Sweet Chariot & Baby Tiger Paws Daylilly

16 years ago

I have tried to grow Sweet Chariot in a pot for 22 years and failed at least 6 times. I now need to get a bigger pot:) About to bloom like crazy now.

This is my favorite daylilly so far to bloom, I found it late today and had to share it.

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Thanks for looking at these. I'll have some light colored roses as soon as the thrips move on...

Leslie

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twohuskies
16 years ago
Sweet Chariot is so cute! And I love the name of that daylily..
aprille
16 years ago
Leslie that day lily is beautiful. I planted a whole bunch of them last year and thought I'd gotten different colours, now they are starting to bloom and all look just about the same!

I have Sweet Chariot - it's new for me this year and is covered in buds - I've loved what I've seen of if bloom so far and can't wait for the rest to open.

Aprille
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canadian_rose
16 years ago
My Sweet Chariot is amazingly winter hardy - comes up every year no matter what. Doesn't get as big as yours will, but I do love it!!

Carol
jean_ar
16 years ago
well, I like the rose,its very pretty,BUT,I like that daylily better :)How big is the bloom on the daylily?Its really pretty.Thank you for showing us how pretty it is.

Jean
harryshoe zone6 eastern Pennsylvania
16 years ago
Your Sweet Chariot is beautiful. The 3 started from bands here last year are quite large and covered in buds, but haven't produced blooms like yours. They are all in the ground now. Sweet Chariot is not a mini!
carla17
16 years ago
That is a lovely picture of Sweet Chariot. I love your daylily and the name is perfect.
Harry, please don't say that, I have 5 SC. It does bloom a lot.

Carla
lesdvs9
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks for the complements!

Harry I know Sweet Chariot is not a mini. I really didn't expect to succeed growing it again this time. I know especially in CA it's going to get to be really large sprawling rose bush. I'm going to get a really extra large urn to put it in so it can cascade down the sides in the next week or so. I could plant it in the garden, I'll get another next spring and do that. I wanted one for the patio. I think the reason it also never made it in a hanging basket is in 117 degree heat it bakes up in the air.

Jean, I've got more to bloom on Baby Tiger Paws but not today, I believe the blooms are about 3". Small just like the name. If I'm wrong, I'll let you know. I got a kick that I had two bloom side by side like that. This is one of the late blooming daylillies I have. I really love it.
gnabonnand
16 years ago
What a nice looking rose ... looks perfect in its container. Nice daylily too.

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canadian_rose
16 years ago
It's not a mini?? I thought it was. ... Well, is it a polyantha?

:) Carol
hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
16 years ago
Isn't it a mini flower on a not-mini plant?

It's a beauty whatever it is. 117F, yikes! I don't know if I would ever get outside during summer there.
lesdvs9
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you all, that's very nice, I'm very pleased with it.
Harry is referring to just how large Sweet Chariot can get. It is classified as a mini rose, sorry for my response back without clarification. It can sprawl up to 3 or 4' wide or so depending on conditions. Talking that it's not a mini meaning that it's not meant to be a small mini bush and a small container will not hold it for long if you want it to stay healthy.

Yeah, it hit 117 here last July and stayed in the high 100's for weeks and I go out very early in the am:)
User
16 years ago
I love sweet Chariot it always smelles like roses and black pepper to me. No one else I;ve asked share s this my poor nose.
lesdvs9
Original Author
16 years ago
I'm lousy describing scents, but that's as good a description as I've ever heard for this one:) I think that's actually pretty apt. I went out and sniffed and my nose still tickles:)

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