Daylilies in April! Old Pa Pitt likes to claim that he has the earliest daylilies in Pittsburgh. They came from an unnamed hybrid seedling, which just happened to inherit an assortment of genes that, juggled and shaken together, made plants that bloomed at the end of tulip season.
Can you prove that you have daylilies in tulip season? you might ask. Well, for that purpose, old Pa Pitt actually planted a tulip in front of the daylily patch.
A patch of daffodils may persist indefinitely after it has been planted, so daffodils often mark old homesites. They may also spill downhill from the original planting. This one was blooming in the woods in Beechview along Milo Street, one of those streets that show up on paper but turn out to be stairways through the woods when you get there.
These are one of the first flowers to bloom in the late winter, and they’re in bloom right now. More pictures are over at Flora Pittsburghensis.
