I really like your new daylily, it has a lot going on. Love Lucky sTreak with that color & streak (of course), & Intelligent Life is just the type I love, a big dark eye, & a lovely color.

ngraham,
Lambertson's tend to do very well here. Cerulean Warbler is one of my favorite plants. I got Sink Into Your Eyes from Bill Maryott, and I can't really remember where I got Drink The Light, but they have both done really well with SIYE a very early and heavy bloomer.

I was slow to plant this one when it arrived, and did not expect any bloom this year as a result. This is a rebloom spike and the flowers are much prettier than the first ones. I can't wait to see what it does next year.
kay

All three of those are just fabulous! Lucky Streak is particularly distinctive. While the older Lambertsons flourish in my garden, the newer ones don't. You know the problems I've had with Cerulean Warbler and Asian Fairy Bluebird. Indigo Bunting nearly gave up the ghost over the winter, and Awesome Applique only performed well the first year I got it. I had no blooms last year, and a sad tiny scape this year. Bluethroat was a major disappointment too. I hate that because Luddy used to be my favorite hybridizer. I still drool over his intros but hesitate to buy more. Of course I did indulge in Purple Eyed Dragonfly this spring, but I was not impressed with it either.

Debra

Debra,

Thank you. I absolutely love Lucky Streak, and would like a couple more in that vein.

I realize my climate is probably closer to Luddy's than yours, but it doesn't seem as if Tennessee and Alabama would be so different. Cerulean Warbler was a fabulous bloomer again this year over a long period of time. I guess Sink Into Your Eyes, Ada Mae Musick and Drink the Light may be older ones, but they also preformed beautifully. My big rose now shades Leif and Liege which will have to be moved and it still managed to bloom from almost total shade. I have three of his on my list for next year including Hyacinth Macaw.

I hate that they aren't doing well for you since your pictures are what inspired me to buy them.

kay

I think the older Lambertsons were hybridized when he lived in New York, and those take my freeze-thaw winters better. Since he's lived in Florida, the intros have gotten more and more tender. At least Blue Eyes Glance and Magnificent Hummingbird multiplied and scaped on every fan this time.

Debra

Lucky Streak is my favorite today.

I had read that the Lambertsons were tender up north so this is a hybridizer that never got my attention more than just looking at some catalogs when I received them. It seems to me that Kays climate should be perfect for them. Glad yours are doing well Kay. Debra, have you tried pileing on the mulch really heavily for the winter using something like fallen leaves or straw? Might work.

Debra,
I would think that would be the only logical explanation. I surely saw a difference in the opening of my daylilies when we had a very unusual late cold snap this year.

Rita, I would expect Lucky Strek to be your favorite since it is a nice bright one. I love it too.

kay

I agree about Purple Honey Creeper -- it looks like it will be a winner. I wish I had more luck growing Lambertsons here, because everyone's photos always look so good.

well, that new one is very pretty, but I like the last one, better.Its gorgeous.

Jean

Purple Honey Creeper is a beauty. I like Intelligent Life too! Ellie

All are favorites in my book.
Linda

I may have to try more Lambertsons. I'm not that far north of you, Kay. I do actually have Raptor Rap & it has done really well, but it is an older one.

LThanks Chris, Jean Val Linda and ngraham. Chris, I do love Luddy's intros, because I love the co;ors and forms, but let's be honest, they do exceptionally well in warmer temps, and I am a true fan of "exceptionally well". ngraham, it is surely worth a try because his are beautiful and if you can grow them, you will want more. I have my eye on three of them now. thanks Ellie. Karol's intros seem to do well everyhere.

Thank you all for looking.
kay