love/hate
That's the kind of relationship I have with the orange day lilies that live in our yard. Fifty or so weeks out of the year, I hate them. They are bushy and weedy and droopy. They spread like crazy and are hard to dig up.
Then there's the two magnificent weeks a year that they bloom. That's when they take their turns smiling up at the blue sky and sway in the warm breeze. Dagnabit, they always talk me back into falling in love.
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This happens to me with some flowers too although I don't mind the daylilies. I think I might like floppy?
Posted by: Mama Urchin | July 5, 2007 4:20 PM
that is exactly how i feel about them too.
Posted by: erin | July 5, 2007 4:55 PM
::cough, cough:: spread some over here ::cough, cough::
Posted by: capello | July 5, 2007 5:09 PM
They are pretty, though. We have some, too. Or some other kind of orange lily (I always thought they were called "tiger lilies" like from Peter Pan.)
Posted by: lera | July 5, 2007 5:59 PM
i love those lillies. but i don't have any in my yard to contemplate most of the year. lovely orange.
Posted by: emily | July 5, 2007 7:29 PM
i have the same relationship with ours. i talk about digging them out every year. then they bloom. damn.
Posted by: heidi | July 5, 2007 8:15 PM
oh that orange! i'm in love too.
Posted by: shari | July 5, 2007 8:30 PM
Reminds me of my mom's garden back home. I loved to pick off the seeds where the leaf connects to the stalk! Such a weird place for them to be.
Posted by: Beth | July 6, 2007 7:04 AM
I totally agree! I do love how tall they are. I cut them and put them in one of those huge vases from Pottery Barn. It makes such a dramatic display! I hope you are having a nice summer. It is so hot and HUMID this week!
Posted by: Cindy | July 6, 2007 8:25 AM
Did you know they're tasty too? Buds and flowers - saute OR wrap em up in a little lettuce leaf with some sauce, rice and herbs. Yum-cha!
Posted by: nuttnbunny | July 7, 2007 1:59 PM
our tigerlilies were so late coming up this year, but then they finally wiggled through. they're next to my garage- makes me so happy to see them when i come home after a tiring day.
Posted by: karen | July 9, 2007 2:20 PM
I'm glad they redeemed themselves :) They're my favorite color!
Posted by: Felicia | July 9, 2007 6:56 PM
Nice Color!
Posted by: Pearl Lu | July 11, 2007 11:09 AM
They look lovely right now! Such a pretty, bright color!
Posted by: Chara Michele | July 12, 2007 8:29 AM