Early Spring

The cool weather is probably saving some plants. It was way too dry during the warmer weather. I have established shrubs that are wilting and the burmuda is already browning out. I broke out the hoses a week ago and started watering the landscape plants.   

{We finally got 1/2" of much needed rain last night. }

The  first seedling bloom opened yesterday. It is a nocturnal that starts opening about mid-day and is fully open the next morning. We had a well needed thunderstorm last night which ruined the bloom.  

I thought I would experiment with posting a photo to see how it works on the new web host. 

The thumbnail above takes you to the photo in my Webshots gallery. 

I'll work on finding how to get the full sized photo to show. 

In past years this spider has bloomed later than most of my daylilies. It was potted until the end of the bloom season last year when I put it in the ground. It has responded by doubling in clump size and adding several inches on the scape. I don't know the variety. This was purchased from a grower who did not have his plants labeled.