Friday Flower Fiesta — Freeway lilies
I have never really been a fan of day lilies, the reason being that here in San Diego we call them “freeway lilies” because CalTrans plants them along the freeways, and many cities plant them along sidewalks and in street medians. In other words, they are extremely common. One of the reasons why they are so common is because they can take a lot of neglect and still bloom profusely.
Here is the most common of the common freeway lilies:
It’s not a bad choice of flowers, but look at the following day lilies and imagine them being planted along streets and highways instead of the standard yellow, maybe even mixing and matching!
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Posted on January 18, 2013, in Flora, Friday Flower Fiesta, Mother & Father Nature, Photos and tagged day lily pictures, freeway lily pictures. Bookmark the permalink. 26 Comments.
That’s very cool, Zoey the cool cat!
These are great photos!!
Those are some gorgeous photos of your freeway flowers wonderful… it would be nice if they planted the mixes… but I must say I like yellow…
Yellow is pretty, but we have the sun to provide lots of yellow………lol
Great photos Russel
The photo’s are beautiful, RR. I wish they planted lilies in my country, they smell so good
Very beautiful.
OMG!!!! They are exquisite! We don’t get half those varieties here and you have them planted next to freeways? Dig some up and send them downunder.
That would be theft of public property. My criminal career ended last year……….lol
lmao – rats!
Beautiful flowers!!! Wonderful shots!!!
They are so very pretty and colorful. I can picture Zoey lying among the yellow ones.
They may not be your favorite, but you take really nice pictures of them.
Beautiful! I especially like the little honeybee at the last. Maybe he’s one of Hank’s relatives..
And your pictures do them such justice…
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Cat
Lilies are not quite as common here in WI. They are easy and I enjoy them! Loved your photos.
What a huge variety of lilies. I wouldn’t mind Freeway Lilies in Seattle. I do think they are pretty. Here we use Scotch Broom, which my husband and several friends are allergic to, and so are miserable when it is in bloom. Fun post and beautiful photos.
They look so beautiful, it’s like a bouquet right in front of me
What a nice breath of summer during our winter bleakness:)Thanks Russel.
Great pictures!
Breathtaking!
I must admit to loving even in the most common variety but it’s wonderful how many beautiful hybrids there are now.
I used to be like you too and not much care for them as we have them all over here also. But I do LOVE the colored ones!
These are gorgeous. Thanks for stopping by my blog so that I could discover the beauty of yours. I’m learning about photography daily ever since I bought my camera and began my blog. Your site inspires me to keep training my eye. Thanks.
I’ll be back by in a day or two to do some camping, reading, and liking. Keep that camp store open late for me!
Aw you’re welcome anytime. The fire is on!