Blue Eyed Daylilies still blooming

11 years ago

A lot of my blue-eyed daylilies are still blooming. Here are some of them.

JITTERBUG BLUES is a blue-eyed cultivar with great plant habits and lots of blooms. It opens with a denim blue eye and edge that fades during the day to look like this by afternoon.

JITTERBUG BLUES clump - Because JB opens later in the morning, I don't have as many good photos of it. The clump has been spectacular for a month, but getting a good photo of it has been a challenge. By evening the eyes don't look as "blue." A vigorous multiplier, with great branching and bud count, this Reilly cultivar should be grown by all fans of blue eyes.

TEXAS BLUE EYES - This Carpenter cultivar is my second best blue-eyed clump. It started out slow and wimpy the first three years, then multiplied like crazy last year to become a real focal point this year. It's hard to take a good clump shot because I've set so much seed on it. Too many mushies!

HOLOGRAM is my only later blooming blue eye. This is its first season here as an ML bloomer, and it's still in a pot.

ROYAL PASSION has a very blue eye on some mornings.

ASIAN FAIRY BLUEBIRD, while having a dropdead gorgeous blooms, continues to have wimpy plant habits and poorly budded scapes. It's done better with the number of blooms this year, only because the clump has so many wimpy fans. Only about half the fans put up scapes each year.

PRECIOUS CANDY always has perfect blooms, but is very slow to multiply for me. I've had it four years and still have only three fans.

DOUGLAS LYCETT is a Munson blue-eyed guy.

JENNY BUTTERFIELD - I took this photo a few days ago after a cool night. She's not usually so dark in color is my usual sweltering summer climate.

Debra

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katladie
11 years ago
Loving ASIAN FAIRY BLUEBIRD, sorry it doesn't do well for you. sharon
Julia WV (6b)
11 years ago
They are all beautiful but HOLOGRAM is still my favorite. The edge is so pencil thin but I like how you photographed one behind the other.

Julia
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Thanks very much for all the comments. Those who don't grow the small and miniatures are missing out! Many other "blue eyes" will come into bloom over the next few weeks. I also love the little "white faced" ones. A favorite is STAR CHILD. This pic was taken at Floyd Cove. The plant here has scapes but isn't blooming yet.
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Great Blooms!! And I'm jealous of all the space... Put in a few blanket flowers this year and they carried on like crazy and then they died completely back and then a few weeks later new growth started poking its head up through the mulch and their blooming again. Cosmos are awesome, I direct sow them just as the irises are starting to bloom so that by the time most of the daylilies have done their thing the cosmos start blooming and carry me thru till the first hard frost. What you've learned from Karol, I completely agree with her, breed from good stock and things can only get better from there.. which probably explains my psuedo obsession with knowing as much as I possibly can about a cultivars genetic background. Granted, most unwanted characteristics have been hopefully bred out... but it does help to know as much as possible about prospective parents so you're not as surprised when a cross of red X purple throws a few screaming yellow or orange seedlings. Again, totally jealous of the space you have to work with and what you've done so far looks awesome! ~Donald~
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Kate - Thanks for comment about the Karelia seedling! I need to give it more space to see if can get more buds. Last season is had 15 buds on one scape and 12 on the other. I think it could do better than that if not surrounded by taller seedlings. It did increase to five fans last season, so I'm looking forward to more scapes next year. If you want to post more eyed and edged daylilies, go ahead. Our friends didn't have many. That's why I went overboard - to make up the difference, or maybe I'm just greedy. When I first started collecting daylilies, the watermarked ones and the ones with eyes and edges were my favorites. I still like them a lot, although I no longer add many of them. Debra
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shive
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11 years ago
Sharon - Asian Fairy Bluebird's blooms are irresistible. I plan to move a few fans next to my house this fall. The plant is a bit tender, and having it in a sheltered position may improve it's performance.

Julia - I'm really pleased with Hologram so far. I'm expanding my blue and white bed and planting it there to have a longer show of blue-eyed blooms.

Debra
anniegolden
11 years ago
Oh, those Munson's always pluck at my heartstrings.

Your details about performance are so appreciated, especially since we are in similar zones. I'm filing away JITTERGBUG BLUES for future consideration.
Christine
mizellie
11 years ago
Debra, I love all the blue eyes but among them all, Texas Blue Eyes is my favorite. Palace Garden Beauty has done really well this year. I went out to take some photos and deadhead. I haven't done that in several days as I have been so busy, and I had seed pods everywhere. I pinched most off but kept a few because, afterall, thats how Texas Blue Eyes got to be here! Who knows, I may get lucky..
I really like Jitterbug Blues too! I can imagine it in my downsized patch.. Ellie
newyorkrita
11 years ago
Your "blues" are beautiful. I love HOLOGRAM and ASIAN FAIRY BLUEBIRD.
floota
11 years ago
Debra, good to hear your comments about Asian Fairy Bluebird. Here I was, taking its poor performance personally, as it's a wimp here too. I will move it to a better location in the fall to see if it does better, but if not, it's outta here. What a shame as it does have a gorgeous bloom. Wimps just can't stay here long.
shive
Original Author
11 years ago
Christine - Jitterbug Blues is worth getting, if you don't mind it not being an early morning opener. I've found my tolerance for non-EMO's waning. If they are not EMO's, they must have exceptional beauty or exceptional performance to stay. Jitterbug Blues stays based on exceptional plant habits and exceptional pod setting.

Ellie - Palace Garden Beauty is one of my favorites too. It's in an awkward location for me to photograph, but it has done very well here too, and it has always been a terrific pod setter.

Rita - Hologram does have gorgeous blooms, and I know you like the Rice cultivars. AFB is so pretty sometimes it doesn't seem real.

Julie - Glad to know I'm not the only one with problems making AFB flourish. I have the trouble with other Lambertsons whose blooms are exquisite: Cerulean Warbler and Blue Eyes Glance to name a few.

Debra
gothiclibrarian
11 years ago
All lovely, but I'll go for Texas Blue Eyes and Douglas Lycett.

I need some Munsons...

Cheers!
~Anika

Here is a link that might be useful: GothicLibrarian.net
shive
Original Author
11 years ago
Anika - The great thing about Munsons is they're old enough to be bought cheaply - except for the really rare ones. His watermarks were the best during his time of hybridizing.

Debra
jean_ar
11 years ago
myself, i dont care for the Blue eyes, but that clump shot is sure pretty, and I like PRECIOUS CANDY too.

jean
shive
Original Author
11 years ago
Jean - I wish I didn't like the blue eyes so much. I've got far too many of them. My husband doesn't see what the big deal is either. He'd rather look at a pretty pink, cream, or a red.

Debra
Waitforspring
11 years ago
I just got Asian Fairy Bluebird last year after seeing the gorgeous flowers. Sounds like I might have made a mistake. Your picture is beautiful.
Val
maximus7116
11 years ago
Drop dead gorgeous is right for Asian Fairy Bluebird. I guess I can't be tempted if it doesn't fare well for you. I'll just enjoy your pics instead.
celeste/NH
11 years ago
I've always had a thing for Texas Blue Eyes and always swore I was going to get it....but alas, I still don't have it. Maybe the name made me nervous (why would a Texas daylily want to move to New Hampshire and freeze to death...or maybe because my ex-husband lives in Texas...LOL). I can't hold the name against it because it's just so darn beautiful. I hope Maryotts still sells it and if I can hide some $$$ from DH maybe I can sneak a fall order in. HaHa.

Celeste
deangreen
11 years ago
what a great post! I like them.. the first one I will defintely take the recomendation. :)... I'm going to go goolge now to see if any of them are diploids. ha
houstmag
11 years ago
WOW!!! my favorites blue eyes I like them all. I have Texas Blue Eyes also and it is pretty wimpy for me to and I've had it a little over a year, maybe there is hope for it.
Linda
shive
Original Author
11 years ago
Celeste - Your subconscious reasons for NOT getting Texas Blue Eyes are amusing. LOL! I'm not sure how well it would do in New Hampshire. Do you grow any of Jack Carpenter's other ones? If so, how do they do in your climate?

Linda - I think Texas Blue Eyes really likes to settle in and get comfortable for a couple of years before it's willing to show off. I got mine in a bad drought, and I'm sure that's why it took so long to grow into a great clump.

Debra
organic_kitten
11 years ago
And aren't they gorgeous? I always did fall for blue eyes...

Lets see...Texas Blue Eyes always gets me. I love Asian Fairy Bluebird. and Precious Candy is dandy. But Jenny Butterfield is my pick today.

kay
Nancy
11 years ago
I really like blue eyed daylilies, such a shame about ASIAN FAIRY BLUEBIRD, it is such a beautiful flower.
Cindy zone 6a
11 years ago
Wonderful group of daylilies.
cindy

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