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Real Estate Agent with Long and Foster Real Estate VA License # 0225089470

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.

Comments(18)

Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

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.

 

Jul 06, 2008 08:29 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

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

Jul 06, 2008 08:51 AM
Richard Weisser
Richard Weisser Realty - Newnan, GA
Richard Weisser Retired Real Estate Professional

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.

Jul 06, 2008 10:04 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

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.

Jul 06, 2008 10:20 AM
Mike and Dawn Lewis
The Lewis Team at Keller Williams - San Diego, CA
The Lewis Team at Keller Williams in San Diego CA

Chris Ann,

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

Mike Lewis

Jul 06, 2008 03:33 PM
Nancy Pav
Century 21 Redwood Realty - Ashburn, VA
Nancy Pav, Your "GottaHave" Realtor

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

Jul 07, 2008 12:49 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

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.

Jul 07, 2008 07:30 AM
Betina Foreman
WJK Realty - Austin, TX
Realtor, C.N.E., with WJK REALTY

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)

Jul 07, 2008 10:19 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

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

Jul 07, 2008 01:59 PM
Kathy Anderson
Arizona Luxury & Lifestyle Living - Cave Creek, AZ
Arizona Homes For Sale

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

http://daylily.net/index.asp

Jul 08, 2008 04:49 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

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

Jul 08, 2008 06:58 AM
Judith Clausen
Buyers Advantage Real Estate of Metro Denver - Denver, CO
Judith R. Clausen

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.

Jul 08, 2008 08:30 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

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.

Jul 08, 2008 08:47 AM
Judith Clausen
Buyers Advantage Real Estate of Metro Denver - Denver, CO
Judith R. Clausen

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.

Jul 08, 2008 09:21 AM
Trey Thurmond
BCR Realtors - College Station, TX
College Station , Texas Homes

Looks like a lilly to me!

Jul 08, 2008 09:30 AM
Judith Clausen
Buyers Advantage Real Estate of Metro Denver - Denver, CO
Judith R. Clausen

What looks like a lily?

Jul 08, 2008 09:51 AM
Loretta Buckner
Real World Properties, Inc.| Your Real Estate Consultant for Life - Palm Harbor, FL
Your GREEN Real Estate Consultant For Life!

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...")

Jul 08, 2008 09:55 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Thanks for everything guys! 

Jul 08, 2008 10:03 AM