Tuesday's Tantalizing Treasures

5 years ago

Bow Tie Affair ffo - The rain ripped the petal a bit but the pattern was astounding. I think this is the largest bloom I've ever gotten on this one. It's never been the registered bloom size or height here.

Patsy Carpenter with truer color in this photo

Jungle Queen ffo

Born to Reign - The first two blooms open on this one were extremely splotchy. I'm not sure if the spots come from the rain or thrips. I have seen some thrips in the garden.

Debra

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dick_in_ohio

5 years ago

Mary: You hit your head on the nail. I have a spectacular double, Night at the Prom, which partially opens the night before it opens fully. Therefore, I have never taken it to a daylily show. Darn.

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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
5 years ago
Beautiful photos! Bow Tie Affair is amazing. I love the pattern in the eye and sepals too.

Nancy
Nancy 6b
5 years ago
Bow Tie Affair is stunning! I always love Born to Reign, mine just put out scapes.
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Debra: I've seen a few Fig Beetles off and on over the years here. One year we had enough that I looked them up to see if they would damage anything. They didn't seem to bother my flowers. However, Buster Brown (our lovable but dufus cat) dug a grub up from the ground and was walking around carrying it in his mouth. It was huge. He continued to do this for the next few days having great fun in the process. He never did eat one (I made sure of that), but found them interesting to dig up and carry around for a reason known only to him and his little cat brain. If these grubs eat plant roots (and I'm sure they do) they would have to eat a lot of them to reach that size. That definitely could do some damage to a smaller plant like a daylily...................Maryl
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shive
Original Author
5 years ago
Nancy - I have no idea why Born to Reign is blooming with the earlies. It's supposed to be a midseason bloomer. It's new to the garden, and was a fall purchase. I like the rich color. Is yours splotchy? I remember Mantis saying last year he had some splotchy blooms on it.

Debra
tarheelgirl_7b
5 years ago
Another vote for Bow Tie Affair! Patsy Carpenter is very pretty as well.

Lori
Brad KY 6b
5 years ago
My fav is Jungle Queen, though Bow Tie is quite nice.
organic_kitten
5 years ago
They are lovely Bow Tie affairis my favorite of the group. Thrips are always around, little rascals.

kay
Nancy 6b
5 years ago
Debra, if it is new to the garden don't give up on it because it is splotchy this year. The first year mine put out a lot of splotchy blooms, some truly hideous. It put out just enough nice ones though I could see how it should be. Last year I don't think I had a single bad bloom on it. I moved it last fall, I hope I don't have to go through another bad year though. They should have called it Mae West.
shive
Original Author
5 years ago
Nancy - Thanks for the feedback on Born to Reign. I'm not giving up on it. I usually give plants at least three years to shape up or ship out.

Debra
sherrygirl zone5 N il
5 years ago
Bow Tie Affair is impressive, such a wonderful pattern. Born to Reign is my favorite today. Glad you got some rain and looking forward to rain here tomorrow.

Sherry
samhain10 - 5a
5 years ago
Bow Tie Affair - wow!!!!!! What a pattern!

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dick_in_ohio
5 years ago
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Thrips are the first critter to blame for bug bumps and splotchy petals. Pat Henley (my wife) who is on the Scientific Studies Committee of AHS, is working with some insect experts on other possible causes. One of the suspects is spider mites. There are others. However, the book is not closed on this issue. The blotchy petals could be from the rain, as the red and purple pigments are water soluble.
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
5 years ago
You have some very fetching patterns on many of yours this year. I do like Born to Reign. I haven't figured out the splotchy problem either, but suspect it may have to do with moisture as much as bugs. In my experience the daylilies that have displayed the most splotchiness have buds that are more open the night before they bloom letting in critters as well as morning dew. Whatever causes it, it is most annoying.....I've had plenty of Western Flower Thrips on roses for many many years, and before a show many people put a baggy over the bloom to ensure nothing damages the opening flower. I don't know how that would work for daylilies, but if someone could try that on a blotchy prone daylily it would be interesting to see the results.....Maryl
shive
Original Author
5 years ago
Maryl - I do know the heavy dew here is a factor in the splotchiness of some cultivars. I think it would be harder for daylilies to open with a baggy on them, and you would have to use the gallon size, I think. Why don't you try it and give us a report?

Debra
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
5 years ago
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In some ways I have experimented about the blotching. Since I grow in smallish pots I can move them under my porch to protect them from morning dew. It does seem to help quite a bit. But this is limited by the available room on my back porch, and doesn't help those in the ground. The baggy solution that is used on roses would have to be more monitored on daylilies then roses so that the bag was removed at just the right stage. I don't know how long a daylily bloom can be confined to a bag that won't allow it to fully open before the bloom would be permanently harmed. AND too, even with the bag solution, if Thrips are the problem then you may already have trapped a few when you put on the bag. One of the reasons I became enamored with daylilies is that I didn't have to fuss with all this, so I will leave the baggy experiment to some early riser who wants to play scientist.........Maryl