It
wouldn't be summer without these plants. When we first moved here and built our home over ten
years ago one of the first things we did to landscape was to transplant a wheelbarrow of these from the ditch by the road. Partly because we were broke and
couldn't afford much else but mostly because my wife had an attachment to them.
Next to the 120 year old farmhouse that she grew up in was a huge bed of these flowers
affectionately known as ditch
lillies. Her mother who was born in that house
couldn't remember a time when they were not there.
They greet us every June, you cant kill them. They are tough. Apparently "
Heremrocallis fulva Eurpoa" naturalized from early
European settlers gardens and have spread wildly ever since. Definitely invasive but for us a welcome visitor. Sterile they spread from roots sending out new growth and even a small piece of root will give it a good attempt. Ive seen gardening sites advise "do not plant in
perennial beds as they will
multiply and grow among them".
I take more than a reasonable amount of photos of them each year. They remind us of childhood summer nights,
humidity, staying out late with the longer daylight, noisy nighthawks circling overhead, and visits from old friends.
It wouldn't be summer without these plants. When we first moved here and built our home over ten years ago one of the first things we did to landscape was to transplant a wheelbarrow of these from the ditch by the road. Partly because we were broke and couldn't afford much else but mostly because my wife had an attachment to them.
Next to the 120 year old farmhouse that she grew up in was a huge bed of these flowers affectionately known as ditch lillies. Her mother who was born in that house couldn't remember a time when they were not there.
They greet us every June, you cant kill them. They are tough. Apparently "Heremrocallis fulva Eurpoa" naturalized from early European settlers gardens and have spread wildly ever since. Definitely invasive but for us a welcome visitor. Sterile they spread from roots sending out new growth and even a small piece of root will give it a good attempt. Ive seen gardening sites advise "do not plant in perennial beds as they will multiply and grow among them". 
2 comments:
These are lovely....and beautiful memories you have shared with us, too!
That beauty of color they have these flowers.
The light and the clarity; magisterial. Some photos of book of botanica to consult!!!
A greeting from Barcelona
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