Almost Gone

Our daylilies have just about finished blooming for the year.  There are a few more buds, but I’m guessing we won’t see any more blooms after next week.

We have a mixed bed with various flowers blooming at different times.  The first to bloom are small blooms on relatively short stems.  They are a color horticulturists call bronze, but they look brown to me.  You won’t see any on this post, because I just don't like brown flowers.

Later, we get several different yellows, like this

Or this

But the bed always seems to save the best for last.

This one has been blooming for the past week.  Almost as though it knows it is the prettiest girl at the party, these bloom on the tallest stems - about two feet above the ground and a good six inches above the blooms on any other plants. It is a true day-lily; the blossoms only last for one day.  There is one more bud hidden behind this bloom, and that will be all for this year.