The ball continued on in my absence as the guest made themselves right at home. Most have been here long enough now that they can feel comfortable in doing that and they do quite well entertaining themselves.
There were only two new arrivals; they showed up right before I left so I snapped a quick photo of each for you.
It had rained on Persian Ruby. I first met Ruby only a few weeks ago at Helen Deerings Garden, so I invited her to come to the ball. She seems to be enjoying herself and I couldn't be happier that she decided to make an appearance already this year.
Chicago Apache was delayed with important tribal business. He has been invited since 2006, but this is the first year he could make it. I'm so glad to finally meet him!
Well, there are only a few more guests expected, and it looks like at least two won't be able to make it at all, but I plan to attend another Garden Party soon and maybe I'll meet a few more friends. I'd like to invite more ball goers that enjoy arriving later in the season. I'm not happy when the party starts to wind down too early.
Some of the decorations around the ballroom floor are spectacular this year. A morning glory just opened. It was planted quite late and didn't have the proper amount of sun, but it was able to bloom anyway.
And look at this combination of veronica and rudbeckia. Yellow and blue are one of my favorite garden combos.
It's been a long and busy weekend and now it's time to leave the garden party tonight; so this is Jane Marie signing off until next time. Keep on Dancing!
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6 comments:
That's a beautiful daylily in your first photo, but it doesn't have the large size and huge yellow centre of my Persian Ruby. Also mine doesn't have a white midrib. Daylilies do look different from year to year, and it does take them a while to get established sometimes, but is there a chance this one could be misnamed?
Karen,
This Persian Ruby came from a very reputable dealer and member of the hemerocalis society for years and years. I watched her dig it up, so I'm sure it is correct, BUT I only bought it a few weeks ago. It had a bloom on it when I saw it and it was much larger. There were just a few buds on it and this is what I got plus one other one which was not formed completely. I'm sure next year, I'll see a totally different flower. Hopefully it will be larger like when I first picked it out. The anticipation is what I love about daylilies.
My morning glories are being real stubborn this year. Only luck I've had at all are with wild ones that just came up. And I wish I had your "stragglers." Everything here is just scorched looking, and I water most everyday.
Brenda
More beautiful Daylilies. We've had some pretty hard rain here and the flowers don't look the same afterwards.
Hi Jane Marie, I love your cotillion participants. So glad they decided to show up, especially that Chicago Apache, what a striking color. Having daylilies go into September sounds like a dream. Our leaves will be starting to turn then and some of the early mums will reve up for the big October show to match the foliage turning on the maples and dogwoods. Summer is fading, isn't it?
Your garden must be amazing this time of year, Jane Marie. But you must be exhausted from hosting this cotillion all summer, although they do seem like such mannerly guests:)
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