A nice long season! Mine has gotten longer with my quest for lates, which include the very late VTs that Celeste has. Jelly Roll Morton is my favorite of these. It seems like it had a long season.

Brad

Thank you, Brad. that one reaches out and grabs you, doesn't it?

kay

It’s sad to say goodbye to Jelly Roll Morton and Entwined, I so enjoyed yours this season. I like Yumpf and Sweet Isabella today. I added Sweet Isabella this spring, haven’t seen any blooms on mine but really wasn’t expecting any.

Sherry

Jelly Roll bloomed here yesterday, just got it this spring. Not a lot of buds, a pretty bloom but not as much color as yours. I dug out a big clump of white spider lilies. Not the lycoris variety. They had multiplied like mad and gotten very big. I did not get them all planted, and apparently missed as many as I dug. I have to get them out soon or Jelly will be overtaken. Your Laura Harwood always looks good. Sweet Isabella is great.

What a great looking clump of Laura Harwood! Love Jelly Roll Morton too. Delayed Arrival is so pretty! Haha I agree about the gift plants. I do not like doubles, but ended up with 4, two of them gifts :)

Season is winding down!! You do have a few lates don’t you and of course the rebloomers! And those that bloom forever. Nice selection of all of those in your post. Spoken in Parables is so pretty and Yumph! Looks good on rebloom!

You tend to have long seasons with thousands and thousands of gorgeous blooms. Jelly Roll Morton continues to be one of my favorites of yours. Sweet Isabela always looks good, and Yumph is giving you lovely rebloom flowers.

Debra

Thanks you for looking and commenting. Sherry, Sweet Isabella started blooming here May 18th and hasn't missed a day since. Most of the time there are threeblooms and more commonly four or many more. It is in re-bloom right now, and put up another re-bloom scape after these began blooming, so it may bloom a full two months. But it did not do so at first, of course. YOu are right that it is sad to say good by but Entwined has bloomed wonderfully too and Jellyroll though not as bloomiferous did bloom well. Laura is happy where she is, dumb luck on my part.Thanks Nat4B. Well, I have three doubles, but I have to like them to keep them.. All but one was a gift too. Yes, the season would be nicely winding down with the lates, but the re-blooms won't let it. The ones that aren't blooming yet, Git'RDone, Crazy Ivan Ledgewood's Jumpstart, and Rocket Booster. Marseilles Watercolor, Citrix, and I think Gillian are through but others continue blooming.

kay

Debra, thank you, you were writing while I was. You know, you are right! I hadn't though of the numbers, but I did count count 550 blooms that one night, and there were so many for so long when I took off the blooms at night. I guess it is thousands. wow!

Jelly Roll is just a pleasure to own, Sweet Isabella spoils you with all the blooms and reblooms, and Yumph is doing so well for first year. Keep on Looking has been reblooming for ever as usual. too. I have really enjoyed the garden this year. It has been fun.

kay

I like the Jelly Roll Morton pic. Laura Harwood looks perfect...wish it looked like that here.

Thank you, Julia....Laura just likes where she is planted apparently. It is just about to finish blooming but has had many beautiful clumps, once it quit canoeing. Jelly Roll is just a faavorite. and it photographs like a dream.

kay

You have some lovely blooms and so much variety. May I ask where you get your daylilies from? I have some daylilies but get discouraged when I have ordered and when they bloom discover they had to have been photo shopped!

I buy from the Lily Auction, several hybridizers, and some resellers. Also, I have been very lucky to get plants from some of the other forum posters.

The way to really see what a bloom really looks like is to see it in the photos people take of their own daylilies. If you look at the ones posted on the forum, you see what they look like and can find comments on what they grow like in their area.

The photo shopping is definitely done on some websites, but I don't think it is done here....mine never are, I am not that skillful and don't see the point.

I have been growing for 11 years and make changes every year. sometimes a plant just doesn't please you....As you commented, sometimes the color is off. some plants may not so well in your area...and I get tired of some or decide they don't bloom enough.

Good luck to you.

kay

Sweet Isabella looking very pretty for you and I also like Spoken in Parables.......Maryl

Thank you, Maryl. Isabella and Spoken have both been workhorses here this year.

kay

Rebloom has certainly added to your season. As for pictures, we all know that the daylily world is filled with distortion. If you look at a daylily picture site, you find lots of super-saturated blooms and off-color flowers. Of course, the flowers do vary a bit during the day, during different temperatures, and from one area to another. Some sellers are particularly notorious for distortions. They don't have to use Photoshop; they can simply adjust the saturation when they take the photo. If you see lots of glossy, intense photos, you know that you need to look elsewhere for reality. Finally, some cultivars just photograph in a more flattering way than others, accentuating color contrasts, for example.

I am envious of your extended growing season. There is really no such thing here as rebloom. All the stars and planets have to line up in perfect unison for something to bloom twice here.....there simply isn't enough time, at least not in my garden. I think it's happened only a handful of times on certain daylilies but it's freak. Our short summers and early falls mean we only get one shot. That said, I can live vicariously through your photos and enjoy them that way. It has been enjoyable looking at yours while I wait for mine.

Jen, besides this forum, garden.org has a huge number of daylilies cataloged. And for each one, you can generally see many pictures by many different people. It gives a good idea of what the daylily looks like in general. Actually you will see some photos from some of us on the forum.