A Coastal Alabama Garden: A Whole Lotta Daylily Photos

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

A Whole Lotta Daylily Photos

... And these are just the ones since last time, minus the ones I haven't loaded from the camera over the past two or three days.

Many of these are repeats from the same plant, but since I can't always remember which ones I have and haven't gotten a good photo of, I just take pictures as the mood strikes me. Please excuse the excess. ;o)

Welcome!

I'm a lazy gardener located in a coastal county of Alabama, within a short drive of the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay.

My garden is in zone 8b (sunset zone 28), which means we have mild winters, hot summers, and a long growing season. Rain can (and will) fall any/every month of the year, sometimes by the bucketful, and humidity is a way of life.

We can grow a wide range of plants, including subtropicals, but anything that needs a good winter chill is out, and some plants just can't abide our delightful combination of relentless summertime heat and humidity. (Can't say that I blame them, to be honest...)

My gardening style is informal and eclectic. I love old-fashioned plants (and gardens)-- cottage gardens-- and exuberant, jungly plantings. I'm always in search of plants that are tough enough to survive my imperfect gardening practices-- but I'm trying to do better, year by year.

My husband (Donald) and I dabble in vegetable gardening, but it's not a passion. We share our large, fenced yard with two Eskies (American Eskimo dogs) named Trixie and Luna.