I ENJOY TAKING A BREAK from yard maintenance over a New England winter. It gives me time to enjoy other pursuits, travel and reflect on what I would like to do with my yard in the future.
While getting revitalized last year in the land of palms and papayas, I decided that it would be nice to kick off summer with a bang, having an absolute blaze of floral color to greet guests that I entertain around the Fourth of July.
To that end I decided to expand my use of two very reliable varieties of lilies that I already had here and there in the yard. Neither has ever been prone to any disease or insect damage and both prolifically provide plenty of stock for expansion or to give away. The two varieties’ blooming seasons perfectly overlap, so that from about the middle of June to nearly the end of July we will enjoy a cheerful display of first pumpkin orange, then rust orange color. The common daylily (), often called).
