“It is not on the artist’s canvas, but in the gardener’s flower that the greatest wealth of color may be seen… Flowers possess the next best quality of color tone to that which we see in the rainbow.” ~ F. Schuyler Mathews
This morning dawned and I rushed to the garden to see what remained after last evening’s hail storm. Thankfully, the damage was minimal. Some small tree branches down. Some leaves mashed here and there. Nothing a bit of pruning and a few weeks of sunshine can’t fix. Photographs of a softball size hail stone that landed nearby makes me even more grateful for the golf ball size pieces we received. The rain that fell alongside the hail refreshed the garden. It has been a stellar year for the daylilies, but today they were especially joyful, especially colorful. What a wealth of color! What a welcome sight this morning!
Spider daylilies, shown in the first four photographs, are some of my favorites. I love the thinner petals.
Orange is my new favorite color, both in the garden and in the house.
I also love big and bold blossoms. Nothing meek about big and bold and orange!
The coloration of the daylily shown above may be soft and delicate, but there is nothing mild about the size of this one.
All photographs were taken this afternoon, June 12th, 2023, in my southern Denton County, Texas, garden. Zone 8a.
the melodious garden 