Favorite Daylilies Whose Colors Are Not Easily Described
Post your favorite 3-5 daylilies whose colors defy description. These would be daylilies that don't easily fall within a color category.
Here are some of mine.
Everything You Desire is registered as a cranberry rose. It's kind of red, but kind of pink too.
Tully Mars is a peach violet blend. In my garden the petal color is lavender in cool temps and peach in hot temps.
Early bloom with cool nights.
Later bloom when things heat up.
Herbgirls Cherry Moonshine is registered as a coral rose. It's an odd color that I would describe as more of a coral violet blend.
Debra
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
6 years agoOrange Smoothie was new to the garden this summer, I don't see any orange. It glows in the garden.
Stephanie got added in late summer.
Here Lies Butch, still hate the name even though I know the story. Not pink, not peach, not ivory, hmmmmmmm.
Same with this one, the base color isn't pink, not peach, not ivory.
Sherry
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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
6 years agoMomentum is my first one. It is registered as tawny rose. Does that mean dirty light red? I guess you can tell that I don't care for this one. We are trying to downsize the garden and I suggested this one for the hit list. Bob vetoed the idea because of its breeding potential especially with bitones.
What is the color of Baracuda Bay? This one languished for years in a too shady spot but did well for us after we moved it this spring.
We love Francois Verhaert (even though it is puny here), but how did the hybridizer come up with the color description of orchid as the base color?
I don't think Forestlake Ragamuffin's color is hard to describe. To me it is apricot or peach, but it is registered as pink.
This one just might be a case of mistaken identity. Nevertheless, when I googled the name, the only images that came up are the same as mine. It is one of my favorite minis because of the sharp color contrast. It is On the Lookout and Elisabeth Salter describes the eye as rose red
Nancy
Brad KY 6b
6 years ago
celeste/NH
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI have also wondered about the color of Baracuda Bay, Nancy. It's kind of muddy but I keep it because it blooms so well for me. Here are my picks:
PINHILL CLARET SYMPHONY
It's registered as 'claret' which I didn't know was an actual color. It's not really purple, not really pink, not really red.... but it's amazing in full sunlight.
GOLLIWOGI love it so much even though I don't know what a golliwog is and it's NOT pink even though that's how it's registered. It's more of a cream color.
RASPBERRY SUEDE
Registered as a black raspberry self. I wouldn't call it red, or purple, or black...but a blending of all of those.
NOWHERE TO HIDE
To me this one is kind of ugly but I keep it because it's unusual and blooms well. It's registered as a tan brown blend. Weird coloring.
GREY WITCHJust like Trahlyta which I also grow, this one is a grayish lavender color. Kind of weird coloring but it also blooms well.
avedon_gw
6 years agoI grow these so won't post pics, but for Smoky Mt. Autumn, I say it is copper/peach; Golliwog is apricot/peach and Grey Witch is exactly like Celeste's picture, greyish/lavender.
Aniakchak--listed as pale violet with a faint lavender halo, but sometimes to me it has a smoky blue cast to the flower.
mantis__oh
6 years agoWhat happened to categories such as favorite edged, favorite eyed, favorite peach or apricot?
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shive
6 years agoshive
6 years agoBrad KY 6b
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signet_gw(6b)
6 years agoNancy 6b
6 years agoceleste/NH
6 years agodaylilybedmaker
6 years ago
samhain10 - 5a
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoavedon_gw
6 years agoI decided to have some fun with this one. It is a cross I made maybe ten years ago from two Carpenter seedlings. I was going to toss it but my husband likes it a lot. I told him the color was muddy, but he said in effect "so what, I like it, let's keep it". So here it is--the one I named "Mudbug Madness". Actually, it is a really good garden plant, lots of blooms.
"Mudbug Madness" --kind of a brownish red.
shive
6 years agosamhain10 - 5a
6 years ago
lilykate7a
6 years agoI won't add but one to this mix. I have several of those already mentioned. Funny how the color changes with the zone and soil, I suppose. This is one I posted earlier this year. A NOID, in my garden for many, many years. Sorta like the veining on Nowhere to Hide. Huge 7-8 inches-changes color during the day and heat. An interesting old, healthy, unusual lily!
Kate
signet_gw(6b)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoceleste/NH
6 years agolilykate7a
6 years agoNancy 6b
6 years ago
tarheelgirl_7b
6 years agoLovely group of blooms!
HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN MUST BE - registered as a melon pink blend. Looks more melon/peach here.
SMOKY MOUNTAIN AUTUMN - such a pretty bloom
TRAHLYTA
Lori
lilykate7a
6 years agosignet_gw(6b)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI grew one similar to Nowhere to Hide...... by the same hybridizer called Mapping Carolina . I loved it , it did not love being here and ultimately died out . I replanted a new division of that one this spring .....fingers crossed it agrees that it will stay here and this time flourish .
Here are just a few of my odd balls whose colors defy description .I like 'em ! the odder the better in my book .
#1 seedling
#2 Gone Native by John Lambert
#3 seedling
#4 Milk Chocolate
#Spicecake
#6 Green Derby What color is this anyway ?????? so odd !
#7 Pigment of Imagination
signet_gw(6b)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoavedon_gw
6 years agoshive
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agolilykate7a
6 years agoavedon_gw
6 years agoWell, it turns out I have a couple more--I forgot about Green Derby, it is kind of strange, but this is the first year, and maybe it will look different next year.
Green Derby
Coffee To Go
samhain10 - 5a
6 years agosignet_gw(6b)
6 years agoHere are a couple more oddball colored daylilies that I grow
# 1 Aladin's Lamp
#2 seedling
#3 Joseph's Coat
# 4 Joseph's coat different day
#5 Simmering Elephants
#7 Seedling
# 8 Uri Geller
#9 Fruit Loops
samhain10 - 5a
6 years agosignet_gw(6b)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoSamhain10 ...thanks for your comment on my seedling #7 ....It really is an odd color but if you were to see it in real life it is exactly like the picture If I were to register it though, I am not sure how exactly I could possibly describe the color . Here are 2 more images of the same seedling ( the second image not so great) but it shows how the color can be different from day to day. All different views seem to be temperature/weather dependent.
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...... it is not pink per se , not peach either not mauve , there are some brown tones and some greyish tones thrown in there too , not an easy plant to describe ...amazing what Mother Nature can produce .
samhain10 - 5a
6 years agoavedon_gw
6 years agosignet_gw(6b)
6 years ago
Brad KY 6b