I didn't keep bud counts on all of mine but here are some clump shots of my most prolific bloomers. This first one may be a mislabeled seedling. One of the local hybridizers used to line out his seedlings in the same plot as my display garden. He did have an introduction out of 'Open Hearth' and I half suspect this may be a sibling. It was a real wowser though. I did count the buds on 'Desperado Love'. One scape had 32 buds, the rest counted in the high 20s. This is only a two year old plant in my garden. It blooms ML here and is still putting on a show. This one was sold to me as 'Mariachi' but I've learned it is actually 'Mariachi1' as the first "Mariachi" was a diploid that was never released. 'Mariachi1' is a tet. Take a look at this 2yr plant's branching & bloom. 'Mary Todd' is a real bloomer here too. Check out the scape on 'Mexican Maiden' 'Nile Crane' was absolutely gorgeous. Always a favorite performer here, 'Wild Horses' had a long bloom season And finally, my seedling 2007-048-003 (Jennifer Trimmer x Maltese Falcon) had what I would call 4-way branching (though when I asked the garden judges at regional to explain how they count branches they would have called this at least 6-way) and a budcount of 25 in its maiden bloom.

With my new garden barely blooming, I can't offer much advice about daylilies. I do want to share the laugh that I'm having at myself over my misinterpretation of this thread. I saw the title and thought, 'Ooh, people are going to be sharing the best daylilies to plant in Massachusetts!' I wonder if any other New Englanders did the same thing. Kerry p.s. Kay: Cinco de Mayo is a knock out. Thanks for sharing that picture.

I work with a woman who grows greens for market, and she sows and grows continually throughout the summer. The heads are not as big in say, late July and August, but she still manages to grow them. I would definitely give it a try. I only grow lettuce myself, so I'm not familiar with growing other greens (except spinach which I don't even bother with in the summer), but if you have an area that gets good morning sun and some afternoon shade, the lettuces will probably do a bit better there in the heat of summer (that's what I do). Or try growing them between other vegetable plants or in the shade of a bean or cuke trellis. I prefer mixed lettuces in my salad, so I grow green leaf, red leaf, romaine, butterheads. My very favorite is New Red Fire, which is a bit difficult to grow but worth it. You can also just sow in trays and cut as baby lettuces. You should get at least two cuttings per tray, perhaps a third, although the third may be a bit bitter. I get most of my lettuce seeds from Johnny's. If you go to their site you will want to grow every green known to humankind, lol. I don't grow them, but my friend who grows for market also grows mustard greens, arugula, kale, chard, and tatsoi and pak choi (sp??), escarole, and others throughout the summer. And I should mention that all of them, plus her lettuce, is grown at a farm that get absolutely full, hot sun all day. So it can be done! Good luck! Dee Here is a link that might be useful: Johnny's

I was attacked by seeds such as these this morning...so I'd say, at least for this part of the country where I reside (NC/VA), this is it :)! Fall! Here's to the season of the sticky seeds!