Lithuanian daylily and iris garden: 2014

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

My new garden

Dear blog readers, you might be thinking where I'm gone...
At this time I have loads of tasks and information to memorize at University. Studying very hard. Hope it will ends soon and I can relax a little big. Even now, when I am writing this blog trying to memorize loads of trees in latin and Lithuanian and how to ID them in the test and exam next year.
But for blog I write about my gardening experience.
Working with my new garden is big task, but very interesting and educational. Creating spaces, planning flower beds and making some compositions. I can show just few photos of my garden to understand how it looks like. It is long and slim, so no very big open spaces, but I try to make something that trick you eyes in the future.

First photo in the right show the view which I found in mid-spring when we decide that this will be our new home. And that is my first tasks to think how it will looks like in the future. It is pretty hard to understand what to do next. So I just sit, and think where I can put some trees, big flowers and shrubs. All new ideas for spaces came later. When I moved in there I understand something more and in learning process I try to plan some areas for different cultures of my passion.

Second photo in the right is how it looks like at this time. Long lawn is just for now. Later in the end of this flower bed I make one big flower bed which cut this space to two areas and make no bad feeling of too long and slim space. As I found very interesting landscape architect Piet Oudolf, and his gardens, I wanted to create a little part of his matrix-planting in my garden. So that big bed will be exactly that.

This is the end of my garden in the beginning. Warm spring day when we look for future home bring us to this place and we just inlove house. And I liked that fact, that garden is more than 10 times bigger than before. When I saw this part of the garden just one idea get in my mind. There must be lawn circle and edges till fence (or future green hedge) will be filled with daylilies.

And this is how it looks like few weeks back from this day. I call this part - Daylily circle. A new space with name is something unique in my garden. I never try to name any spaces. I think I didn't do that before, because I have too small garden space. And now I can let my imagination work without limits. Even this is still in process, I think it will look great in the future.

Some easy way how to combine some flowers which I grown at Dean fields. Now I moved them and create this bed. Those small plants where from pots. So now they are save in the ground.

Vegetable garden part is moved closer to home, because my mom not planning to walk in a half of garden to pick few onions every time she need them. So in old vegetable part I planted all my iris collection. And there is fresh beds for our food. Strawberries already in their place. In spring we are planning to build a greenhouse. So it will look different any way.

Very long lawn and Daylily circle in the back will look differently in the future. I will try to prune or even cut off all trees and shrubs close to fence in the left side and make long bed for daylily seedlings. And side in first plan will be digged out and in this spot I will make a big ornamental grasses and other plant mixed bed.

Iris collection.

Carpinus betulus hedge will be perfect green wall, and will create cozy spots in the garden. Will try to hide from neighbors. Planted them really big, so effect will come really soon.

Daylily circle project will glow in the future. For me Daylily circle project means more than nice space for wonderful plants, but also like monument of this year awards. American Hemerocallis Society awarded me as this year Mabel Matthews Scholarship recipient. It is very big award for me. And also other large gift from AHS International membership chair member Maureen Strong - all life membership at AHS. Oh my, it is outstanding gift. I never dreamed about it, so it is perfect gift. All recently news came to my home while they still are fresh, so it will be for following years and entire life.

In the end I can say just one big Thanks for all who coming to read my blog. Over 11 300 views from beginning is something wonderful. Even this is just a number, but for me it is appreciation from you all. I know that I am on the right path and I will reach my goals.

Monday, August 11, 2014

Daylily (Hemerocallis L.) seedlings 2014

Sorry for all who was wait for my new posts. We was moving to new home, and spent all time for that. I moved my garden, so you can imagine my days now, when I still have tons of seedlings at my grandmother garden and want to take them all with me.
But also I had some nice experience in Europe. In the end of June and first days of July (spent my birthday in three countries: morning in Italy, lunch in Poland and evening in Lithuania, nice 20 birthday party) I went to Italy, Ispra's Joint Research Centre. My special donated prize from EUCYS. And just few days back I go home after amazing journey in London, at London International Young Scientists Forum (LIYSF). So my works in garden was a little stopped, but now I am working.
After all those moving and traveling worries I saw my daylilies just 4 days this season. But still make some pretty photos and saw big hope for next year works with them.
And now, enjoy the show:

(Hunky BTTP x Ruckus) x (Delta Force x Heman) Seeds from William Marchant

Arnie Oseland x unknown Seeds from John Kulpa

Arnie oseland x unknown Seeds J.Kulpa

Arnie oseland x unknown seeds J.Kulpa

Arnie oseland x unknown close up. Seeds from J.Kulpa

Arnie oseland x unknown Seeds from J.Kulpa

Bass Gibson sdlg x unknown Seeds from J.Kulpa

Bob Olson x unknown Seeds from J.Kulpa

Charlie x Uri Geller Seeds from AHS International Seed Bank

Unknown x unknown Seeds from Claudia Conway

Cool Morning Mist x Vertical Horizon Seeds from AHS International Seed Bank

Dacquiri x New Style

Dear Moon x Night Beacon

Early Days x Rock Solid seedling. Seeds from Claudia Conway

El Desperado x Raspberry Queen TM

Evening Eye Shadow x Glass Bead Game. Seeds from AHS International Seed Bank

Fifty Golden Years x Witch's Stick. Seeds from AHS International Seed Bank

Hallejluha Joy x Diane Crawford. Seeds from AHS International Seed Bank

Kaleidoscope Intrigue x Purple Penguin. Seeds from Claudia Conway

Maple Leaf Forever x Blue Eyed Dragon. Seeds from Mick Morry

Mitsu x Dear Moon

Mitsu x New Style

Moonshiner x Simple Okulfrapa. Seeds from Izidor Golob

Night Beacon x Dj Leo

Optical Art x White Tooth. Seeds from Mick Morry

Purplelicious x William Austin Norris

Renee-1RB2 x Larry's Obsession. Seeds from Claudia Conway

Ruffled Strawberry Parfair x Polston sdlg. Seeds from William Marchant

Sdlg x Light Force. Seeds from W.Marchant

Southern Black Racer x Snaggle Tooth. Seeds from Mick Morry

Thunder Dragon x Unknown. Seeds from J.Kulpa

Triassic Teeth x Forestlake Point Lace. Seeds from Claudia Conway

Vakara Vesma x Night Beacon

Varsity x Dear Moon

Varsity x Peacock Maiden

Violet Victory x unknown. Seeds from J.Kulpa

William Colby Jones x (Blue Hippo x Special Candy. Seeds from C.Conway

Windham Aphrodite's Nighty x Webster's Pink Wonders. Seeds from AHS International Seed Bank

{Kaleidoscope Treasure x (sdlg x unknown)} x 12-11 seeds from William Marchant

In the end I would like to say very strong THANKS for all those generous people who helped me with seeds for beginning. Now I see that they are more than generous, because send me such a great seeds. I will have some nice days next summer when I can breed them like a bee.

Thank you all for read my blog posts. It is big pleasure to see that we have almost 10 000 views for my blog. This is amazing.

Next posts will be latter, when I end big works in garden and home.

Greetings from Lithuania.

Edvinas