In the late spring of 2021, when I was getting my garden started, the first things I planted were taken from my late mother’s garden. I transplanted some of her irises, a hydrangea, some stone crop and these orange daylillies. Out of those few plants, the daylillies were least exciting to me at the time. Buuuuut, as I’ve mentioned before, the second they bloomed I realized I had greatly underestimated their importance.

Each year since I’ve taken a photo with the daylillies. It’s fun to document their growth. (Bonkers how many flowers I get now vs the first couple years.) It also feels like a way to honor my mom and keep her memory alive.

I’ve been a weepy little grief baby lately, what’s new?, so I’m not sure I can type too much more without making myself cry. I just wanted to share some photos of this year’s blooms and express the obvious – I wish she was here to see her flowers in my garden.

2021 vs 2024

See also: Mom’s daylillies – a post from July of 2021 & My Mother’s Irises from June of 2023