Welcome to Daylily Manor's "Garden Web Tour" |
We'd like to welcome you to Daylily Manor - via the web - to see how things are "growing" here in Southern Mississippi. The date of this "tour" is April 1, 2003. The dogwoods are in bloom, the azaleas have just weathered a late heavy frost, and the daylilies are looking great! We saw the beginnings of the first scapes last Saturday and can't wait for the first bloom! After thirty days (at least it seemed like it) or so of rain in February/March, when the ground became so saturated you couldn't stand in one spot too long or you would start sinking into the ground, we are already having to water. Seems we spend the entire year alternating between too dry or too wet. Luckily, we are almost finished installing irriation to all the beds...I sure won't miss having to drag a zillion miles of hose all summer! So "come on in" and if you see any weeds while you tour... free free to pull them... |
April 1, 2003 |
The blooming of the azaleas to me is the most beautiful season - after the daylilies in bloom of course! Here in "north" Southern Mississippi you have to savor the years the azaleas make it to "full" bloom. Seems every other year or so, mild winters and early springs encourage the azaleas to bud and then comes a late freeze that wipes them out. |
Our dogwoods in the yard above have been in bloom for awhile, but those in the Mississippi woods along the roads are in full bloom and just "shine" with their bright white against the new green of the woods. |
A Lady Banks rose spreads her canopy of yellow blooms to welcome spring and is a back drop to the "carpet" of bright new daylily foliage (below) growing in one of our main planted beds. |
Soon to be replaced by blooming daylilies, the azaleas line a garden path. While below azaleas that were more protected from the late heavy frost glow in the late afternoon sun |
While the "flag pole" pot beds above are overflowing with new foliage, we start work on even more beds below. |
Filled with Jack Carpenter's Fall 2002 Intro's, these beds line the "middle" woods above and the "pecan" bed (below) gets dappled shade from the trees not yet fully leafed. |
And the last and FINAL "edition" to the family is Goldie. A stray covered in mange rescued from the below freezing winter weather we had this year, has turned this "old" house upside down. About 6 months old, she still has a LOT to learn about daylilies! And since she is never still, we have to just grab a picture "on the run"! |
These are our "weed hounds" and we are hoping that this year they will have to "keep their nose to the ground" to even find a weed! (But I doubt they will have too much trouble finding all they want!) |
Belle was rescued from a dog when she was a kitten by an acquaintance and naturally she ended up with us. Her "specialty" is bringing home mice which she turns loose in the house...anybody want a cat...(just kidding Belle) |
Huey called out to me one morning and there was a kitten in the garage eating one of Bear's dog biscuits. Named Stache, she still thinks she is a dog. |
You won't find Bear outside on a hot summer day...not as long as the air conditioner is working! But Bear is Huey's old buddy and is always ready to go for a ride with him! He loves to ride even more now, because it lets him get away from Goldie (below) who can't go because she gets car sick as soon as we start to move.... |
Thanks for taking our "tour", please come back again next month when we should have "traded" the azaleas for some daylily blooms! And if you are ever down this way we'd love for you to take the "tour" in person. Just give us a call at (601)-964-3314 for directions and to make sure we are home. Huey & Pat |
pot beds awaiting some blooms |
