June 2025
- chende2292
- Jun 25
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 26

Do not scroll further, if you have no interest in daylilies. If you are on the fence these photos might turn you into a fan. I love the month of June. It's one of the best times of year for our flower garden. The daylilies greet me each day with new blossoms to enjoy. It makes daily deadheading a pleasure as you get to admire the new day's blossoms up close.

These beauties are prolific. I periodically divide them and share with my neighbors.

The yellow daylilies and Barbara Mitchells are the first ones to open in my garden. The generous amount of rain this growing season helped to develop some awesome blooms! A new favorite of mine, Mystical Rainbow is hitting it's stride after three Springs here.
This daylily is flanked by a pale pink yarrow which fades to white and a dark leaved dahlia, First Love.

This is a hybrid with huge flowers that has heritage from Bob Elliott's daylilies. Bob is a real connoisseur of beauty. He is an Art Historian. My mother and I purchased daylilies from Bob in the late eighties and early nineties. My mother had fun hybridizing a few herself. When we knew Bob, he was hybridizing daylilies to achieve a beautiful blue (purple).

This group of the hybrid pictured above sits at the top of a bank near the parking space next door. The white flowers are some type of wild aster. They are springing up everywhere in this hot, open and dry area.
Another gorgeous daylily with parentage from Bob's daylilies. This resides in my mother's yard. One day, I'm going to transplant one here.

The Fairytale Pink daylilies open later than my yellow and Barbara Mitchell varieties. They are also quite adaptable to different sunlight conditions. This group does not have sunshine until late in the day. They face West.

This beautiful pair has a southern exposure. The butterfly bush has overtaken this plant, but it has found a way to face west to get the sunlight.

Another gorgeous hybrid with an eastern and southern exposure.

Here's a couple of brighter and shorter varieties for you. These are in a border garden next door. The soil isn't as moist here as in our yard. They responded beautifully to the rainy period we had. I've had these about five years. I remember that I bought them in a restricted environment during covid. You would place your plant order online with the nursery before heading to the garden center. They would bring your plants to the car, so no strolling around with the public. It was an efficient system in a time of crisis.


The "candies" in situ with a group of short bee balm. This photo was taken on another day. Notice that the Pink Cotton Candy blossoms have deepened and the throats are now bright chartreuse. Hmmm. Do I have three kinds here or not?
The colors can change a bit as the day progresses. I'll have to wait until next year to confirm that since the blooms have expired for this season. These look a lot like Elegant Candy.

I've started to incorporate some ivory and pale yellow daylilies in this same border. The ivories really stand out from a distance, but the blossoms seem more delicate than the others.
This is Sunday Gloves. What a great name!

A tall pale yellow beauty from Oakes Daylilies. This company sends nice big clumps to you and sometimes includes free daylilies with your order.

It's June 25th, as I write this post. We have entered a blazing hot week here in Durham. We have the potential for storms tonight which would be a great relief as long as we don't lose power or have any damage. Fortunately, the earlier rainy period has helped plants deal with the high nineties and low 100s. I'm hoping that next week will be cooler.
Happy gardening! May your gardens be floriferous and abundant.
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