I've seen pictures of ALL AMERICAN CHIEF and it looks like a great red daylily. And I know there are a lot of other big red ones out there. This should be interesting. Not sure if this is bright enough for you, but I think RUBY SPIDER is beautiful with 9" blooms. Also, WHOOPEREE may not be as big as you would like, but it has 6.5 inch blooms. These are both older, so they should be reasonably priced too. Vickie

Hi everyone" I love your photos of red daylilies. I am new to them as have been into iris for years. My favourite pic so far is of AQUIRE THE FIRE. THAT is what a RED daylily should look like, colorwise. Thanks Debra from Shive for it. I prefer the HOT HOT HOT reds, but ofcourse variety is the spice. Try many. Try as many as you can afford. Sell off any that YOU find lacking. I do this with iris. Some are real duds compared to their catalog pics/descriptions or are just run of the mill inferior repeats of cultivars that express better a theme that appears sought after. Oh but the search, the game is what it's all about darlings.

That's funny Vickie because my Lady Neva also points away from me but to the South East! I have a whole bed of Spiders and Unusual forms and the majority face that way. It drives me crazy! I like the curly ones, Kirsten's Corsage, Lola Branham,Curly Cinnamon Windmill. Desert Icicle was great and Easy Ned put on an awesome show. Firestorm bloomed forever and North Wind Dancer is still going. Bali Watercolor was just huge as was Jan's Twister. Lots of blooms too. My favorite Dip this year is Potala Tapestry by Gil Stelter which is just finishing up. It has bloomed for a long time. My favorite Tet was Wild and Wonderful by Pat Stamile. It is the most amazing flower and blooms perfectly all the time in any weather. I don't think I have ever seen a misformed bloom on it. Also Suzie Cream Cheese is still going strong and highly recommended for a late. It just started at the beginning of August after many were already finished. I have some new ones this year that I really enjoyed. Mystic Firebird by Pam Hoffman impressed me and looked even better than her photograph! Also Nina Nina Wolverina by Linda Michaels was awesome having 3 blooms on one scape one day. Can't wait to see some of her other ones I got this year next summer. As you can see I could go on forever - I love spiders and UFs. They do so much better than round forms for me here.I will have to get some photos posted. Got to go cut the lawn again!!

hi solarpowered, I actually bought that book when planning my kitchen. I found it very helpful in planning how the kitchen should function. I found some of the kitchens to be too utilitarian and others to be sort of dated, but there were a couple that I loved. One, I have seen recently in a magazine. It is the chef couple who moved from NYC to the rural south. Their kitchen is huge and very open... they have cinder block walls and somehow it looks stylish. re: cottage living kitchen magazine. the other element I just love is on page 92. the antique terra cotta hexagon floor and the way this kitchen flows from the inside to the outside. I would imagine this is a southern house... it has that feel - reminds me of something you'd expect to find in Savannah.