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June flower parade

21 June, 2022 By Dee Nash

by Dee Nash
21 June, 202222 October, 2022Filed under:
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  • Daylilies
  • Flowers
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It’s time for the June flower parade which, of course, includes our favorite daylilies. There are lots of other flowers blooming, but, in June, the daylilies always steal the show.

First up are the spiders and UF (Unusual Form) daylilies

There will be more UF daylilies as the season goes on.

Hemerocallis ‘Spider Miracle’ is an older daylily, but it’s having a very good year.
H. ‘Buddy’s Wild and Wonderful,’ a riff off of another daylily called ‘Wild and Wonderful.’
H. ‘Spring Chicken’ is such a soft blue pink in person. I love it.
Another view of the splendid ‘Spider Miracle’ blooming in the lower garden.
Hemerocallis 'Ninja Storm blooms in the lower garden. It is part of the June flower parade every year.
Hemerocallis ‘Ninja Storm blooms in the lower garden. It is part of the June flower parade every year.
June flower parade
H. ‘Spider Miracle’ and another daylily. I was deadheading, and my blue bucket got into the picture.
This is the first time H. ‘Buddy’s Pierre’ (Hall-J., 2021) has flowered. I think I’m going to love it. It blooms way up out of the foliage. Technically, I don’t think it’s a UF, but it sure looks like one.

Hydrangea ‘Annabelle’

In my garden, the June flower parade also has several hydrangeas working to get the most of the abundant sunshine. You know how much I love my H. aborescens ‘Annabelle’ hydrangeas, don’t you? If you want beautiful hydrangeas that are easy to grow in an Oklahoma garden, you need to pick the less finicky types–unless you have northern exposure and wet soil.

H. arborescens ‘Annabelle.’ I need to cut back that aster on the left. After the rain abruptly ended, all of the plants grew like gangbusters. I can hardly keep up.

Hot summer garden

It’s really hot outside. I think we hit 99° yesterday. I’ve heard we’re going to get a cooldown on Sunday. I sure hope so. Dianthus japonicus isn’t a plant I often write about, but I like it a lot. Here, it is making nice symmetry on either side of my brick walkway. It’s a great spiller for containers too.

Dianthus japonicus is so pretty bordering the walk.

Verbena bonariensis, Brazilian verbena, is starting to do its thing too. I started seeds indoors so I would have plants wherever I wanted to put them.

Verbena bonariensis, Brazilian verbena, is a great see-through plant. It can knit a garden border together though.

Kitchen border and back garden

In the photo below, I’m standing in the middle of my backyard next to the kitchen border. The potager is at my back and my kitchen door is ahead on my right just outside of the frame. Agastache ‘Blue Fortune,’ larkspur, peachy pink ‘Cabana Anna’ daylily, and monarda are blooming in here. Wisteria frutescens ‘Amethyst Falls’ covers the arbor in the background. It’s our native wisteria.

The side border and back garden in the morning.

Tiered borders

The tiered borders below look a little empty because I removed all of the Rudbeckia fulgida sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ out of these beds and planted other perennials. It will take three years for them to look full again, but the daylilies appreciate the room. Blackeyed Susans are fine flowers, but this area was too wet and caused ‘Goldsturm’ to spread from seed and underground runners without mercy.

I’m rehabbing the tiered borders on the north side of the deck. These were full of Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm.’ I dug it out, and planted some other plants including a few roses.

More traditional daylilies in flower

June flower parade
Pretty side border with Hemerocallis ‘Man of Sorrows and other daylilies
H. ‘Dan’s Garden Party’ is the most splendid orange and yellow.
Hemerocallis ‘Night Embers’ doesn’t always double like it’s supposed to, but when it does, it is wonderful.
H. ‘Always and Forever’ hybridized by my friend, Clint Barnes.
H. ‘Bible Grove’ is the darkest purple. It’s almost black.
H. Sonja Starchak
Hemerocallis ‘Cherokee Blanket’
H. Sherry Candy never disappoints. She always looks this good and flowers for a long time.

Even though I’m late, I wrote this post for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, hosted each month by our friend, Carol J. Michel at May Dreams Gardens.

I’m at the bottom of the back garden looking back up toward the house.

I also have a weekly podcast with Carol. You can listen to us wax philosophically about gardening at the link below.

Carol also created a new podcast newsletter through Substack that contains all of our show notes. It’s also the best way to subscribe to the podcast episode. Both are completely free.

June flower parade
Lilium ‘African Queen’ trumpet lily. I need more of this. Behind the lily is Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Center Glow’

That’s it for my June flower parade. I hope you enjoyed it. Happy gardening!

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  1. Nissi Nwaozuzu says

    1 July, 2022 at 1:27 pm

    Dee Nash’s garden is full of beautiful flowers. I love how she has different types of lilies and daylilies.

    I agree that finding the right spot for wisteria can be challenging, but once you do, it blooms beautifully.

    The tiered borders in her garden look great, and I can’t wait to see what she does with them in the future.

    Thanks for sharing, Dee!

  2. Dana says

    22 June, 2022 at 7:10 am

    You’ve outdone yourself this year Dee! I have to say, out of all that color, for some reason I’m drawn to the hydrangea. It’s just stunning. Take care my friend.

  3. Becky Kirts says

    21 June, 2022 at 1:13 pm

    I am blown away by the lush beauty of your gardens. You are amazing!!!

  4. Pat Welty says

    21 June, 2022 at 11:42 am

    Your lilies are gorgeous, such vibrant colors and a huge variety. How do you keep the daylilies from taking over the entire garden? My lilies grew over two entire beds and I’m digging them up or cutting the greenery as I’m so fed up trying to work around them. They’re crowding out the other plants.

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