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What is this flower to the left?  I have several of them planted in my mulch beds, complements of the bulider.  They spring out their spray of grassy mounds this time every year. 

The problem is that, out of a similar grassy mound, springs an entirely different flower.  Yellow with rounded petals that are grouped much closer together.  I have one of this variety, and if I'd thought about it, I would have snapped a picture about three weeks ago when it was blooming.

Seems, because the grass spriggs look the same, the builder goofed and gave me an oddbal...right on the corner of the mulch bed.  I'd like to replace it with the right flower.  So what the heck I am looking for and when is the best time to plant it in place of my oddball.

 
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Oh Chris Ann, you are so tough on us. We are Realtors, and maybe part time gardeners. If I had gardening expert here in Dallas, Neil Sperry next to me, he could help you. I'll wait and see what others say. You are trying to work my brain too hard for the day. Couldn't you have asked a Real Estate question? ; )

If you don't get an answer in a day, here's his website:

http://www.neilsperry.com/   He would DEFINITELY have the answer for you even if it is only native to Virginia. He knows everything about plants and flowers.

 

07/06/2008 03:29 PM by Gary Woltal - REALTORĀ® Dallas Ft. Worth (Keller Williams Realty)


Gary:  Thanks for the website.  I'm sure it will help.

07/06/2008 03:51 PM by Chris Ann Cleland, GRI (Long & Foster)


Chris Ann...

Hemerocallidaceae, or day-lily. Called a daylily because each bloom only lasts one day. They come in many colors and varieties, about 5-10 dollars a cluster, but you can actually divide the ones you have after they are done blooming.

07/06/2008 05:04 PM by Richard Weisser Coweta Fayette Real Estate ERA United Realty


Richard:  Thank you!  That helps a lot because they are getting way bigger than they used to be two years ago.  I can share them with neighbors.

07/06/2008 05:20 PM by Chris Ann Cleland, GRI (Long & Foster)


Chris Ann,

Yes I think it is a Lilly and a beautiful Lilly at that.

Mike Lewis

07/06/2008 10:33 PM by Mike Lewis San Diego Realtor (Dawn Sells San Diego)


Oh, Chris...I feel sorry for your oddball.  I think you should keep it!

07/07/2008 07:49 AM by Nancy Pav (Long & Foster)


Nancy:  I will probably just transplant it.   There's plenty of blank spaces in my mulch bed.

Mike:  Thanks.  I think it's nice too.

07/07/2008 02:30 PM by Chris Ann Cleland, GRI (Long & Foster)


Dear Chris,

This is an example of a Day Lilly. They come in pink, white, orange, yellow and combinations of those colors. They are very hardy and are grown by a small bulb and will reproduce over time. good luck and happy accidential gardening!

Betina (Austin_Realtor)

07/07/2008 05:19 PM by Betina Foreman (Keller Williams Realty, Inc.)


Betina:  I love planting bulbs!  They are indestructible...at least through my experience.

07/07/2008 08:59 PM by Chris Ann Cleland, GRI (Long & Foster)


I'm too late.  You already got the answer.  It's a daylily and there are hundreds of varieties.

http://daylily.net/index.asp

07/08/2008 11:49 AM by Kathy Anderson of Ken Meade Realty - Located in the heart of Sun City Grand (Ken Meade Realty)


Kathy:  Thanks for helping anyway.  I am a garden moron.

07/08/2008 01:58 PM by Chris Ann Cleland, GRI (Long & Foster)


You should fill that mulch bed with daylilies.  They're the best at covering an area, multiplying, and looking gorgeous every year.  I think it's Bonanza.  But you're probably looking for Stella d'Oro daylilies.  They're the most common, and they're yellow.

07/08/2008 03:30 PM by Buyers Advantage Real Estate of Metro Denver


Judith:  Those flowers look like my oddball flower.  All yellow and like a little trumpet.  Very pretty, but the one pictured above go great with our red shutters and door...and red brick.

07/08/2008 03:47 PM by Chris Ann Cleland, GRI (Long & Foster)


If the picture looks like your oddball, that's Stella d'Oro.  The other one is also a daylily and it's Bonanza.  If you want the Bonanza, you can plant it anytime.  You can order them online, or you can call the builder and ask where they got them.  Chances are you won't be able to get them locally unless the landscaper is still planting them.  Try this source on eBay. 

I hope this is what you're looking for.

07/08/2008 04:21 PM by Buyers Advantage Real Estate of Metro Denver


Daylily--yep!  My dad once helped me pull all of those 'weeds' out of a mulch bed (I was, like:  "Dad?  What happened to my daylilies?  Grass?  No...not grass...")

07/08/2008 04:55 PM by Real World Properties, Inc. - Home of ForeclosureBusTampa!


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