Sunday, July 17, 2011

The Day Lilies are Blooming!!

When we first moved up here full time, I wanted to plant some flowers and was limited in where. I had planted daffodils and thought that since day lilies appeared to flourish up here they might also be deer resistant. The deer tend to eat just about anything including the lilac bush I planted (another story) So, I ordered a variety of bulbs and planted - and waited. They grew but after only one day the flower was eaten!! Perhaps the deer liked the color of the flowers as the ones that grow along the side of the road are orange.
This year is different - we have Honey who barks at the deer. And we have noticed less deer around the house and the deer we do see (and Honey sees them too) tend to stay back in the woods. So, this year I have flowers - lovely flowers. I've been going out to take pictures in case the deer do start eating but here we are about a week after they started to bloom and as you can see, they are still going strong! And they are quite pretty, if I do say so!!
I enjoy taking pictures of them. I hope you like them too!

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After working for 40 years in education, I retired and with my husband moved to the "wilds" of PA. This blog is thoughts and pictures of what we are doing.