ROSE (taken on 6/6/14)



MEMORIAL DAY ROSE (taken on 6/21/14)



GLOWING PEACE ROSE (taken on 7/1/14)



SWEET FREEDOM ROSE (taken on 6/26/14)


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PART III --- My three favorites this past month!!!


SOFT WHISPER ROSE (taken on 9/17/14)
This is a new rose in our yard this year ---and it has been terrific.. It has bloomed and bloomed ---and holds its blooms for a long time... I love this pink color --which gets darker as it ages... AND--this rose smells terrific!!!!


WELCOME HOME ROSE (taken on 9/7/14)
We have several yellow roses ---and this one is one of the prettiest.  We have had this rose for a few years and it never ceases to give us lots of blooms.


SUMMER SURPRISE ROSE (taken on 9/8/14)
Finally,  this is and has been my favorite rose in our yard THIS year.  This is also a new rose this year ---and has bloomed off and on all summer.  I love how it changes colors as it ages,  but is always gorgeous at any stage of life.  (I need to do a blog post on this one rose showing you what it looks like from birth to death!)  What a fantastic Rose...

Well----if you have looked at all of the Rose Blog Posts,  you have seen one bloom of every variety in our yard this year.  I hope you have enjoyed these.  George does a phenomenal job of taking care of our Roses ---and if you know anything about roses,  you will know that the ones we grow (Hybrid Teas and Grandifloras) are NOT easy to grow and care for.  George loves his 'babies' --and I am blessed to get to enjoy them.

Some of you have requested to see more buds --so I may do a Rosebud Post sometime.  I hate for the season to be ending --but some of these beauties will bloom til the first frost..  THEN---we'll just have to see what winter brings us and how many of these roses will bloom again next year.

Hugs,

Thursday, October 2, 2014

More 2014 DayLilies in our Yard (Part III)

PLUM PERFECT DAYLILIES  (taken on 6/26/14)
Welcome to October!!!  We have been blessed this year to have had 55 different varieties of DayLilies which have bloomed in our yard.  This post will be the third one this Summer showing different   DAYLILIES in our yard... If you missed Part I,  click HERE,  and/or if you  missed Part II,  click HERE.  So far,  I have featured 30 of our DayLilies --and today I will show you 13 more.  On a later date,  there will be one more post showing the remaining DayLilies in our 2014  collection.  Hope you enjoy today's group.  Be sure to click on the photos for enlargements.


MISS AMELIA DAYLILIES  (6/26/14)



LULLABY BABY DAYLILY  (6/27/14)



CAMERON QUANTZ DAYLILY (6/27/14)---always a favorite of mine due to the pastels



WARRIOR PRINCE DAYLILY (6/11/14)



LEMON VISTA DAYLILIES (6/27/14)



CHICAGO APACHE DAYLILY (6/14/14)



PURE AND SIMPLE DAYLILY (6/16/14)---an awesome daylily!!!!



SEMINOLE WIND DAYLILY (6/16/14)--another interesting color



PALACE PURPLE DAYLILY    (6/16/14)



JUDITH DAYLILIES (6/17/14)



CHARLES JOHNSTON DAYLILY  (6/18/14)



LEEBEA ORANGE CRUSH DAYLILIES (6/21/14)


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Here are three photos showing you the DayLily Bed.  The DayLilies were so gorgeous --and since we buy re-blooming  DayLilies,  we are hoping some of them will bloom again this Fall.
Taken on 6/21/14



Taken on 6/20/14



Taken on 6/26/14

Hope you enjoyed seeing more of our DayLilies.  Do you have a favorite from this group? 

Take time today to check out my new QUOTES on my sidebar...  Also,  I have two more beautiful Fall Photos on my PHOTO BLOG now.  Check them out by clicking HERE.

Have a tremendous week/weekend.  Get out and enjoy Nature!!!!

Hugs,