A Hot Tuesday

 It took years of patience to get this field lily to look this good. When I moved it down from the old place I had planted it near a tree. It didn't take off there at all. The plant itself grows wild in country ditches as it is invasive. Houses in the country will be torn down, long gone, and this lily is still blooming in the vacant yards and many times spreads to the ditches. My wife's homestead area had lilies growing way down the now highway roads as the construction people spread it while making new roads.  

My patience has paid off as it now loves growing under the steps to our deck and has spread some. I welcome the time when I have to stop its spreading too much. 

 The invasive phlox is now my problem. I am moving some flowers away from it rather than it kill of the plants, I have moved lots of iris away from it and I now have two Asiatic lilies that I will move this fall. I am still amazed as to how the phlox genetically just changes on its on and I now have white ones and red ones. Oh yes I have the pink ones too. 

 

I am sure there is a word for the seed to have different genetics from its original. The zinnias here were planted from mostly darker magenta flowers and as you can see that I have all colors from that seed. It is told that most apple seeds do not grow up to have the same kind of apple as its base apple. It is said that Johnny Appleseed did a great job spreading apple trees but most of them were small sour green apple that were produced from his plantings. It is said that the farmers made apple cider out of them rather that trying to eat them.  I think trees have to be produced from cuttings of the base tree. 

 

It was really too hot to be outside this morning, working outside. I had to stand in the shade while talking with my neighbor through the fence. I did mostly watering and weeding. I had to look up my hat as I really found it unbearable to be out there without it.  Our high will be in the lower 90s F. with full sun. It is suppose to stay that way for four or five more days. It is our Iowa summer's normal.

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