Let's Talk about Late Bloomers....

15 years ago

I thought it might be interesting to see what we have blooming in our gardens this late (since it's almost September...that's late).

Now, if it is a new arrival, please state that...as they frequently will bloom off cycle the first year or so.

If it's on rebloom, please tell us that.

Oh yes, please state your zone so that those above and below can determine whether they might have the same result.

Here's mine in Zone 7 VA with water issues:

Established daylilies:

SANDRA ELIZABETH...still a few buds, so expect her to make it to Sept.

LOOK HERE MARY...same as SE, although the blooms are even larger this year.

AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE...same as the two above with a couple buds left, but what a performer.

J. T. DAVIS...nothing but good to say about this one.

On rebloom:

SCRAMBLED LEGS...did nothing last year, but has really made up for it this year...great rebloom scapes are blooming now. Impressive.

Blooming now, but not confident they will do this every year:

LAST SNOWFLAKE...new arrival in spring, known to be late...but wondering if it will be this late next year.

KATHRYN JUNE WOOD...reblooming beautifully now, better than the original first scapes (higher, larger blooms)...new arrival this spring.

ALASKAN MIST....arrived with scapes cut off, so these are rebloom scapes...don't expect it to do this next year.

HOW SWEET IT IS...bought this one twice...the triple fan has two great rebloom scapes up and blooming...the single fan, nothing going on there...new arrivals this spring.

ANNETTE'S MAGIC...still blooming...bought it blooming in June from the Rices in KY and it's still going...I am expecting this kind of performance from it next year, however.

It does make you think about putting your late ones together as collectively, they'd make a nice little show...as they are, they are scattered around without much impact.

So, okay, let's hear about what you've got going on and between us all, maybe we can make some lists of those plants that will extend our season.

I do have a few late ones that aren't performing for me this year (for various reasons), so maybe next year I'll have a more extensive list. And, of course...I do wonder if I could water more frequently if I'd be seeing even more rebloom (I expect I might).

Your turn...

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Comments (23)

njmomma
15 years ago
Okay, Last Snowflake will have to be on the top of my wish list. I keep hearing about it.
I have 2 rebloom scapes with a bunch of buds on my new Porcelain Ruffles. Can't wait to see them again!
shive
15 years ago
My last later bloomer flowered on Aug. 9. It was PURPLE CORN DANCER. Two other lates bloomed until Aug. 7. They were ROYAL JESTER and SUSAN WEBER. In past years, I've never had lates bloom past Aug.5th before.

PURPLE CORN DANCER
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I have two reblooming earlies right now, and another early bloomer, BLAZING SADDLES, with buds on the way. All three were new this year. Early rebloomers are the best bet here for getting flowers in late August and early September.

WALKING IN BEAUTY (second set of rebloom scapes)
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WAITING IN THE WINGS
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Debra
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I am Zone 8, so different than most. My bloom starts at least three weeks later than most here, so I expect that the late bloomers are right along the same lines.

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OLALLIE GOLD RIM
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Still blooming this year but acquired last fall:
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Reblooming (flowers, not just scapes) for me at this time:
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opnjmprs
15 years ago
I won't list new arrivals for the reason gonegardening stated in her post. Tet Lavender Blue Baby, Sabine Baur, Spiny Sea Urchin, Promised Day and Sailing At Dawn just finished blooming. Autumn Wood, Intricate Eyes, Lake Effect, Frank's Star Of Bethlehem, Century House are still blooming. Orchid Elegance, Eight Miles High, Awesome Artist, April Laquinta, Ledgewood Calico Blues, and Aurora Blues are reblooming.

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maximus7116
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Great idea, Katie. I need to add more lates!

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Original Blooming Scapes:

INDIAN RIPPLE
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GRAND AMAZON
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LEONIDAS
SWEET SUMMER HEAT
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LADY PHARAOH
TOMMIE LEE JOINER

Reblooming:

END OF THE DAY
BETTER THAN EVER
CEZANNE
TROPICAL SENSATION
PINK PEPPERMINT
CHINESE PAPER LANTERNS
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I forgot to add Drink The Light to my post above. It is still blooming here.

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still has buds)

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My Mae Graham, an oldie, is still blooming. She started off in late June!! Outlandish Lady and White Pearl have rebloomed.
HELP, do I have to use photobucket to post pics on Garden Web??

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mareas
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Yes, Weldon, you need to use photobucket or Picture Trail or a similar web hosting site to post photos here.

Celebration of Angels & Collector's Choice both rebloom reliably every year for me & had flowers today.

