Joy: The seller's name on the LA is Wormman20030, his actual name is Marvin Wilkins and he is from Falkner, Mississippi. I bought from two different vendors in February and March. Remember, I am in Texas and in February I am out in the garden while some of the rest of y'all are looking at snow. I knew they could not dig daylilies in snow and asked when they did ship, and they told me mid April which was fine with me. The other vendor send a beautiful shipment in April but I heard nothing from Marvin. I believe is was the beginning of May I sent him and email and he replied that he was a one man operation and would try to get to it the next week. Weeks went by, and nothing. I sent another email which was ignored. I finally got fed up, left negative feedback, and later took advantage of the mediating service at LA to request a refund. It is extremely hot here in Texas, too hot to plant. I continued to hear nothing from Marvin and wrote again to the LA. They said that Marvin had written them (but not me) and told them he was going to process a refund and all I had to do is provide a Paypal address. (Let me put in a plug for the LA mediating service here, I was upset, they were patient and understanding) I sent him my Paypal address and again, heard nothing. No emails, no explanation, no refund. I feel that from February to June is an unconscionable wait without explanation. If something was wrong, he could have emailed, he was well enough to email the LA, but has ignored me. The money is not a lot to some people, I understand that some people spend thousands on daylilies and I wish I could, but it is enough that I can't afford to buy more daylilies this year and of course even if I could, it is too hot to plant. I felt that since I have been talking about this incident it is only fair to mention the vendor's name. I would more than welcome him to come here and offer an explanation; as of now I have no explanation, no daylilies, and no refund. Some very nice people have taken their time to email me with the names of vendors who they feel have integrity; after getting over my initial hurt I think I will use the DA again but under the guidance of some of those more experienced. Some points were made that there are good, hardworking vendors that sell quality plants and I agree because the other vendor was like that, so my beef is not with the LA, it is with Marvin.

I just bought Black Fathom Depths from Mark Carpenter/The Lily Farm. Have never seen so many buds on the scapes! It is a beautiful lavender/purple eye. If this is what I can expect - all I can say is Wow! Healthy foliage too. I live near Mark, so was able to see the plants. It is a Salter lily. Really like it. I grow Cosmopolitan and like it a lot - blooms well, pretty, healthy foliage. I used to have Mini Pearl but lost it some years ago [my fault] but would buy it again. Judith

This is one of my roses in the front yard. Just starting full bloom. My front yard. You get a great view of the short stone wall that I had put in earlier this spring. Before that the hill just sloped all the way down to the sidewalk. The grassey section used to be the lawn that went down to the street. Now I started a garden next to the wall there by planting a row of four o'clocks. Can't do more this year as I have done enough but that grass will be replaced with a daylily garden next spring. Porch garden section that I showed above but this time starting to bloom. A small section of my side yard rose garden. The Clamatis Tower again. This time all purple. A section of my front yard were you can see a little of the tower. Plus you can see the blackberries in bloom and the honeysuckle too. There are daylilies all around this area.

No, crown rot seems to occur in my garden during the hot summer here in Texas.....water or no water, but I'm saying the leaves turn brown quicker when there is a lack of moisture. The hotter and drier things get around here, the faster the outer leaves turn brown. I'm no expert on crown rot, but I do find Kphite (4 tsp/gallon) really seems to help. When crown rot occurs in my garden, not just the outer leaves, but all throughout the plant the leaves start turning brown and the plant just gradually fades away, unless something is done about it in time. I've only lost relatively new plants to it, not those that have become well-established. Nancy