Best Near Whites of the Daylily Season 2018
Post your 3 best near whites and your runners up here. The next color will be coral - coral pink, coral red or coral orange.
Boundless Beauty was my best round near white. It had good original bloom and an even better rebloom.
Lillian's Thin Ice was the best UF near white in my garden. It had good bud count and two scapes did some bud building.
Tuxedo Junction was my best budded near white.
My runner up is my extra early blooming seedling, Dust Be Diamonds x Tuxedo Junction
Debra
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mantis__oh
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoAgain a stellar performer was Isabelle Rose.
Not beautiful weather for viewing, but Victorian Lace made a display. Bud count down a bit. Click to see detail.
Scandinavia looked very good.
Winter Treasure was better this year than last.
Mal is a very reliable "white" here. Scapes a bit lower this year. Whites in particular look better in larger, "click" size.
White Perfection (the whitest in my garden) was good, though bud count seemed lower.
Boundless Beauty had much lower bud count this year.
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KarenPA_6b
5 years agoI also love whites as much as pinks. I like all of the above and really enjoy seeing everyone's whites. THere is no way I can grow all the whites out there so it is very nice to see them in this thread. My favorites this year are
Angel Bay
Telperion
Great White Dove
Runner Up and the whitest is Gentle Shepherd
mantis__oh
5 years agoKarenPA_6b
5 years ago
sherrygirl zone5 N il
5 years agoNot many whites here but I added Heavenly Angel Ice and Heavenly Curls this past summer, hope I see blooms from them next season. The two real whites here are recent additions. Sunday Gloves is an oldie but I love the form and it’s toughness in all day sun so far. Every bloom is still fully open and lovely after dark.
Buzz Saw is the only toothy daylily I have. I added it because I’d been looking for a white with a yellow edge, it had its first blooms this past season.
Im adding Hemstitched to the whites. It is registered as ivory to pale yellow, in my garden it looks white to me. It has a wonderful crimped edge and has been a great performer.
Sherry
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
5 years agoWe don't grow many whites (unless they have colored eyes and we have tons of those).
The clump of Buzz Saw was split up for sale. I was going to get rid of all of it, but we had a couple left over so I replanted it in a different spot. It performed better this year than it did in its original spot. I think it might have earned a reprieve.
Lillian's Thin Ice is too new to be well established but I like the flowers.
I wouldn't say that Last Snowflake is a great performer, but it sure has gorgeous blooms.
I don't have an runners up this time.Nancy
daylilybedmaker
5 years agoHere are my near whites that performed well for me this past summer:
DANCING WITH LINDA: Ed Zahler intro. I really like the intros from I Can't Believe It's a Dip garden. They all seem to do well for me in Zone 5. Prolific bloomer and pod and pollen fertile. This is in the background of many of Ed's intros. It is cream to light yellow. This pic it looks more like light melon.
WHITE PERFECTION: Outstanding year in and year out.
POLAR FIZZ: Bennett intro
Runners up to follow:
Daviddaylilybedmaker
5 years agoRunners up:
LINDA GLUCK: Near white with pink edges. Great in the full sun.
VICTORIAN LACE x BOUNDLESS BEAUTY SEEDLING: First year blooming and was a standout along with its sibling (Which I will post under the peach category).
ISABELLE ROSE: Outstanding.
Others worthy of mentioning are LILLIAN'S VAPOR TRAIL, BALLERINA ON ICE, SILOAM RALPH HENRY (really performs best when well watered) and JT DAVIS.
David (Zone 5)sherrygirl zone5 N il
5 years ago
lilykate7a
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoOnce again, I am away from home and my photos. However, I do have two on my phone I want to post. I will post a couple others when I return home.
Porcelain Ruffles. Great performing lily. This is actually last year’s photo as the deer ate this lily this year. It remains a favorite.
A NOID. I wish I knew the name of this one. It was gorgeous this year.Kate
celeste/NH
5 years agolilykate7a
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoshive
5 years ago
samhain10 - 5a
5 years agoKate - thank you so much for Porcelain Ruffles - I'm excited about seeing and working with it next year!
Wonderful to see even more whites here after all the ones you all posted in response to my request for images of white dips. David - I don't remember Linda Gluck - what a beauty! And your seedling is gorgeous!
Sherry - Buzz Saw and Hemstitched are sure some lovely tets!
I'll only post this one, as it's the only nice near white I had that bloomed - Wonder of it All:
Alex
KarenPA_6b
5 years agoceleste/NH
5 years ago
Brad KY 6b
5 years agoLots of nice whites posted. I like whites but only want a few peppered throughout the garden. Here's what did well for me this year:
Viette Seedling 2 is a great late bloomer and is more white than most. Lots of buds and scapes.
Ice Carnival, another great late, also lots of buds and blooms
So Lovely, another late, tall, lots of scapes, buds, long bloom season.
Runners up to follow...Brad KY 6b
5 years agoRunners up:
Joan Senior, my whitest. Was in too much shade so lower bud count. Next year...
I expect that there will be different ones next year due to some additions, more sun, etc.sherrygirl zone5 N il
5 years agoBrad, I like the Viette seedling. Your Ice Carnival looks better than mine, yours has better form than mine, mine might need dividing.
Sherry
samhain10 - 5a
5 years agoorganic_kitten
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agodaylilybedmaker
5 years agoKarenPA_6b
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThat's good to know! I love wide ruffle edges but most white seedlings that I have with this trait have difficulty opening well.
Here is a white seedling that has an overlay of lilac that I think is very pretty. It does not have the big wide ruffles, bright color, or exciting features but I really like this kind of daylily bloom and color.
celeste/NH
5 years agoKarenPA_6b
5 years agolilykate7a
5 years agoNow that I am home again, I had to post this lily. It is Voila Francois. No doubt, the most perfectly formed white I have. I don't think I have ever had an ugly bloom on this one.
The second is Stardust Dragon. (I don't know this new trick Houzz performed in putting my photos together! Not my intention. It bopped my narrative below it and I have to edit.) New this year. But it multiplied rapidly and bloomed and then rebloomed. I think I will like it .
Kate
KarenPA_6b
5 years agoBrad KY 6b
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samhain10 - 5a
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celeste/NH