Great lates ( and VLs) in Virginia

14 years ago

Hi everyone, We're into L-VL season here in VA, right on the edge of zone 6/7. Many of these are bona fide L-VL bloomers, but a few are rebloom scapes, and a couple are just blooming out of whack this season! Some have been pictured before but I couldn't resist showing what an incredibly long bloom season they've had ( for this climate.) There are some full forms, but many are spiders-UFs. If you want to have a long bloom season, consider adding some spideries to your garden!

First, DANCES WITH GIRAFFES is still blooming here. I photographed the first bloom here June 14th. Had even dug the clump right before this year's National! It has a few blooms to go. This one's a great bud builder.

And I just have to show how ROSE F. KENNEDY greeted me today. I took the first bloom shot of this on June 12. It still has a bud or two to go. This will make my pop poll list for sure. Not sure if I'll get rebloom every year, but this one did rebloom this year.

Dan Bachman has several great lates. I'll confess that as a former music teacher, I had to get this one for the name. It is a clear red and a welcome sight when not much else is blooming. This is BOOGIE MY WOOGIE BABY. ( Dan likes jazz and has some great names for his daylilies!)

SHOO-FLY PIE has been blooming for weeks. This was earlier today, and there are blooms to go. Great plant habits!

One of his that just started is CHARON THE FERRYMAN. Great late clump!

Judy Davisson's MEAN GREEN is finishing up with a wowser huge bloom today!

And Margo Reed's ONCE UPON A TIME continues to enchant me. Every bloom is perfect. This was new here last fall.

Margo's WHITE CHOCOLATE is also fast becoming a favorite here. The blooms have a glowing quality and the ruffled petals and cascade form are great. This will be introduced this fall I think.

This one has been here for two years and just started blooming. It is a gary Schaben registration. Although he registered it as EM, it just started blooming here, so I don't know what it will do in the future. You can tell that NORTHWIND DANCER is one of its parents. This is WATERDALE WALTZ.

Two of Jim Murphy's registered as VL's are blooming. SIMMERING ELEPHANTS was new last fall, so it may bloom later next year. It started blooming in ML this year.

I love the unusual look of this!

Jim's RUNNING LATE has just started blooming. One of its parents is LOLA BRANHAM, which is obvious. It went until late Sept. last year.

Michael Miller's SMALL WORLD TWISTER has made a nice clump here ( although this pic had some backlighting issues.)

It starts blooming ML here.

Jack Carpenter's SUNRISE SUNSET BEAUTIFUL is probably blooming out of whack. Early scapes blasted when we had lots of rain in early June, so these are later than normal. Big flat bright blooms - love them!

TALLADEGA is new here this spring. I was a little disappointed when I saw it in FL. and realized it wasn't going to be fire engine red like the pictures. But it put up a rebloom scape and today had the most beautiful ( also HUGE) bloom I've seen on it.

And - last one - ALAN LANE AGIN had the most perfect bloom I've seen on it since it got here two years ago. It has had a hard time getting established here, but maybe now it will take off.

That's all - the only clump which hasn't started here is SANDRA ELIZABETH, the VL marker. ( it gets a bit of shade.) It will be blooming w/i the next week.

Thanks for looking!

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maximus7116
14 years ago
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Thanks for the show. ROSE KENNEDY is a must-have for me. And I enjoyed seeing some of the cascading daylilies I've been looking for. My favorites in this group are WATERDALE WALTZ and MEAN GREEN (but then, I think I like everything she hybridizes).
newyorkrita
14 years ago
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This is a fabulous post. Very helpful to those of us trying to extend our daylily season. And in spite of the fact the you and I are both listed as zone 6/7, your bloom season starts alot earlier than mine does.

I don't know why it is that so many of the spiders and UFOs are late season bloomers. For a bagel lover, its difficult to find ones that are not too different to add to the garden.

I do really, love ROSE KENNEDY. I notice in your picture that its not very narrow and it has that fabulous color and pattern, vey striking. I have also thought of getting SIMMERING ELEPHANTS for awhile but for some reason just haven't gotten it.
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floota
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14 years ago
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When I ordered TALLADEGA, I had a sneaking suspicion that the color wasn't going to be that red. Today it was beginning to rain and was very overcast, ( so it might have more color w/ more sun) but the pictures I took of it at Floyd Cove are pretty darn close to this. I don't know why that happens, but it irks me too! ( although sometimes color weirdness happens when pictures are at the publishers.)

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poppy_power
14 years ago
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Beautiful! daylilies.
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Julia WV (6b)
14 years ago
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SUNRISE SUNSET is very eye catching.

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ninamora
14 years ago
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blue23rose
14 years ago
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It is nice to see what VL is for Virginia. I am in zone 6 and am looking for more late bloomers.

I will definitely keep these in mind. Not a bad one in the bunch.

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floota
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14 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
If you like spiders and UFs, you really can't go wrong with Dan Bachman's or Margo Reed/ Jim Murphy's cultivars. They should be hardy in zones 5-6 . Here are a couple of other good lates here. ( I may have shown the first one before - if so, sorry.)
Jim's OLFACTORY EVIDENCE - big yellow fragrant open formed flower - not a UF:

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And Margo Reed's EVEN STEPHEN - This one has amazing scapes and bud count:

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Although Sanford Robert's POINT OF VIEW is not registered as such, the consensus of many on the Email robin was that this blooms ML-L for them. It is one of about 5 clumps still in full bloom here:

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A picture really can't show what a nice clump POINT OF VIEW makes - big imposing blooms!
buyorsell888
14 years ago
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ROSE F KENNEDY and EVEN STEPHEN are fantastic!!!!
organic_kitten
14 years ago
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How gorgeous! I love Rose Kennedy, Alan Lane Agin, and so many of your others! Beautiful!
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newyorkrita
14 years ago
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Julie- Do you know ho was the hybridizer on ROSE KENNEDY? I have no idea were to start looking for it but I really do like it.
organic_kitten
14 years ago
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Rose Kennedy is such a gorgeous bloom. I saw it once only on the lily auction. I will be looking for it again. You have a lot of gorgeous spiders. Beautiful!
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floota
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14 years ago
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Rita, ROSE F. KENNEDY was hybridized right in your Region 4, by George Doorakian of MS. His plants are introduced by Mary Collier Fisher ( our new AHS Pres. Elect) at her daylily site, Nor'East Daylilies. Or you can e-mail Mary -her e-mail address would be on the AHS website.
newyorkrita
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Thanks! As it turns out she just happens to have an ad in the AHS bulletine that comes weekly. I did look it up on thewebsite though. I though it was a late but its listed as mid.

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