Best Daylily Eyes with No Edge 2018
Post your best three here and any runners up. The next category will be Toothy Daylilies.
Tully Mars
Westbourne Little Lamb
Seedling Precious Candy X Twilight Illusion 2
Debra
Comments (18)
mantis__oh
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoTully Mars seems to be a consistent performer for you.
Viva Pinata is turning out to be a very consistent cultivar.
Sight for More Eyes has striking large flowers.
Dandy Dave is a vigorous grower and good bloomer. Oops, I see there is a partial edge.
Nelson Mandela has a patterned watermark eye. Unproven in the garden.
Alice Lambertson had somewhat shorter scapes this year, but is generally a reliable Lambertson. Has partial edge.
Cobraskin Necktie has a patterned eyezone. It seems to be a reliable cultivar.
Arnette Zappel is beautiful, but not in the garden long enough for good evaluation. Bud count may be limited.
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organic_kitten
5 years agoThree with no runners up huh? Okay, let me see
Purple Maze:
Cosmic Kaleidoscope
Ruby Lipstick:
Okay I gave you three, Debra. No Waterdrops, no Marseilles Watercolorkay
sherrygirl zone5 N il
5 years agoKay, I love Cosmic Kaleidoscope!
Celeste, Shelby’s Song does it for me today!
One of my Favorites, Claudine’s Charm, it’s hard to beat, has done well here.
Longfields Cheese and Wine has done excellent here. It did have a few pale blooms early in the season along with several other daylilies here. The blooms were more rose in hue this season, not quite as reddish but a great bloom season.
morrocan Sunrise had a good season.
Runner Up, Baby Blues Eyes because it had its first blooms this year but did well.
second runner up, Wanda Lou Lovely. This one has great substance and finally had a decent season, was slow to start, but I love the bloom.
Sherry
sherrygirl zone5 N il
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoFound another runner up, Mage Quest, coming into its stride. This one was a bit slow to establish but not in an ideal spot. Hmmmmmm...... looks like I need to expand my color choices here, pretty similar.
Sherry
Brad KY 6b
5 years agoSherry, you really hit the spot for me in these posts. They are all so excellent.
Celeste, your purples are eye-catching as usual.
Belle Isle Sentry, always excellent, even when thinned last year. I got 3 rebloom scapes this year, but all way too late in the year and none got to bloom.
Russian Rhapsody is an always reliable early Munson.
Priscilla's Rainbow always blooms well and it has the best eye of all.
Runner's up nextBrad KY 6b
5 years ago
Court Magician always does well.
That's all for me. There are others that were either posted in another category or didn't do well due to shade or splitting.
Brad
sherrygirl zone5 N il
5 years agoshive
5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
KarenPA_6b
5 years agoThough everyone's blooms are lovely, I am particularly drawn to Cosmic Kaleidoscope, Stargate Portal, Westbourne Little Lamb, and Ruby Lipstick. Wow, the colors are these are so beautiful!
My top 3 favorites for this category are Dragonfly Dawn
Westbourne Mom's Kirby Grape Jelly
Wild Horses
daylilybedmaker
5 years agoHere are my best eye no edge daylilies from this past season:
THE UNBLINKING EYE: Vigorous and makes large fans.
MOUNT HERMAN INTRIGUE: Very different looking bloom.
BOLD MARAUDER: Long and prolific bloomer. An oldie but a goodie.
Davidmantis__oh
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoCosmic Kaleidoscope is one I will just enjoy looking at, as I have not seen convincing Northern reports on it. I see that Belle Isle Sentry is a Moonlit Masquerade kid. Priscilla's Rainbow is lovely. Mount Herman Intrigue certainly calls attention.
Roman Cohort deserves attention as it always has some nice blooms here. Recently divided, which may account for fewer buds.
At 9:30 a.m., Houzz is not permitting any more pictures.
Finally got another one. Paradise Bar and Grill took a good picture, but still fairly new in the garden.
The Dream Society had this crisp late bloom. But scapes were somewhat shorter this year and may never be the registered height. Generally, I don't care for later bloomers, though rebloom is always welcome.
celeste/NH
5 years agosherrygirl zone5 N il
5 years ago
signet_gw(6b)
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI should be able to come up with some of these .
Joseph's Coat
Chaotic Design ...... not sure if this one fits in the patterned post too ?
Wild Horses has an eye you can spot from almost across the garden .
Here is Smokescream
Batman is a pretty one
An oldie but a goodie here is Woodside Rhapsody
and Teddy Bear's Picnic.signet_gw(6b)
5 years ago
Rainbow Maker has a huggggggge eye !
Galaxy Explosion has a pretty big eye
as does Highland Dancer
Satinbird has a pretty good eye
Emerald Stardust has one whopper of an eye but no edge.
signet_gw(6b)
5 years ago
Viva Pinata . looking forward to seeing this one next spring . almost lost it last winter but it came back with 2 fans on either side of the crown so hoping it will be more prolific this coming spring .
Highland Pinched Fingers is a lovely tall bright orange daylily with a deep reddish eye
Ooops , were we supposded to stop at three?Brad KY 6b
5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
celeste/NH