Willow Dean Smith is so nice...when does Rice usually have his clump sale?

And Ruffled Strawberry Parfait is very nice. Any rebloom?

Cheers!
~Anika

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OH MY GOODNESS> THEY are all just beautiful. no sense in me trying to pick a favorite as I can not just pick one.I love EL DESPERADO.MINE IS STILL NOT BLOOMING AND i STILL DONT SEE A SCAPE. I will just have to dig it up and pot it so I can have blooms, too. I just love WILLOW DEAN SMITH.it REMINDS ME OF BEAUTIFUL EDGINGS, which I dearly love too.RUFFLED STRAWBERRY PHARFAIT is a beauty, too.I love them all, well, maybe with just the exception of one and I love its color, just not the form.

jean

I like Willow Dean Smith too, & A little Fire Scarecrow is still looking good to me.

Anika - I think last year was the first time the Rices had a clump sale. A notice about it came up on the Thoroughbred website in late July. Rita was the one who let all of us Garden Webbers know. The sale continued on into the fall until all the clumps they needed to move out were gone. The prices were really good for the number of fans they sent. You might want to just keep checking their website to see if they have another clump sale, or email them and ask. I was very pleased with the plants I got.

Ruffled Strawberry Parfait, unfortunately, is not a rebloomer.

Debra

The pastels are my favorites (Purify My Heart and Willow Dean Smith), but every time I see a photo of El Desperado, I'm more and more impressed.

Jean - I know which one you don't like. :)

Chris - If you don't have El Desperado you're really missing out on a very floriferous late bloomer. Willow Dean Smith and Purify Your Heart would grow great for you, since they're both from northern hybridizers.

Debra

Well, I have three favorites today. PURIFY MY HEART which is a favorite daylily of mine, WILLOW DEAN SMITH which always seems to look great (great group shot there) and last but not least A LITTLE FIRE SCARECROW which I just love the color and pattern. It just looks so cheerey!

Can't pick a favorite as they could all come and live here. I do have Fires Of Fuji (2 clumps) and they are loaded with buds as does El Desperado. However, your pic of RUFFLED STRAWBERRY PARFAIT has me thinking to go look that one up.
Great photos.

Julia

Rita - I wouldn't have Purify My Heart and Willow Dean Smith if I hadn't seen the beautiful photos of them growing in your garden. They both seem to be great performers. Purify My Heart has double scaped two years in a row for instant rebloom. And Willow Dean Smith seems to want to set every pod - not matter how hot it is. I keep having to break bee pods off the scapes.

Julia - Ruffled Strawberry Parfait has not been the performer I hoped it would be. I've had it four years, and I've yet to see much of a bud count on it. It does multiply faster than some of my other Reckamp Khlems.

Debra

Willow
dean Smith is really lovely, Debra. The weather is the pits, isn't it? No rain. Heat. But the daylilies bloom on. El Desperado is strutting its stuff. What a great plant it is.
Wild Apple Autumn is a pretty thing, and A Little Fire Scarecrow is always a treat to see.
kay

Lovely Debra but Willow Dean Smith is still my favorite. She seems to do well for you...Ellie

I like the edge on Lady Fretz. A clear separation of colors. Pretty complicated to do that I would think. And of course I like everything else, but Regal Finale caught my eye so much I just had to look it up. An oldie but perhaps still a goldie? I like the bagel form too on it. Does it keep that dark velvety color by the late PM?.....Maryl

No favorite today as it's impossible to pick from this stunning group.
Linda

Maryl - Regal Finale only shows the bagel form in scalding hot temps. But being in Oklahoma, you get those kinds of summer temperatures. It does hold its color pretty well, and from a distance still looks good in the evening. Mine is pretty marred by pollen spill and bug damage by evening. This is the second year for Regal Finale in my garden. It clumps up very quickly, and seems to be doing some bud building this season.

Debra

Kay - One of the things I like about Wild Apple Autumn is the red veining on the petals. It gives the flower a lot more texture, and I think makes it a more interesting eyed and edged cultivar.

Debra

Wow, that El Desperado is just covered in blooms! I can't pick a favorite yet again, they are all beauties. Willow Dean Smith is super, I love ENEs. Good to know that it and Purify My Heart are from northern hybridizers (I should google them). Ruffled Strawberry Parfait is very nice, I think you mentioned that before that Reckamps don't multiply well. I remember thinking I wouldn't mind that because the space is so tight ;) Love Regal Finale too, reminds me slightly of Night Beacon with that combination of colors, looks great with recurved petals

Thanks Debra for the response. At 105 yesterday and much the same predicted for the rest of the week, I'd say not only would Regale Finale roll up into the bagel form, but I may do so as well.... Out of ignorance I ask this question. You mentioned the pollen spill, and it is distracting on darker daylilies. Are breeders trying to eliminate that now? Maybe it can't be eliminated?.....Maryl

Nat - The Reckamps just don't multiply well in the South. They don't get enough of a cold period to build a big crown. I'm sure they would multiply fine in your zone.

Maryl - The pollen spill is definitely distracting on dark daylilies. As far as I know, there aren't hybridizers trying to eliminate pollen. They can sell their daylilies for more money if they are fertile.

Debra

Thanks Debra. Understood.