One of my favorite daylilies is Itza Pink Teddy. I’m in zone 5a and it rebloomed twice for me this past season, it had blooms for 6-7 weeks midsummer and another two weeks in early September. It has a good spot in my garden, this was its third full season here. I have a few other favorites for other reasons, I have about 150 varieties of daylilies in my gardens.

I'm especially interested in this thread, though some dayliles are not hardy for my zone 3 / 4, so I'm keen on finding some real beauties that are bone hardy dormants.

@sherrygirl zone5 N il: Itza Pink Teddy is gorgeous! I love to see pictures of clumps. Thanks for sharing!

Hemerocallis 'Little Anna Rosa' is my current favorite. Lovely peach tones blend well with the blues, oranges, and lime greens in the area. Lots of small but gorgeous blossoms over a long bloom time. The clump is still very small so I anticipate it will just get better as it matures.

Jenn your garden looks beautiful! And Little Anna is very cute!

Mazerolm, you need to check out the daylily forum now. We have been posting favorites by color. Celeste is a frequent poster, she is in zone 4, might help you out to see what she grows, she has at least 400, maybe more in her gardens along with a myriad of other perennials.

Sherry

@sherrygirl zone5 N il: yes, I have! The pictures posted are amazing!!!

Picking just one is really difficult (especially for you Sherry) I adore that 'Itza Pink Teddybear'! The only true pink I have is 'Final Touch'.

Some of my favorites are really dark & sultry but I will choose 'Double River Wye' because there is just something about the pale but bright yellow colour of this one that I find so appealing.

Love your Double River Wye, perenn.all! Thanks for sharing!

My all-time favorite is 'South Seas', a gorgeous coral with narrow pink midribs. It absolutely gleams from across the yard. Fab!!

@roxanna7: I have it too, glad to know you like it. I usually buy one variety, wait a few months/years to see if I like it and if I do, I’ll mass plant it. But I liked the pictures of South Seas so much that I bought 12 plants sight unseen. It’s reassuring to know that it’s someone‘s favourite! :)

O.M.G! mazerolm -- Your 'South Seas' must have an amazing impact! I have only four, scattered about. Perhaps I ought to shovel-prune some things that please me less, and get more of them. Yea!

@roxanna: not yet, but maybe next year, as I purchased them bare roots this Spring. I hope I won’t regret it, I used them to underplant 2 trees: a Japanese lilac and a linden tree. The daylilies will be getting full sun for at least 10 years, because both trees were recently planted as well and cast very little shade. Maybe I should have used sun-tolerant hostas...

Tough to say, but Cedar Waxwing would likely be at the top.

tj

I don’t know which one this is but it is my favourite. I moved a few day lilies from my previous house and all the labels came off in transit. It could be Russian Rhapsody or Rosy Returns.

Pink Lavender Appeal

Tsugajunkie: love your coral daylily!

edenchild: yours looks so striking, beautiful!

cathy: I love the soft color of your pick!

I started this thread in part because I’m interested in what others like and why, but also to get ideas for my own garden. Thanks for sharing!!

Thank you wildhaven, these are great looking! I have to get a dark one next year! :)

I reallly like 'Condilla', blooms a bit on the late side this far north, though sure is a beauty and attractive foliage as well. Peren.all, that 'Double River Wye' is gorgeous and thinking it would look great in my yard!

Frozebudd: I googled Condilla, she looks like a keeper! Is it a reliable double in your garden?

Two more favorites for me, Ruby Spider and Sunday Gloves, both should be available though an on line nursery. Ruby Spider blooms are at least 7” in diameter.

Edenchild, I don't think that is Rosy Returns. I have that one growing by my deck and it has a darker throat and no white stripe. Whichever one you have there is delightful though!

I agree , wildhaven, neither name is a match. It’s nice on it’s own merits

Sherry

Edenchild ditto wildhaven & Sherry. Perhaps one like Mary Reed

Soil PH and lighting can account for colour differences in pics.

'Ruby Spider' and 'Sunday Gloves' are some more real beauties there Sherry !! :)

'Condilla' has wintered without any isses for about four years now and faithfully produces double blooms of a glowing electric citrus, love it! Am thinking of moving it to a warmer part of the garden to encourage slightly earlier flowering.

Could it be Purple D’Oro? I did have that at the old house but I didn’t think I brought it to the new one. It might have hitched a ride, though.

Purple D'oro doesn’t have a white midrib, any other guesses??? One possibility, if you left the dried flower scapes on your daylilies, it could be a plant that seeded in your garden from one of those scapes. What you get is Always a surprise.

Sherry

@sherrygirl zone5 N il Love the ones you have! The white and pink look so pretty together!

Here is two more older varieties I grow that should be easy to find, Orchid Corsage and Indian Giver.

Gorgeous pics.

One that does well for everyone no matter where their located is El Desperado. It has the bonus of a high bud count plus a 16 hour bloom. That makes it ideal for people with a long work day.

Another favorite is Voodoo Dancer.

@peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada Those are beautiful!! And does El Desperado really change from yellow to almost white, or is it just the camera/light making it so?

Thank you mazerolm! Yes El Desperado does change throughout the day, starting yellow and becoming nearly white by evening. The 1st garden shot was taken around noon. The close ups were taken at 10 a.m. (yellow) then at 8 p.m. (nearly white). Notice the blooms are still perfect in the evening. I have others that have the look of crepe paper or are already shriveled by evening.

@peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada: then it‘s a two for one! :)

Agree that 'Siloam Double Classic' is hard to beat and it can be a convenient size.

So many favourites: 'Awesome Luck' ('Smuggler's Gold' behind').

'Forty Second Street'.

Got a number of the Rainbow Rhythm series, on sale, at the end of the season.

Like the look of 'Nosferatu'.

@sunnyborders: 42nd street was recommended by a friend. After seeing your picture, I’m sold! It looks like a rose!

If you like Nosferatu, check out Bela Lugosi! I have both

Sherry

A 'Bela Lugosi' is one of only five perennials that I've ever purchased on-line, Sherry. I've long been sure that the lungwort sent was not what they said it was. Suspect that I didn't get the real 'Bela Lugosi' either.

Have noticed some variability between individual flowers, mazerolm, but I really think 'Forty Second Street' is a credit to its name..

If anyone is interested in reliable on line sellers I suggest you enter a post on the daylily forum here on Houzz. You will get many suggestions. If anyone is interested in what on line sellers I use I will be happy to share info

Sherry