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 04:20 PM
that is exactly how i feel about them too.
Posted by: erin | July 5, 2007 04:55 PM
::cough, cough:: spread some over here ::cough, cough::
Posted by: capello | July 5, 2007 05:09 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 05:59 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 07:29 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 08:15 PM
oh that orange! i'm in love too.
Posted by: shari | July 5, 2007 08:30 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 07:04 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 08:25 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 01:59 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 02:20 PM
I'm glad they redeemed themselves :) They're my favorite color!
Posted by: Felicia | July 9, 2007 06:56 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 08:29 AM