A list of daylilies I'm considering, any thoughts?

16 years ago

I'm looking to add some new life to my garden with daylilies that are different from what I already have. Here's the list:

Bohemia after Dark

Alien Contact

Darla Anita

Edge of Your Seat

Enticing Elegance

Francois Verhaert

Mildred Mitchell

Mexican Magic

Palace Garden Beauty

Pretty Gaudy

Coquina Key

Spacecoast Picotee Prince

Spacecoast Seashells

Wisest of Wizards

Sedona

Toss of the Dice

Any thoughts on how they will do in zone 4, and for use in hybridizing as far as bud count, hardiness and overall traits?

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shive
16 years ago
Lynnda,
I have Bohemia After Dark, Palace Garden Beauty and Wisest of Wizards. They do very well for me as both garden plants and as pod setters. However, I'm not sure if they are hardy in your zone. Will you be using them in a green house?

Debra
okbt
16 years ago
Francois Verhaert made it through the winter for me with only a few leaves for mulch.It is scaping now,but has not increased yet.Was new last fall.

Betsy
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lynnda
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16 years ago
I will be growing them in the garden outside so they have to at least live through a zone 4 winter (and bloom so I can get pollen)! I don't cover any of the daylilies I have now, but would cover those that might need it, if I knew which ones that would be. thanks
rockyridge
16 years ago
Great looking list!! I have Darla Anita and it is a great increaser. It also is a very reliable rebloomer even when I forget to water or fertilize. As to it's cold hardiness; I can't really say.

Roxanne
highjack
16 years ago
You have great taste in daylilies but some of these may be slow to increase and much reduced bud count. Look for sellers in your area that have successfully grown these beauties to see how they do with a zone 4 winter. I would hate for you to sink a lot of money into plants and have them not perform.

Check out Karol Emmerich's daylilies, another northern site is Daylilies on Ice, Melanie Mason and sorry I can't remember her garden name. If you go the Charlottes website and click on the hybridizer link, you should be able to find some gorgeous plants plus you should find other growers in your zone.

Hybridizing is addicting!

Brooke
shive
16 years ago
Lynnda,
You might want to check out Northern Lights Daylilies. It's in Zone 4 like you. On that site, Mike Grossman has a list of daylilies that are hardy for him. Bohemia After Dark and Darla Anita make it throught the winter there with shredded wood chips around the base of the plants.

Debra
Edward_Kimball
16 years ago
Edge of Your Seat will probably do well for you. Yost is a northern grower. I have his The Flower Formerly Known as Jill and it does very well in Nova Scotia.

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meg_va
16 years ago
Hi Lynda ~
I'm in zone 7, so I can't comment on how these plants will do in zone 4...that said, I can tell you what I know about the plants I grow that are on your list.

Darla Anita -Lovely and vigorous.
Mildred Mitchell- not as vigorous as I'd like, but such a beauty!
SP. Seashell- I L-O-V-E this plant. Kinnebrew is having a sale right now...and Seashell is going for $35!!! If you are interested in the other things he has on sale, you might want to contact him for a flyer. I tried to copy and paste it in to the body of this message, but it made no sense.

Meg :)
lynnda
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16 years ago
Thanks for the input. I spoke with Bill at Maryott's and he gave me some good advise about what would open well etc. here in MN. I emailed him my list and he's going to at least tell my what I shouldn't use. I have many seedlings blooming, but nothing as fancy as I'd like. I'm going to try to "upgrade" the blooms. Maryott's has one called Pandora's Treasure that's a Dormant and has a lot of what I'm looking for. Even if some on my list aren't great for zone 4 I'll try to cross them with something that grows well here and see what happens.

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