Hi again froggy, This is the Conversation side of the Plant Exchange. You need to go part way down on the main page, and click on Discussions All the trades are looked at and found there. Happy Trading! Sue

I love lilies for their stately appearance and scent... but hate the red lily beetle battle. We live along a river and worry about pesticide run off. So there are only two clumps in our yard. However, we do have many varieties of daylily. These are one of my favorite flowers... but my DH is not crazy about them. He thinks the long slender leaves and the same green tones look boring. The compromise was to place them among plants with different leaf textures and colors. And I have to agree with him that this helps to hide the ratty look of day lilies as they mature. (You're so right about that, Kevin.) A favorite new day lily is H. 'Light the Way' which I found at Bloomingfields Farms in Gaylordsville, CT. These are magnificent! The stems are very tall, which means the plant can be tucked behind shorter plants and the whitish blossom will peek out above its neighbors. Here is what LtW looked like the other day in our gardens. The flower color is more like the second shot...green and white tones. One "problem" ..... day lily clumps can get enormous and crowd out other things, even when divided. That happened in our small yard. The 6 tiny Hemerocallis 'Malaysian Monarch' fans that I planted years ago spread like the plague. We gave most of them away to a friend with lots of property. Molie

It's funny you should mention that. I've had quite a few daylilies re-bloom this year that have never done this before in my garden. DOUBLE PASSION started re-blooming last weekend and is still going strong. I'm guessing it might be all the rain we've had this year, but whatever it is, I'm loving it! Here is a link that might be useful:

Daylilies got their name because each flower opens up for one day. Some, such as "STELLA D'ORO" will re-bloom after a rest of about a month, but some years even the re-bloomers don't make a second attempt. The secret, I think is to have early, mid-season and late bloomers in the same bed so you have a nice display for several months. I don't know about Z10, but here in Northern Il. my daylilies start blooming the end of May and different varieties put up scapes and blooms right through September. Actually, right now "PAPER BUTTERFLY" has put up numerous scapes but unfortunately, they will get frost bite before they get a chance to re-bloom.