Monday, July 19, 2010

Daylilies--beauty and short life


Why do daylilies have the ability to both aggravate and captivate? These flowers grow like weeds, pushing their way into every bit of space possible.
But, then they bloom. And, what beauty! Insects love these strange flowers that blossom so boldly during the day and curl in to sleep at night.

This year, I clipped some lilies in various stages of bloom and brought them inside. They stayed beautiful, opening one a day as they dropped the finished bloom.