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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet . . .

By Robin Rogers

Real Estate Broker/Owner with Robin Rogers, Silverbridge Realty, San Antonio, Texas 398351

June 19, 2010 12:49 PM

Day lily that smells like a rose

. . . as this daylily does! It has the most wonderful fragrance, just like that of a delicate tea rose.

I am so thrilled with my daylilies this year. My husband bought me an assortment of sizes and colors, and I planted them in groups of five in several places in our garden. Others I planted in the past didn't do very well, but I did some research and planted the scapes in areas with some afternoon shade to protect them from the South Texas heat. This plant started blooming last week. I especially like flowers in shades of apricot and peach, and this one has a beautiful blend of those colors.

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Robin Dampier REALTOR®

Coldwell Banker King - Hendersonville, NC

Hendersonville & Western NC Real Estate Source

Great photo and with your description I could almost smell the wonderful fragrance.

Sue of Robin and Sue

Jun 19, 2010 04:53 PM

Terry Chenier

Homelife Glenayre Realty - Mission, BC

You've got me thinking about Tiger Lilies now I like those.

Jun 19, 2010 05:09 PM

Ahmer Shuja

Study Real Estate - Mississauga, ON

I like that

Jun 19, 2010 05:26 PM

Melanie Hedrick

Elite Texas Properties, the best homes from McKinney to Dallas! - McKinney, TX

972-816-7205

That's beautiful, Robin! I think I'd like to get some more day lillies. I have only orange ones, but they always do so well -- I think it's time to branch out to some other variations.

Jun 19, 2010 05:59 PM

Kristen Correa, Broker

Kristen Correa Real Estate & Reedy Creek Realty Services - Keller, TX

I love coffee & real estate. I am out of coffee!

Beautiful photo and congrats on figuring out how to get them to beat the TX heat! That color is also one of my favorites and I think it accents or softens the richness of a red brick home particularly nicely.

Jun 19, 2010 06:30 PM

Claudette Millette

The Buyers' Counsel - Ashland, MA

Buyer, Broker - Metrowest Mass

Robin:

This is a lovely close-up of a very fragrant an beautiful flower. You must be watering often in the Texas heat.

Jun 20, 2010 01:18 AM

Robin Rogers

Robin Rogers, Silverbridge Realty, San Antonio, Texas - San Antonio, TX

CRS, TRC, MRP - Real Estate Investment Adviser

Wow, thanks for stopping by, everybody! And thanks to Robert and the ActiveRain gods for featuring my post!

I guess I should post photos of daylilies every day now until they're all gone! :)

Jun 20, 2010 02:23 AM

Deborah Amazon

Deborah Amazon ~ Amazon Realty ~ Mount Snow, VT 05356 - Mount Snow, VT

I am a daylilly fan too. I am in southern VT so they may vary a little. My favorite is the Stella Doro daylilly. It os brigh gold in color and blooms all season long (our season is ahort one). Thanks for your post!

Debbie

Jun 20, 2010 02:49 AM

Al Raymondi

Ocean View Realty Group in Ormond By The Sea Florida - Ormond Beach, FL

Ormond By The Sea Florida - Home and Condo Sales

Great photo and great post Robin. Congratulations on getting featured.

Jun 20, 2010 04:30 AM

Diane Williams

Pell City, AL

Robin what a beautiful picture. They have something about them that are so graceful. Congratulations on the feature post.

Jun 20, 2010 05:33 AM

Michael Setunsky

Woodbridge, VA

Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Robin, I can still smell the flower from your description. Nice photo! Thanks.

Jun 20, 2010 06:07 AM

Roy Kelley

Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks for sharing. I enjoy taking photos of flowers.

Blooming for Father's Day.

Jun 20, 2010 08:46 AM

John Thomas

E3 Green HOMES - Boulder, CO

EcoBroker, MSEE, MBA

Beautiful photo...I love the close up.

Jun 20, 2010 11:07 AM

Roy, those are beautiful Father's Daylilies! Great colors!

Jun 21, 2010 04:57 AM

William Johnson

Retired - La Jolla, CA

Retired

Hi Robin, Well Done. The photo is just wonderful and seems that changing locations in your graden is working great.

Jun 21, 2010 10:57 AM

Robert Vegas Bob Swetz

Las Vegas, NV

You are very welcome Robin and post some more in the future!

VB ;-)

Jun 21, 2010 03:21 PM

Debbie Walsh

SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY

Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

Congrats on the feature my girl! Wooooo hooooooooo! Now we both got ours! Beautiful picture!

Jun 26, 2010 09:48 AM

Thanks, Debra! It was featured by Robert Vegas Bob, and on the first page of the blog posts for the day, but not actually featured by AR. At least, I didn't receive any feature points, but I'll take what I can get!

Jun 26, 2010 02:28 PM

There is a gold star next to it so you got your feature my dear. :-)

Jun 27, 2010 10:24 AM

Cool!

Jun 27, 2010 11:37 AM

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet . . .

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