Daylily Haiku Thursday | Screaming Yellow — by Nikki Schmith on Thursday, January 13, 2011

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explosion in light! the searing throat screams yellow- and then softly fades. (photo is a Dan Bachman seedling.  It blooms like nothing e...

Daylily Haiku Thursday | Highlights and resolutions... — by Nikki Schmith on Thursday, January 6, 2011

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deep colors, dark glow- in the blinding white winter, how i love you so! photo: H. 'Tuxedo Whiskers' (Shooter, E. 2001) Another...

Daylily Haiku Thursday | Last haiku for 2010... — by Nikki Schmith on Thursday, December 30, 2010

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pleating ( pleading ) lines - carved into fleshy petals of color and joy. This is H. 'Old San Juan' (Santa Lucia 1998)' one of...

2011 AHS Region 2 Tour Gardens Preview - "Great Lakes Gathering" — by Nikki Schmith on Sunday, December 26, 2010

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In just about 200 days, the Southern Michigan Daylily Society invites you to southeastern Michigan to a "Great Lakes Gathering!" ...

Daylily Haiku Thursday | Threshold of a Dream — by Nikki Schmith on Thursday, December 23, 2010

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time painfully spent- standing (balancing) on the threshold of a dream. This is H. 'Threshold of a Dream,' hybridized by the slig...

Miniature Gardening - Mission Accomplished! — by Nikki Schmith on Monday, December 20, 2010

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I like to do it myself.  DIY- no problemo.  Consider it done.  I see some assembly of say, a garden art piece, I immediately think of how I ...

Daylily Haiku Thursday | Glee over Three... — by Nikki Schmith on Thursday, December 16, 2010

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three is just better than one big beautiful bloom. more to drool over! You know I don't always love the unusual form daylilies.  Dan ...

Eureka! It's Winter! | Daylily Blog on photo inspiration... — by Nikki Schmith on Sunday, December 12, 2010

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The snow has fallen and my excitement about the 2011 growing season has risen!  Yesterday I picked up my copy of the 2011 Eureka Daylily Ref...

Daylily Haiku Thursday | Two by Two... — by Nikki Schmith on Thursday, December 9, 2010

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Two pair.  Four faces. Short-lived, unique, and treasured blooms fade too quickly! In the foreground is Larry Grace's H. 'Destine...