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rarejem
15 years ago
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Still Blooming:
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FORBIDDEN DESIRES
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newyorkrita
15 years ago
Wow, Chris, you have a lot still going.

I love this subject of late bloom and rebloom. Don't have much to add though as nothing much is going on in the daylily garden. I do have rebloom scapes coming up, which I did a post about but no current blooms.
maximus7116
15 years ago
I guess I do have a few still going -- I'm afraid I don't appreciate them as much when the bloom stalks around them are all brown!
gonegardening
Original Author
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Thank you all for your participation! Another thought I want to toss out is size of clump. For instance, I have a few of those mentioned by others, but they have long finished for me. It's interesting (at least to me) to take another look. Are they finished because of my zone and conditions or are my clumps simply not large enough/established enough?

So many things to consider! I thought Rita on a previous thread brought up a great point when she talked about seeking lates and ordered some of the very lates from further north of her...hoping they will bloom late for her, but not expecting them to be as late.

Much goes into this consideration of lates. I had noticed on AHS robin posts that often people list ones blooming now (as late) for them that do not bloom here that way....even on an established clump. Often though, as here, it causes me to rethink/relook at ones that make me wonder if I should wait and see...perhaps in time, they will make that late list (for me) as they grow and increase.

I apologize for repeating, but I am pleased to hear how late Debra's Purple Corn Dancer is for personal reasons. I have some seedlings that are Purple Corn Dancer x North Wind Dancer and they are the latest of my seedlings. One in particular was the absolute latest blooming seedling. I am excited to think what it/they may be like in the future, once they are established clumps.

I hope there are others who will add to our discussion. Thanks again for all your input.

Here is a link that might be useful: Purple Corn Dancer x North Wind Dancer
newyorkrita
15 years ago
Katie and all -

There certainly has been lots of talk about late bloomers on the AHS robin. But I don't usually find it at all helpful as far as my garden is concerned and heres why.

Ask something about late bloomers and always some helpful people chime in listing whatever as blooming now in their garden. When I look and see its way north of me or zone 5. Well blooming at the begining of August in zone 5 would be in my guess nothing but ordinary bloom time here. Not late.

Then again we have the same thing really south of me. If its blooming in zone 7 south like texas or something like that, it also is not going to translate into my garden. I can't even guess when it would bloom here.

I had previously bought some listed as late. Just bloomed at peak season here with the rest of my daylilies. That is what caused me to go look north and buy those hybridized north of me and listed as September bloomers. If they bloomed in September here it would still be all right as that would certainly be late. But more likely is you move them south and they bloom earlier so I am expecting August bloom. I had thought this out and thats how I believe it will work. Will find out for sure next year.
shive
15 years ago
Gonegardening - Your seedlings of Purple Corn Dancer X North Wind Dancer look lovely. Did you get the seeds from Mary Wray(Flowerfairy)? If so, she used to post regularly here on GW about when I first joined.

Rita - Your thinking is right on the mark. The lates I got from Florida are usually not late blooming - some even bloom early here. But the lates I've bought from northern hybridizers really tend to be late here. Curt Hanson's WAVES BECOME WINGS and Richard Norris' MARY LIGHTFINE start later than all my other "lates" except for PURPLE CORN DANCER. What lates have you gotten from northern hybridizers?

Debra
mike1
15 years ago
These are still blooming for me : Alexander Rag Time Band (plus it has a rebloom scape), Audacity Bound, Autumn Wood, Betty Warren Woods, Bill Norris, Bold Tiger, Canadian Border Patrol, Continental Holiday, Dan Mahony, Doug's Red Mercedes, Fooled Me, Francis Of Assisi, Mary's Gold, Peach Rum Festival, Peggy Jeff Coat, Red Volunteer, Ruby Spider (started blooming in 2nd. week of June), Ruby Throat, Strawberry Candy, Truly Angelic, Tuscawilla Tigress.

Rebloom scapes: Cherry Valentine, Heavenly Beginning.

I don't understand why more people aren't talking about Ruby Spider. Bloom season was late for me this year because of all the rain. It started blooming in the 2nd week of June when nothing else was in bloom and is still going strong. Lots of bouquets of flowers. Mike.
newyorkrita
15 years ago
I don't want anyone to think I was saying people should not post their bloomers no matter what zone they were in. What is not helpful information for me in my garden might be just the thing to know for someones elses garden.

As far as what I have gotten in late bloomers. I went for all those Olallie late ones that they list as September bloomers.

Then I do have some growing here I hope will be the right bloom time. I have Richard Norris' CORAL MAJORITY which should bloom late. Bloomed here its first year (put in this spring) around peak bloom. But I did get late bloom from Brian Culver's VICTORIANA and Melanie Mason's GUAVA JELLY. Both new this spring.

