Whats Your Best Preformers this Year

12 years ago

Now that everyone is blooming what's looking like your best performers and your favorites for this year! Any new ones? How about some old favorites still going strong? My Rainbow Radiance is blooming strong and holding up to some severe rain and wind. Post Photos if you got them.

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mamasllamas
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12 years ago
Rainbow Radiance
mamasllamas
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12 years ago
Rainbow Radiance after a storm
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Nancy Barginear
12 years ago
Here's my list, based on quality of blooms and a prolonged blooming season in my garden this year:

BELLE COOK
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RED VOLUNTEER
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GRAND PALAIS
DARING DECEPTION
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CONRADE NELSON
SABINE BAUR
CRAZY IVAN
SONG TRIUMPHANT
DIVINE COMEDY
KATE CARPENTER
DRUID'S CHANT
MASK OF TIME

I couldn't say they are "reblooming" as none of the above ever stopped blooming from the first one on. Most of these are still blooming, in spite of four months of no rain.
(Finally, it is raining today!!!)

Your RAINBOW RADIANCE is really a lovely flower. How long does it continue to bloom?

Nancy
njmomma
12 years ago
My Rainbow Radiance is full of blooms but hasn't started yet. Last year it did really well. I was so amazed at how strong the blooms are - plus they are so gorgeous.
I put it by my front walk so I can pass by it every time I leave the house to get to the car. It's probably my favorite DL.
My DLs are just starting so I can't tell which will do well this year. Many are new too. Tons of buds everywhere though.
Julia WV (6b)
12 years ago
Maybe I can comment once our season has ended in September. I like to see how they perform ALL season. Performance for me is how well did it increase from last year to this year, number of scapes to number of fans, branching, bud count, how well did the bloom(s) open on various temperature fluctuations,did it bloom above or in the foliage, and finally, did the bloom "melt" from either sun or rain.

After all that, I may still decide to keep something just because I like it :-).

Julia
shive
12 years ago
Rainbow Radiance is a beauty! Glad to know it performs well for you.

For me judging performance also includes rebloom. So, I will post my Top Ten list in late August or September. But just judging by bud count and branching, these would definitely make a high performing list:

1. Westbourne Good Old Days
2. Little Mystic Moon
3. Stealth Bomber
4. Mister Bubbles
5. Grape Twizzler
6. Crazy Ivan
7. I Remember You
8. Frozen Margerita
9. American Doll
1. Amber Finale
2. Desperado Love
3. El Desperado
4. Charmed Existence
5. Siloam Double Classic
6. Cognizant Dissonant
7. Rosy Rhino
8. Mutton Jade
9. Lavender Stardust
10. Conquest Quay
11. Raspberry Twizzler
12. Edge of Your Seat
13. Aztec Headdress
Surprisingly when I take rebloom out of the equation. there's not one Stamile on the list. But when rebloom is a factor, several of those Stamiles will vault onto my final list.

Debra
sunnyjay
12 years ago
My best performer by far:
LEMON
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This picture was taken 2 weeks ago and it still looks exactly the same today! The buds and blooms on this thing are phenomenal!
Jason
katlynn719
12 years ago
My best performers in 2011 were:

1. AUGUST FROST - 16 buds
2. BUTTERED POPCORN - 5 way branching with 20 buds, rebloomed
3. INSIDER TRADING - 5 way branching with 22 buds
4. LAURA HARWOOD - 15 buds
5. LULLABY BABY - 5 way branching with 30 buds
6. MISSOURI MEMORIES - 4 way branching with 22 buds
7. SPIDERMAN - 22 buds and currently reblooming
8. STELLA'S RUFFLED FINGERS - 10 buds, 2 reblooms and counting
9. TANGERINE HORSES - 12 buds, very fertile, currently reblooming
1. FREE WHEELIN' - 13 buds with huge blooms, rebloomed
2. HOW SWEET IT IS - 4 way branching with 20 buds
Daylilies that rebloomed in 2011 not mentioned above: SAVANNAH EXPLOSION, BIG KISS, COYOTE MOON, ZELLA VIRGINIA

Kathy
njmomma
12 years ago
ooh, that pic of Lemon is gorgeous.
newyorkrita
12 years ago
Too early here to tell what will be the stars of this years gardens.
nancykvb
12 years ago
No blooms here yet either, but lots of scapes! Rainbow Radiance is wonderful and I really like Lemon too.
I just purchased Buttered Popcorn and it is covered with scapes and buds.

