Some New Daylilies and Some Clumps for Tuesday

3 years ago

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Sometimes peak bloom can overload your senses. I've been so tired the last couple of days - not just from photographing, watering and weeding - but from just wandering around for hours looking at my thousands of blooms. Last night a 20-something and her boyfriend were walking past my yard. "I just want to live in your field of flowers," she said, explaining that she takes at least three walks a day now just to come by the lily house. "I could just pitch a tent, she said, and look at them all day long."

There's A Place ffe - Curt Hanson's cultivar has the bluest eye I've ever seen on a daylily. He still charges big bucks for this one, and rightly so. I bought a single fan on the Lily Auction two years ago. It didn't bloom then and got devoured by grubs that fall. I bought this one directly from Curt last fall. Pollen was spread around liberally today.

Kindred Jewel ffe - One bloom was very splotchy and the other was fairly clean. I only have a single fan, and I hope I can keep it alive.

Elizabeth Hewitt - The first bloom on this one was messed up by thrips. Then the deer ate most of the buds. So this is the first bloom I've seen on it. I bought this Blueridge pink because when I saw it in person last summer, it had such incredible plant habits.

Joan Derifield

Rip Saw clump with some Rowena Yaeger blooms in the background

Neon Flamingo

Cretaceous Crunch - Always well-budded!

Two Sues is still pumping out the blooms!

No Man's Land

Pink Aloha with its huge foliage and sprawling habit. Each new fan comes up 5-7 inches away, making the clump very broad. It's smothering the two pinks on each size of it. Such a pretty thug!

Debra

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sherrygirl zone5 N il
3 years ago
It just makes your heart sing when your gardens get complimented, you probably had a choir singing inside! Your FFE’s are both gorgeous, hope they do well and the critters stay away. Neon Flamingo has put on quite a show and so much more to come, love it’s hot pink color.

Sherry
shive
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3 years ago
Sherry - Neon Flamingo does have fabulous color, and I'm happy most of the scapes are the registered height this season.

Debra
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Brad KY 6b
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Great group of flowers. Neon Flamingo, There's a Place and Kindred Jewel are all so beautiful. Not that the others aren't quite nice too...
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There's a Place is gorgeous. I always admire Neon Flamingo. I decided to get White Eyes Pink dragon instead, but I keep going back to Neon Flamingo. will probably have to give in and get it one of these days
organic_kitten
3 years ago
Just beautiful. Peak bloom just makes you walk around and Me? I snap photo after photo...just can't help it. There's A Place is just gorgeous. Such a color! Neon Flamingo is a beauty and I really like Ripsaw. Two Sues is a really good plant; I', so glad I added it, and I just hope my Pink Aloha turns into a thug. It seems very bashful as a newbie. This is a very pretty post.

kay
shive
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3 years ago
kay, Nancy and Brad - There's A Place has amazing color. It's on short scapes this first year, but that does not diminish the beauty of the blooms.

Nancy - Neon Flamingo is worth adding. The color is so vibrant.

Debra
melle_sacto is hot and dry in CA Zone 9/
3 years ago
Kindred Jewel is luscious! What a nice compliment you received last night on your gardens :-)
lilykate7a
3 years ago
You have had some really nice clumps this year. I am so glad you posted so many of the clump shots. You can really see the beauty of the blooms in one good closeup but the beauty in the landscape really stands out in the clumps, which is what the visitors see as well! Neon Flamingo continues to glow with that color. And There's A Place does indeed appear to have amazing color. A nice group of some real standouts.
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
3 years ago
Sour Puss this year has eaten up most of my "film" it's been so pretty, but next to that is Pink Aloha. I adore this flower when she gets it right - and mostly she does. I call her a she because she does go her own way as you described.....Kindred Jewel is my WOW one of this group. I hope this makes it long term for you...........I saw Elizabeth Hewitt in the Blueridge line up and thought how pretty it was. See how colorfast it is if you get a chance.............Isn't it nice when people tell you how much they enjoy your garden. I just have a small display anymore, but people still will stop my DH if he's out in the yard and compliment him on it. He smiles and nods with smug satisfaction. Outside of tote that barge and lift that bale (much appreciated of course), he has zero to do with it. As we say down south "Bless his little heart" lol...............Maryl
Laura twixanddud - SE MI - 5b
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Gorgeous pictures! I'd love to see There's A Place in person. My favorites of this group are Two Sues and Neon Flamingo. What nice compliments from the walker, that is very sweet :)
shive
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3 years ago
Maryl and melle - Kindred Jewel looks pretty good on its first flower, but the Floyd Cove photo and other friend's photos of it are far more impressive. I hope the plant will keep improving and be truly spectacular next year. I also have its mother, Bluegrass Shadows, which looks to have pretty good plant habits.

Maryl - My husband gets a lot of compliments on my flowers too. He says he never knows what to say to them since he has next to nothing to do with them. So he just says thank you. I rarely take clump shots of Pink Aloha because the flowers are so far apart. I consider the sprawling nature of the plant a flaw. The blooms are so pretty. That's why I bought the thing three times. Thank goodness this one lives long and prospers. I am going to have to move Old Time Italian, which I like as much or better than Pink Aloha because that thug has smothered it.

Debra

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