(Nearly all of them, at this point.)
Actually, Hemerocallis fulva 'Kwanso' is a beautiful (in my opinion) daylily.
It is tall, blooms mid-season, and is a prolific bloomer!
(photo taken July 15, 2008)
(Photo taken June 27, 2010)
In my reading, it was surmised that Kwanso probably came from the Chinese Hsuam Ts'ao which literally means "forget your worries." It is a medicinal plant and the flowers are edible - so reads another source.
I planted it in the Sunny Corner Bed a few years ago and it made itself quite at home.
(photo taken July 15, 2008)
It became so comfortable with its surroundings, however, that it decided to take over!photo below taken 7/21/07
Can you tell this is before I began the recycled sidewalk edgings?
Can you tell this is before I began the recycled sidewalk edgings?
photo below taken 7/04/08
(the recycled sidewalk edgings were begun in the Fall of 2007
and finished in the Spring of 2008)
(the recycled sidewalk edgings were begun in the Fall of 2007
and finished in the Spring of 2008)
photo below taken 7/16/09 -
taken from the side (there were tomato plants in front)
taken from the side (there were tomato plants in front)
(photo taken June 19, 2010 - before they began to bloom)
Because I would like to have a greater variety of plants here (including a few more daylilies), I finally decided that drastic measures must be taken.(photo taken July 10, 2010 - after most have been removed)
That's where my garden fork, shovel and wheelbarrow came into the picture. Two wheelbarrow loads of Kwanso and Dutch Iris were taken to the back ravine.
This beautiful Dutch Iris is Very Vigorous... the tubers grow long and longer and multiply like crazy. (Love them, though!)
(photos taken June 8, 2008)
There is a clump of each left in the garden. I plan to pound 8" segments of plastic retainers around each clump to confine (hopefully) them to their own areas. :-)
Nothing shady - just hopeful!