Nancy VB
mamasllamas
Original Author
12 years ago
my rainbow radiance is going strong at least 2 flowers everyday it's been blooming now for over a week and it has more buds i think the bud count was really high on this one and it's so strong.
a tuffy in all this wind and rain that shreds everything else and it doesn't even look like the wind touched it, there's a few others but i didn't have any photos in photobucket of them will post more.
i love to see everyone's list! it gives me a shopping list.
that's why i bought rainbow radiance last year. thanks holly
mamasllamas
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12 years ago
I had some late ones that got busy
broadway raves
elegant candy
cluster muster was early
hosenemesis
12 years ago
Joan Senior. What a champ.
Renee
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
12 years ago
Joan Senior is amazing. Unless you are in the mid
lynxe
12 years ago
Not in any order other than what popped into my head, this year, I'm particularly enjoying:

UNCHAIN MY HEART (Kendig 03) beautiful blooms and color every time, love the nicely spaced branches. Instant rebloom. Excellent increase.

VIRGINIA B. HANSON (Hanson 01) perfect blooms every time, love the scape, and blooms usually look as good in the late evening as in the morning.

RED SAILS AT NIGHT (Niswonger 09) for its vigor and I'm so delighted to see rebloom scapes. Color is unusual and I expect this one to improve with time (and after spraying for thrips).

FIRST CRUSH (Norris 08) one of the prettiest flowers I have here. Love the flower shape; love the blunt sepals.

GREEN INFERNO (Gossard 06) wow love the color on this one.

TRIFECTA (Rice 07) ditto.

FLYING TRAPEZE (Moldovan 05) ditto plus love the form. always looks perfect, and, after a year to settle in, produced a wonderful clump.

DESIRE OF NATIONS (Emmerich 08) what a stunner. it's a midlate, and I've had my first two blooms of the summer today.

GUNS OF NAVARRONE (Hanson 06) holy cow. perfectly fantastic dark purple

MERINGUE MIRAGE (Apps 99) my absolute very favorite double. Gorgeous color, wonderful sweet fragrance, 100% double. Luscious and blowsy....like lingerie at a high-class 19th century bordello in Montmartre...or better yet, a costume at Le Moulin Rouge!

HIS SISTER PAM (Yost 09) was slow to get going, but all is forgiven. What a wonderful yellow, and my favorite yellow here. Stellar branching and bud count. Huge presence in the garden.

GREYWOODS LOFTY LIZZIE (Wilkinson 00) huge, bright golden yellow, often with teeth. Impossible to miss in the garden.

HILLTOWN PRIDE (Moore 86) love those polychromes. Registered as 27", but only the shortest scapes have ever been like that. On average, I'm guessing more like 37" here. This one's just gotten started.

My very fav of the year, and how glad I am that I ordered it: BEYOND THE SKY (Morss 08). An evergreen; so far, it's hardy, and increases and blooms nicely. Perectly lovely, perfect blooms every time, diamond-dusted. Registered as a "clear crisp lavender" (with halo) and with a gold edge; here, except for its first year, it's an icy pink with an almost brown edge. I think it's an ethereal and stunningly elegant beauty.

I haven't even mentioned many midlates, nor any lates, nor any of the newest ones!
njmomma
12 years ago
Still in the middle of the season but I can say for now my best ones are:

Agamemnon
Buttered Popcorn
Elegant Candy
Insider Trading
Joan Senior
Mountain Almond
Palladian Pink
Porcelain Ruffles
Pumpkin Kid
Rainbow Radiance
Russian Rhapsody
San Ignacio
Seminole Wind

and these are ones that have yet to start but are loaded with buds:

Apache War Dance
Chicago Apache
Jen Melon
Final Touch
jean_ar
12 years ago
Thats a easy one for me.

WONDER OF IT ALL

Jean
anniegolden
12 years ago
Jean, your loyalty and devotion to WONDER OF IT ALL is heart warming. I smiled out loud at your post.

As for my own garden, I'm too new at this for my answer to be valuable, but I really like this thread and find it very useful.

Christine
mamasllamas
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12 years ago
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