Best Budded Daylilies of 2015
Yes, fellow daylily afficianados, it's that time again. So shine the spotlight on your bud kings and queens on this thread.
My bud king was Desperado Love. Although he has been in the top 10 multiple years, this is the first to take the crown. DL had 33 buds on the best scape. (And to think I almost gave it all way two summers ago. I'm glad I kept two fans.)
Coming in second was DL's parent, El Desperado, with 31 buds.
More to come ... Houzz won't let me post more photos right now.
Debra
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shive
8 years agoIn third place, there was a tie between Best for Last and Teddy Bear's Picnic. Both cultivars had scapes with 28 buds.
Best for Last
Teddy Bears Picnic
Fourth Place finisher was Sugar Magnolia with 27 buds on the best scape. The other scapes had 21-26 buds.
Cool Hand Luke reached the fifth place spot with 26 buds.
More later - please post your best budded cultivars!Debra
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Comments (61)I didn't keep bud counts on all of mine but here are some clump shots of my most prolific bloomers. This first one may be a mislabeled seedling. One of the local hybridizers used to line out his seedlings in the same plot as my display garden. He did have an introduction out of 'Open Hearth' and I half suspect this may be a sibling. It was a real wowser though. I did count the buds on 'Desperado Love'. One scape had 32 buds, the rest counted in the high 20s. This is only a two year old plant in my garden. It blooms ML here and is still putting on a show. This one was sold to me as 'Mariachi' but I've learned it is actually 'Mariachi1' as the first "Mariachi" was a diploid that was never released. 'Mariachi1' is a tet. Take a look at this 2yr plant's branching & bloom. 'Mary Todd' is a real bloomer here too. Check out the scape on 'Mexican Maiden' 'Nile Crane' was absolutely gorgeous. Always a favorite performer here, 'Wild Horses' had a long bloom season And finally, my seedling 2007-048-003 (Jennifer Trimmer x Maltese Falcon) had what I would call 4-way branching (though when I asked the garden judges at regional to explain how they count branches they would have called this at least 6-way) and a budcount of 25 in its maiden bloom....See MoreBest Budded Daylilies of 2013
Comments (46)Hi all, first time posting on the daylily forum. I found this thread when looking for info on specific cultivars I'm considering ordering. I'm located about 45 minutes south of Georgian Bay in Midwestern Ont., so by your standards, I'm northern. My new acquisitions get watered for the first couple of weeks after planting, other than that, they're pretty much on their own, unless it is severely dry. I generally do not fertilize. New beds are amended with composted manure from our pile which our stock consistently adds to (funny how that works, isn't it) and wood shavings. In some areas of our yard, the topsoil is only 2-3 inches thick, and then it's like digging in the driveway! Elegant Candy gave an impressive performance here, it's second year. I think it had about a dozen scapes (didn't actually count the scapes, so going from memory on this count) but the scapes averaged over 30 buds per scape. This was counting all buds on all scapes, both first and rebloom. Precious D'Oro (don't think this one is registered) is a bud builder, with blooms measuring about 3" or so, polychromed. I marked it this year as having an average of 37 buds, with 4 way branching. I know last year (in our drought), it had many scapes at 50 or better. Come Out and Play (a Polston intro from '06) has scapes like tree trunks. It starts blooming around the first of August, with instant rebloom, so blooms well into September for me. First bloom scapes average 30-35 buds, with rebloom lower. Branching is 5 and 6 way for me. I don't use photobucket or such, and not sure how to upload photos, but so far, these have been the best. This is the year that I consistently started paying better attention to bud counts, and have many new additions that will take next summer or the following to really hit their stride....See MoreSo, what were your best and worse roses for 2015?
Comments (27)I keep eyeing this thread but hesitated about posting because I think it's still too soon to really comment about most of my roses, being as they went in the ground in 2013 or later. But the more I think about it, there are a few which stand out. Not in ranked order.... Best "Bermuda Spice" -- gets hit hard by Winter here, but comes back strong after removing damage in Spring. Thereafter, I don't touch it, save for snapping off faded blooms if the petals don't drop off on their own. No diseases at all for me, and hasn't been without at least a few blooms since it started back in late May. If I ever need a handful of blooms to give to someone, I always have some "Bermuda Spice" in the bunch. 'Marie Pavie' -- first of mine to bloom, then has repeated flushes with short pauses. It's blooming now. No disease through most of the season, but it's getting a bit spotty now -- in November, so I don't care. I've since learned -- thanks to 'Perle d'Or' -- that when deadheading Polyanthas, Teas, and Chinas, it's best to just snap off the blooms. Cutting bare candelabra stems back to the next set of leaflets just delays the next flush. Oh, and while not powerfully scented up-close, this one gently fills the air in the front yard with its fragrance. 'Golden Buddha' -- as with the Chinas, Polyanthas, and Teas, this one gets only dead bits removed in Spring for pruning, but has far less damage. Still, it remains small and blooms in wave after wave through the season. All I do is snap off blooms when the petals start to look dingy. It seems immune to blackspot here, despite my not using fungicides. It did start getting a touch of mildew last month, but very little. Oddly, I saw mildew starting last month on things that never had it before, so I think it was unusual (for here) weather that brought it on. 'Souvenir de Victor Landeau' -- ok, this year I didn't get any Autumn blooms, but I also didn't give it a July haircut, which is what it seems to need to promote that last flush of the year. Instead, I watched to see what it'd do if given only a Spring prune -- and now I know. And what it did was have two or three flushes beginning late May and running through late July. Oh, and it also kept clean foliage. Even out of bloom, I enjoy looking at it as a sprawling shrub. This doesn't mean that everything else was just "meh" -- or worse. I keep in mind that I'm still "letting them grow wild" after their Spring prune, and am seeing which roses seem to need that haircut to trigger another bloom cycle. I've come to learn that the Chinas, Teas, and Polyanthas don't need this extra attention. Neither do the shorter moderns -- various Austins, 'Golden Buddha', my few HTs and Floribundas -- nor the repeat-blooming OGRs leaning more toward their Asian ancestors -- 'Souvenir de la Malmaison', 'Mme Dore', 'Mlle Blanche Lafitte', etc. But the larger-growing, longer-caned Bourbons, Damask Perpetuals, and Hybrid Perpetuals seem to need that "reset button" of a haircut to get them to set buds again here. 'Paul Neyron' and 'Rose du Roi -- original' had just a bloom or two after the main flushes, and were getting really tall. So I cut them back again to about 50% larger than I left them after the Spring prune -- and they responded with new flushes. Too bad I waited too long to do this to 'Yolande d'Aragon', because it's setting buds now -- the first since June. I also have a few more contenders for "best" next year, but they're still too young to say for sure. Worst 'Monsieur Boncenne' -- beautiful first flush, with another after a very short pause, then riddled with blackspot. I don't spray here, and this one goes completely naked by July. It keeps trying to put out foliage, but spots appear even before the leaves mature. 'Jude the Obscure' -- same as above. These two are side-by-side, so their nakedness is made all the more obvious. I'm considering a dormant sulfur spray before everything leafs out, then continuing the season with weekly Castile soap "rinses" via hose-end sprayer. Thus far, neither of these two "worst" roses have me eyeing them with the shovel. However, if either fails to improve next year, that situation may change. :-) ~Christopher...See MoreBest Budded Registered Daylilies of 2021
Comments (32)I realized I never got back to add the bud count fir Hakuna Matata. It is still blooming, and still getting multiple blooms every day, but the end is near. It has been blooming just I very a month now. The 5 best scapes, out of 9, were 41, 42, 46, 49, and, wait for it... 55. I have never had a plant bloom so well. I rarely have plants meet their bud count, much less exceed. Maybe it is location, Entwined in the Vine is pretty close, and had higher bud counts. There are several other daylilies near though that bloom well, but not like this. Wish the blooms were a little larger. It sets pods easily. I started seeds last winter, but stuff came up and they did not survive my neglect, but the seeds had really good germination....See More
dick_in_ohio
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI generally don't count but Summer Hymns is always in my top budding dayliliesl
shive
8 years agoshive
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoSixth place in my garden was a tie, with Kentucky Lucky and Tiffany Shade both having 23 buds.
Kentucky Lucky
Tiffany Shade, 23 buds
Three were tied for 8th place with 21 buds:
Last Chance for Romance
Willow Dean Smith
Strolling in the Roses
There were several with 20 buds including TNT, Cherokee Star. Fighting Fire on a reblooms scape, and Sangria With Mia.
Debra
Brad KY 6b
8 years agoDebra: I really like Sugar Magnolia! Desperado Love is interesting too. Glad you kept it!
I don't generally count buds but I keep track of how long they bloom and know which gave a great show almost daily. Here's some of the top performers:
Past Forgetting
Grape Velvet
Purple Riot probably had the most buds but bloomed itself out quickly, but what a show!
Noid
Also top performers that I've already posted a couple of times: Carmen Renee [probably the 2nd most buds], Jungle Butterfly, Lilly & Petals, Kent's Favorite Two, & Priscilla's Rainbow.
nat4b
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celeste/NH
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gothiclibrarian
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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
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8 years agoHere is the photo of Ruby Grandeur from Mantix. I think I need that one for the red bed, if it puts on that much of a show. Just look at the branching and budding on that front scape.
shive
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8 years agoNancy
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoNat - It's great to see Willow Dean Smith doing so well for three of us, and Sherry Lane Carr is on at least two lists. Lullabye Baby really stands the test of time! But the most amazing thing in your post is that you have a clump with 30 scapes!!! Soul on Fire must be on fire with its multiplying. What are you feeding that one, and how long did it take to get that many? Most daylilies need dividing by the time they have 8-10 scapes to keep the higher bud counts. I think El Desperado must have the most scapes in my garden. It has about 16, and I really shouldn't have let it get that big. But it has - even though I've shared divisions with several friends over the years. Only the scapes on the outside of the clump have the high bud counts though. Finally, I can't believe you counted scapes on 91 daylilies today. I take stock all through the season on morning and eveniing garden walks, and I have a general idea which ones are in the top 12-15. So those are the ones I double check before I post bud counts.
I adore Willow Dean Smith so much that I'm going to post another photo of it.
Debra
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Julia WV (6b)
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8 years agoBrad KY 6b
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M Bonus
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI have Cherry Cheeks, mine has never produced that many buds! That is just awesome. I really like Tiffany Shade.
Too Cute- lots of buds and nice branching
Tiny Firecracker (though it doesn't exactly have a high bud count here, it bloomed at the beginning of the season, and has a new scape coming up)
Final Touch - I've never counted, but oh so many buds
sherrygirl zone5 N il