Hooked by yours truly.
Taking time to smell the lilies.....
It’s that time of summer when the garden is bursting with lily blooms. Asiatic lilies alongside day lilies; all standing decadent and proud, exploding on their stems with a myriad of colour. A couple of weeks ago the deer made an after dark raid on at least half of the tender buds but luckily they spared enough on every plant so I could enjoy a fraction of their beauty too. Once the flowers bloom the deer tend to leave them alone, perhaps they are bitter, or their strong smell repels them, unlike the succulent new buds they seem to crave.
My giant hostas took a beating again. Three of them were about five feet in diameter, lush and full one day and the next, all the leaves were mowed off as if a hedge trimmer went rogue. My one side garden, the easiest to maintain and most visible coming and going to the house, I put in a bit of effort to keep some semblance of order and ignore the back yard and garden behind the house so I suppose the deer think its free range dining. And fine, there’s less to remove the fall. I’m way too busy getting our boat ready for the Nonsuch International Rendezvous to even consider the weed invasion happening out of sight and out of mind on the forgotten side of our property.
I love lilies, not only the big flowering heads that are painted in the most vibrant of colours, sometimes several shades masterfully painted; but I the like the foliage perhaps even more. Before the lilies bloom and after all the flowers have come and gone, I love the greenery that remains. The way the plants grow in clumps and their tall thin leaves fan out in almost perfect circles. It’s as lush as flowers and orderly. Easy to weed around if I bend over to grab a few clumps while the pups play on the lawn.
Years ago I hooked a rug for the flower shading T-shirt. I really liked the experience but decided that perhaps flowers weren’t for me. I love looking at flower rugs, especially fine cut shaded ones, they sometimes make me tear up in their beauty but I’m happy with my nautical themed projects and the red, blue and gold lovelies that come off my frame.
Speaking of blue, that’s my favourite so I took artistic licence and hooked my lily rug with our Blue Willow formula, six values with a bit of Monet’s Garden spot in the center along with the gold pistols and stamens. The flowers and leaves are hooked in #8 cut, the size of drawings allowed to go big but others have hooked this rug in smaller cuts, perhaps even #3 and they look spectacular. I’ve always loved this pattern with the lilies dripping downward, open and inviting the viewer to look into the depth of each flower head. The pink and orange versions were hooked by others and are spectacular, just as they show in my garden. A bit of nature inside during those gold winter months when the gardens are barren and buried under a blanket of snow.
It’s that time of summer when the garden is bursting with lily blooms. Asiatic lilies alongside day lilies; all standing decadent and proud, exploding on their stems with a myriad of colour. A couple of weeks ago the deer made an after dark raid on at least half of the tender buds but luckily they spared enough on every plant so I could enjoy a fraction of their beauty too. Once the flowers bloom the deer tend to leave them alone, perhaps they are bitter, or their strong smell repels them, unlike the succulent new buds they seem to crave.
My giant hostas took a beating again. Three of them were about five feet in diameter, lush and full one day and the next, all the leaves were mowed off as if a hedge trimmer went rogue. My one side garden, the easiest to maintain and most visible coming and going to the house, I put in a bit of effort to keep some semblance of order and ignore the back yard and garden behind the house so I suppose the deer think its free range dining. And fine, there’s less to remove the fall. I’m way too busy getting our boat ready for the Nonsuch International Rendezvous to even consider the weed invasion happening out of sight and out of mind on the forgotten side of our property.
I love lilies, not only the big flowering heads that are painted in the most vibrant of colours, sometimes several shades masterfully painted; but I the like the foliage perhaps even more. Before the lilies bloom and after all the flowers have come and gone, I love the greenery that remains. The way the plants grow in clumps and their tall thin leaves fan out in almost perfect circles. It’s as lush as flowers and orderly. Easy to weed around if I bend over to grab a few clumps while the pups play on the lawn.
Years ago I hooked a rug for the flower shading T-shirt. I really liked the experience but decided that perhaps flowers weren’t for me. I love looking at flower rugs, especially fine cut shaded ones, they sometimes make me tear up in their beauty but I’m happy with my nautical themed projects and the red, blue and gold lovelies that come off my frame.
Speaking of blue, that’s my favourite so I took artistic licence and hooked my lily rug with our Blue Willow formula, six values with a bit of Monet’s Garden spot in the center along with the gold pistols and stamens. The flowers and leaves are hooked in #8 cut, the size of drawings allowed to go big but others have hooked this rug in smaller cuts, perhaps even #3 and they look spectacular. I’ve always loved this pattern with the lilies dripping downward, open and inviting the viewer to look into the depth of each flower head. The pink and orange versions were hooked by others and are spectacular, just as they show in my garden. A bit of nature inside during those gold winter months when the gardens are barren and buried under a blanket of snow.
Hooked by June Gorman Wilnot. She added a fifth lily in the center which is a lovely upgrade!
Hooked by Tanya McNutt.
NOTE: All of these lily patterns are identical in size but the photos taken were from different angles making them appear irregular in shape.
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A few of my beauties!
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