Those are great clump shots. That clump of Indy Long Legs is amazing and I want Red Headed Hussy. I think all of your daylilies look great. If they look that good in a bad season then you are doing something right!

More beauties! What is it about Cedar Waxwing that you are not pleased with? I do like the color and form. I really love Paris Silk and All My Love to You. And Mystical Rainbow....all of them actually. Another eye-catching set of photos.

Great photos again! I really like Peach Magnolia, such a nice double. I like Paris Silk, looks like a nice purple.

Sherry

Celeste, Paris Silk is a Munson that definitely suffers from sun exposure. Cedar Waxwing, as I recall, is usually not so vibrant as in this morning pic. The form is very plain, though I like the raised midrib.

Those are some beautiful clumps shots! My favorites are Paris Silk and All of My Love to You.

Really striking clumps! I have Imperial Lemon and it is always reliable and one of my favorite yellows. Orange Velvet is also an older one I appreciate. It seems never to fail to perform and blooms late for me-another plus. Redheaded Hussy seems to be living up to her name.

Wonderful, your photos are so good I want to go out & get every one. And I already have some of them. Orange Velvet has looked as good this year as it always does, no short scapes or anything & lovely blooms. I usually have rebloom though, hope it does again.

Great Shots!

Beautiful clumps! Love Mean Green especially. Paris Silk reminds me of Court Magician (but opened well ;)) Love the look. And my third favorite today is All My Love To You, looking good in both pics!

Wow! Flying Trapeze, Paris Silk and Lovestruck Linda are my favorites, I think. I just got All of My Love to You late last summer, it's FFOE here was today.

I know I will leave some out, but in no particular order these were especially eye catching to me today: Red Headed Hussy, Peach Magnolia (2nd picture is catalog worthy), and Bela Lugosi always great form for me, but hard to capture color (which you did beautifully)....Question: Even in your milder climate do you find that some cultivars fade more than others by late afternoon?............Maryl

I don't know how you do it, Mantis but you have such gorgeous and healthy clumps of not only daylilies but peonies too. They look so clean and fresh. Don't you get damage from thrips and other insects?

All very lovely pics. You must be getting enough water to keep the grass looking so green and the foliage looks amazing.

Karen, the season with began with almost everything splotchy. While it improved, many things are dismal. I, like most posters, don't like to take pics of bad flowers. However, I don't mince words in evaluating cultivars.

Unfortunately, things are not clean and fresh here, but probably better than farther north. And leaf streak is not bad. Rain deficit is major. I have a lot of mantises and do not spray unless there is a bad case of thrips. I reject a lot of pics that are not true to color. The chief problem is bluing caused by low light.

The peonies I post are nearly all growing at a hospital garden I tend, where I have donated dozens of plants.

Beautiful clump shots! My favorites are Peach Magnolia and Flying Trapeze.

Lori