1346. wow!


orange daylilies 
orange, all the way to the end….
wow!


 

It was a hot, sunny day. Walking slowly around the neighborhood, I saw a great number of orange daylilies leaning out from a very long stone wall. Pausing to admire and wonder….hmm, how many?So I walked to one end and began counting, moving along, step by step, inch by inch, all the way to the other end, and ending with 851. Wow! While these beautiful flowers bloom only for one day, it’s said that a mature clump can produce 200 to 400 blooms over a month, or more. No doubt, this mass of daylilies could easily produce thousands! Here’s a closer look: