Most roses will rebloom a little faster if you deadhead (pinching off just behind the blooms) since the plant kicks into gear earlier trying to replace those blooms. For many roses, there's still a down time between blooms, but your drift roses tend to be pretty thick bloomers and quick repeaters. You don't have to deadhead them if you don't want to, but I like the look better. Once they're a mature plant, they may bloom so fast you don't have time or energy to deadhead them all, and you've had several posters say it doesn't make a difference for their drift roses. If they're immature or weak plants, for the first year or so you actually want to pinch off buds BEFORE they bloom so the plant grows better roots. For the drift roses, you don't really have to do this, but the quicker it grows roots the quicker you'll have a really healthy plant that blooms faster than you can keep up with it. Pruning almost always slows down the blooming process, since the plant has to work to replace all those canes, and it takes a certain number of leaves (maybe 30) on average to support each bloom. It may be necessary or desired, but it's not something you do to speed up the rebloom. Cynthia

Mantis, I've been trying to figure out a less confusing way to do this.Decided I'll do one hybridizer at a time and give the best and healthiest that I have. I have redone most daylily beds to leave two feet between plants. Still removing under performers. I despise leaf streak and some shades of pink. Many are very clean, repeat and are getting very large so some have to go. I can tolerate some leaf streak but not much. Let me sneak just one plants in here. In my opinion only Mike Hubens - Twist Again deserves a stout medal. A very consistent front of the border plant. Extremely clean foliage, always in bloom with many scape's at a time. Warm weather brings on ufo shape, A pretty yellow it sits in the bends of all my beds even with the roses. The Other one of Mike's that has clean foliage I think its On And ON or I was sent the wrong plant. It's a little creamy yellow little flower on a very demure plant. Starts blooming very early and goes till frost. Such a gentle daylily could fit anywhere always the same hight. The only two of Mike Derrows that I can say for sure are consistent in hight are Tribble With Blue and Charlie Dale. Be pleased to measure tomorrow. Extremely consistent muti rebloom. Here's a picture of their fertilizer. I'm not kidding They also get milorganite. Those are not the plants bye the way.

Vickie - I would highly recommend Adamas. It blooms like crazy and multiplies very fast. Val - I purposed didn't make them too wide so I could reach the blooms without breaking off buds or scapes. Ellie - I'm glad you liked Bewitching Eyes. It was an impulse bid on the Lily Auction. The opening price was so low I couldn't resist, and no one else bid on it. I really liked the first bloom and I hope it will continue to have similar blooms even when it's hotter. Chris - I think Ruby Lipstick has only had one bad bloom in five weeks. The blooms are always fully opened and perfect when I go outside at about 6:30 a.m. Yes, that is cardboard under the raised bed. It's all those Priority Mail boxes that my new daylilies were shipped in, plus a couple more boxes. Debra

Kay, I am surprised South Seas did not open early for you. Interesting how they perform differently for people, isn’t it? Nat, funny about your zinnias being so tall!!! Liliputs are pretty. Brad and Nancy, it is interesting you have not seen the chimneys. You certainly have the crayfish/crawfish in your state. I went down this morning to see if they were still there. Area was mowed last week and the tall one was mowed down (probably dulled the blades!). Here is what I saw. Fresh one coming up. Perfect symmetry. I was standing directly over this one so it is shaded. Side by side dwellers-one with and one without a chimney-one without was probably mowed down More interesting facts-usually just one per burrow unless mating. Burrows can go as deep as 15 feet almost many tunnels are built horizontally. And snakes are said to hibernate in the holes. And you can see different colors on the wads or balls based on soil levels. But you can tell by the grass how dry it is on top! So at least there is a water level down there somewhere!! And I bet no one thought they would learn so much about crawfish on a daylily forum!! I posted the photo because I thought it was an interesting feature in my yard at the time. But again, glad to see the interest.