Sugar Magnolia and Sweet Prairie Wind for Tuesday

Nancy

8 years ago

Your red daylilies have been really eyecatching. I really like Stinger, but a good big clump of destined to See is pretty hard to beat.

jean_ar

8 years ago

wow! that Sugar Magnolia looks like a big bloom, at least 7 inch?

Sweet Prairie Wind is a beauty.and Integrated Logistics is very prtty, too, sure nice to have blooms that the heat don't fry them.Love that purple on Stinger,

nice clump of Aztec Headdress , too and Destined to See is a beauty,today, too , lots of beauties, today, and I never took one picture today, only went out for maybe 5 minutes.very unusual for me, but, this heat has been getting to me, BIG TIME.Didn't feel so good this orning. sure be glad when my new keyboard gets here. this one don't print oo good no more and I am tired backing up to add them.

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8 years ago

Nancy - Nine blooms of Destined To See are hard to beat. That one never goes out of style, and it will always be in my garden.

Jean - The bloom on Sugar Magnolia is huge - a little over 9 inches.

Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)

8 years ago

Barbara Mandell has caught my attention. Is it the brightest red among the new reds? Stinger blew me away. What's the story on that one. I've never head of it before...............Maryl

hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)

8 years ago

Sweet Prairie Wind is lovely, whatever you call its color. All of yours today are beautiful. Integrated Logistics has a very interesting watermark. Destined to See does very well here. We split the clump in the fall of 2013 and it needs splitting again.

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8 years ago

Absolutely stunning collection today, Debra. I hate that Wilkerson has closed her nursery. I have several of hers and every one of them is a great plant. I can't decide between Barbara Mandrell, Stinger and Sugar Magnolia...but everyone of them is a beauty.
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8 years ago

Love Barbara Mandrell! Baja California is a beauty too! You have some very nice blooms.

shive
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8 years ago

Maryl - I don't know if I would say Barbara is my brightest red. Red Edition and Fighting Fire are bright reds too. There is something about the clarity of color that makes it stand out in the garden.

Stinger is a 2013 Lambertson intro. I got to cross with my seedlings that have some teeth but not enough. Here's the info from the Art Gallery website:TET 6" Semi-evergreen Early-Mid Season Reblooms 40" Height
STINGER is probably the best branched toothy that I've seen. STINGER has medium rose petals, lighter sepals, a faint purple eye and edge, cream and yellow teeth and a green throat. STINGER is a stellar performer with 6-way branching and 35 plus buds. Easily fertile both ways.

shive
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8 years ago

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Well after bragging about how well my new reds did yesterday, I have another story this evening. During the afternoon we had 94 as the real temp and 100 as the heat index. All of them faded except The Ultimate Sacrifice. Apparently heat index 100 is their fading point. Not that they looked horrible - just not great like last evening. Most all the other daylilies were frosted except for Sugar Magnolia, Pretty Desirable, Integrated Logistics, Roaring Fork, Divinely Blessed, and one of my purple seedlings.

mantis__oh

8 years ago

Not a single splotch on Dena Marie's Sister! That is unusual here. Your Destined to See really has a lot of scapes; just wish it were a little taller.

shive
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8 years ago

Mantis - This is the first time since I've had Dena Marie's Sister that the first blooms have been unsplotched. I guess I applied the bug spray to the buds at just the right time. That fabuloys color seems to draw the thrips. The blooms are such a delightful coral pink color when they're not splotchy.

Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)

8 years ago

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Thanks for the information on the reds being not so colorfast in high heat. Looks like Ultimate Sacrifice is ahead in the race unless you spot something else. It's kind of fun (but expensive) to trial out new daylilies....That's interesting that Stinger is a Lambertson. I seldom like their daylilies, but then eyes and most purples are not at the top of my list. The color on Stinger is pretty though highlighted by the white teeth.....Maryl

shive
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8 years ago

Maryl - The teeth on Stinger are cream and gold. I would like it much better if the teeth were white.

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8 years ago

Wow, nice group. So many buds yet to open.

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Often the reason petals and sepals are splotchy is that the flower starts to open the night before and dew causes the color to run. Red

and purple pigments are antho-cyanins which are water soluble. Yellows and oranges are carotenes which are not water soluble. I have a double, Night at the Prom, which starts to open in the evening and is all splotchy the next morning. It will never make it to a show unless I cut it and bring it inside the night before.

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8 years ago

Dick - That is interesting information about the reds and purples. We do have heavy dew here.

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