JUM MURPHY's LAST CHANCE FOR ROMANCE is listed as very late and just bloomed. I also have Jim's ALCHEMIST, should be late but first year flowers bloomed earlier. I have Don Herr's IN HIS HANDS listed as late blooming, bloomed earlier on first year plant. I have Bret Clemment's BLAST FROM THE PAST, has not bloomed. New this year listed as very late. I have FINAL DESTINATION from Karol Emmerich. Blooming now.

Then I have 6 Dale Thomas intros that I put in late this spring from Perfect Perrenials in PA. Dale hybridizes in PA zone 6 and these all should bloom in August as listed as late and very late. Bloomed at peak bloom here their first year. Hope thats not going to be the trend with them as I really liked the flowers on them and would really be liking to see them in August when there was not much going on here. Even early August would be wonderful.

I liked them so much I would like to find more of them but they seem impossible to find. I also would like to find some of Betty Harwoods late bloomers but again, impossible to find.

I feel this was a small start to my plans of expanding bloom here into August. Sime I have so many "normal" season bloomers and don't have room for 200 late bloomers (do that many truely lates even exhist?) it means I will probably never have as much bloom in August as July but I will work on it.

This of course, doesn't count rebloom. I have no idea when and how much rebloom I will have here as the northern hybridized "guaranteed" rebloomers were just put in this year and too new too rebloom. The exception seem to be many Emmerich intros that are just as new but have rebloom scapes currently.
Nancy Barginear
15 years ago
WILD MUSTANG just keeps on blooming every day - and beautiful, too. DESPERADO LOVE bloomed for a very long time.

Nancy
jean_ar
15 years ago
Well,I can't add much.I only have two thats reblooming now,and they are Buttered Popcorn and Pardon Me..Keep looking for some scapes on others,but, nothing yet.

Jean
pnwjoy54
15 years ago

I have the same general growing conditions as Julie. So my daylily season started later than most around the country. Plus, many of my daylilies were new either last fall or this spring. But here's what's blooming for me now.
I have a rebloom scape on 'KINGS GOLD' this will be my first rebloom ever. JERSEY SPIDER has sent up more scapes even before the first ones have finished. 'JERSEY SPIDER' has really been a great performer.
Another great performer is 'AMNOR' it's packed with scapes with a lot of buds on each. Almost every flower has been perfect. It was just planted last fall so I'm very impressed with it's first year perfomance.
'EASY NED' and 'LUSTY LEALAND' started blooming mid August and they are continuing to open new blooms still.
'MOUNTAIN TOP EXPERIENCE' just gave me it's last bloom. The last two that opened were polys. It was new this spring and the flowers don't look as good as they probably will once they've settled in better.
'PALO DURO CANYON' and 'ELLEN CHRISTINE' CHRISTINE' have also just finished with their last blooms.
'RAPID EYE MOVEMENT' has just started blooming, it's first flower wasn't much to get excited about but I'm hoping the next blooms will be better.
'WILSON SPIDER' has been in my garden for two years and it's just getting ready to start opening it's buds.
'BUNNY EYES' is blooming and still has a couple buds to go. 'COPPER WINDMILL' and 'DESIGNER JEANS' are still going but they both started late too. Also 'ORCHID CORSAGE' is in it's second year in my garden and it's getting ready to bloom for the first time ever for me. I'm hoping it will be worth the wait. :-)
Though the daylily season is winding down, I'm very happy to still have a few in bloom each day. Joy

Easy Ned

Amnor

Bunny Eyes

Copper Windmill

Jersey Spider

Palo Duro Canyon

Poly 'Mountain Top Experience'

Designer Jeans

Ellen Christine
lalalandwi
15 years ago
I have Easy Ned, very 1st year in the garden & it's on Monrovia's schedule. I had a few blooms in June & loved them. Can't wait to see what it is does next year.
Nancy Barginear
15 years ago
I took a walk outside today to check on my daylilies. Amid a sea of green, I found WILD MUSTANG (again), CLOTHED IN GLORY (an unexpected surprise) and amazingly two blooms of FIRE MUSIC, which has bloomed...and bloomed...and bloomed, rebloomed, and is now back at it again. It certainly is one vigorous daylily, and very fertile, too.

Nancy
newyorkrita
15 years ago
pnwjoy- You seem to have lots of bloom for this time of year. Very nice pictures!

Nancy- tell us about FIRE MUSIC. I looked it up on Tinkers but its not even listed as a rebloomer. Thanks!