{"id":6903,"date":"2015-06-10T10:24:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T14:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=6903"},"modified":"2015-06-10T10:25:45","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T14:25:45","slug":"a-brief-essay-on-day-lilies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=6903","title":{"rendered":"A brief essay on day lilies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"695\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-01.jpg\" alt=\"dl-01\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-01-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve seen one day lily, have you seen them all?<\/p>\n<p>Not if you worked as hard as I did to get these started. They&#8217;re all individuals. I&#8217;d name them, like chickens, if I had time. They all are grandchildren of the 300 day lily sets that I planted here seven years ago. Their natural habitats are banks and ditches &#8212; places where you want to let nature run wild. <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s something very sad about day lilies, though. They get only one day in the sun before they shrivel and die. And peak day lily season doesn&#8217;t last long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"753\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-02.jpg\" alt=\"dl-02\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-02.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-02-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-03.jpg\" alt=\"dl-03\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-03.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-03-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-04.jpg\" alt=\"dl-04\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-04.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-04-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-05.jpg\" alt=\"dl-05\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-05.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-05-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"870\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-06.jpg\" alt=\"dl-06\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-06.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-06-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-07.jpg\" alt=\"dl-07\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-07.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-07-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-08.jpg\" alt=\"dl-08\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-08.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-08-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-09.jpg\" alt=\"dl-09\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-09.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-09-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-10.jpg\" alt=\"dl-10\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-10.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dl-10-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve seen one day lily, have you seen them all? Not if you worked as hard as I did to get these started. They&#8217;re all individuals. I&#8217;d name them, like chickens, if I had time. They all are grandchildren of the 300 day lily sets that I planted here seven years ago. Their natural &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=6903\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A brief essay on day lilies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainable-living","category-the-land"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6916,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions\/6916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}