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Imloth

This is a private website, largely devoted to images from and essays on happenings in a particular private garden. Flower gallery entries (with the exception of seedlings) are open for anyone to enjoy; if you "borrow" an image for use, please give it proper attribution. (All images are by M. J. Lang.)

Blog entries (most are not visible from this page) are meant for friends and family only, and access is given with the understanding that any and all essays are my candid observations and opinions (and sometimes rants), which are not politically correct and may therefore be offensive to some. Here is a link to selected excerpts from this year's blog entries, but consider yourself warned:

Today in the Garden (selected excerpts suitable for most audiences)

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Given below are links for the iris and daylily image galleries, links for various relevant articles (some of which may be in progress) and general links of interest (pertinent to each genus).

IRIS GALLERY, ARTICLES, and LINKS

Iris Gallery (in progress)

Using Irises in Your Garden by M. J. Lang (in progress, eventually to become a handout)

> possible separate article/handout on growing irises in pots

IRIS HYBRIDIZING

'HYBRIDIZING BASICS FOR AIS GARDEN JUDGES AND YOUTH OF ALL AGES' by Donald Spoon, Ph.D

IRIS LINKS

American Iris Society

Reblooming Iris Society

All Things Plants / National Gardening Association Iris Forum

DAYLILY GALLERY, ARTICLES, and LINKS

Daylily Gallery (barely started)

Seedling Gallery (future; password protected)

> possible section on polymerous daylilies

> possible section on rust resistance

DAYLILY HYBRIDIZING

(untitled) article on Northern Hybridization by Richard Norris (excellent advice, some broadly applicable)

'The Art of Hybridizing' by Oscie B.Whatley (an oldie but goodie, from pollen dabbing to marketing)

DAYLILY LINKS

American Hemerocallis Society

The (day) Lily Auction (registered cultivars, seeds, and seedlings for sale and/or auction)

All Things Plants / National Gardening Association Daylily Forum

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Imloth, from J.R.R. Tolkien's invented Sindarin Elvish language, means "flower-valley". I felt it an appropriate name as we do live in a valley (in more respects than one), and this website pertains to flowers.

The current title images are of the Tall Bearded, Space Age iris 'Glacier Point' and Hemerocallis (daylily) 'Sears Tower'.

The background tile image was based on a image of a polymerous bloom of the diploid Hemerocallis (daylily) 'Give Me Eight'.

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Last updated 8-2-17