Weekend garden chores: put the champagne on ice
Photo credit: Baltimore Sun/Jerry Jackson
If you are like me, or my photographer friend Jerry Jackson, you have too many daylilies in your garden.
It is easy to do. They are so beautiful and come in, no kidding, thousands of color combinations. Drought doesn't bother them, and they multiply like rabbits.
I wrote a daylily story for The Sun a few years ago, ended up buying 30 different varieties from my subjects, and I have been dividing them and giving them to complete strangers ever since.
They call them daylilies for a reason: that's how long the blooms last. And you are left with an icky, melting blossom when they are spent.
How do you handle this daunting bit of garden maintenance?
Simply throw a Bloom-Breaking Champagne Party for your friends.
Pour some bubbly, hand out the glasses,and set your friends loose in the garden to break off the fading blooms.
I am not sure, but if you throw in some heavy appetizers, the fond memories of this evening might bring your friends back when it is time to cut the daylily foliage back to the ground to inspire some fresh growth.
No guarantees, however.
Comments
Will work for food and booze.
Too funny, GF!!! -- Susan
Posted by: NotableM | June 25, 2010 7:53 AM