21 May 2016

Daylilies

Daylily, Charleston, SC  
A couple of years ago I took a day trip and landed in fields of blooming day lilies at Brown's Ferry Nursery daylily annual open house. The prices made me gulp - some of them are very expensive - up to $125 for a plant, but they were so beautiful. Luckily they had a bargain section and I went home with a few that are blooming now.

One of my favorite things is the names of flowers - Bonfire Heart, Blonde on the Inside, Boo Nanny, Border Dispute, Bullfrogs & Butterflies - and that is just from the "B" section. I think I want to be a Lily Namer when I grow up.

The farm is above Georgetown on Brown's Ferry Road and the annual open house is coming up on June 4 & 5th. They even served a light lunch the day I was there.


11 comments:

Janie said...

Beautiful.

Kate said...

Love the way you photographed these lovely blooms. Recently saw a collection of Oriental lilies that took away my breath.

Donna Gill Colestock said...

Just gorgeous, Joan! Thanks for the heads up!

Marcheline said...

Lovely!!

William Kendall said...

The colours are gorgeous.

Charlestonjoan said...

Thanks Janie!

Charlestonjoan said...

Thanks Kate. I am sure people driving by were wondering what I was doing. :)

Charlestonjoan said...

You are welcome. Enjoy! As I recall they laid out a buffet lunch for the open house day.

Charlestonjoan said...

Thanks William!

Charlestonjoan said...

Thanks much! Happy spring!

Jack said...

Places like that are fun. I live less than an hour from White Flower Farms, a mail order merchant with big fields of day lilies. And, years ago I visited a private home in northeastern Massachusetts where the owner had two acres of the most unusual day lilies. They are great flowering plants.