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Weekend FFO's and Other Blooms

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Two of my Woodhenge Gardens daylilies have just started blooming this weekend, and a third has a scape coming (September Flame). Another late, Remembering Rose, has also scaped and will start blooming sometime in August. I have two new seedlings that have just started blooming, but they are not ready for a glamour shots yet (rain and bugs have messed up their blooms). I also have two more seedlings with ffe's coming, two more White Tooth seedlings with rebloom scapes, and a new pink from Brown's Ferry that has just scaped. So the show is NOT over yet!

Last Chance for Romance is usually my last one to start blooming, but this time two others will bloom later. It has 15 scapes, so I will have a good show from it in August.

Smug started blooming this weekend. It's registered as a mid but always blooms late here. Last year it did not bloom at all. It only has 5-6 buds per scape. I'm still growing it in a pot, and it really wants out of there.

My late blooming seedling, August Frost x Winter's Angel, is down to its last buds.

My seedling, Grandma's Smile X Dearest Valentine, with its last flower today. This was the best-budded daylily in my garden this year. It had two scapes with 25 buds, and the other 8 scapes ranged from 17-19. It was the best budded last year too, but it did more bud building with one scape logging 44 buds.

Lightning Round is reblooming.

Rainbow Maker is also reblooming.

Mystic Maize rebloom

Royal Jester

Regal Finale

Tiffany Shade

Debra

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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
last year
Both of your seedlings are lovely, but the white one is really special. White is not my color, but I appreciate a good one when I see it. Yours looks very white in your photos.

I also like Royal Jester and Smug. I hope Smug gets more buds when you plant it.

Nancy
sherrygirl zone5 N il
last year
Its great to see your seedlings out performing most of the registered ones! I remember Smug catching my eye last season, hope it improves in the ground, so pretty.

Sherry
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Vickie, I am just beginning to appreciate patterned eyes. My first daylily to have a semblance of it is Metallic Blue Eyes. I would like to add some as they become more affordable, mostly from the Stamile's Butterfly collection. Jaime Gossard has awesome new ones, too, like "Supernatural" and "Pattern Maker". Also, in the list is Jack Carpenter's "Texas Kaleidoscope". Debra, Moonlit Masquerade is a favorite, too, and will always have a place in the garden. What a consistent great performer. I am actually using it as occasional pod parent because of its exceptional habit. Sharon, I had the clematis crazies a few years back. These are just beautiful flowers with so much to give. It just requires a bit of time to settle in. Julia, I wish there's is a secret. :) I guess I got lucky I won it thru the LA from Mark, receiving 2 huge fans that almost immediately split after planting in early April. What I am noticing is that with the older or less popular cultivars offered, I am receiving either bigger fans, or occasional clumps. I recently won a spider that is supposed to be DF. I got sent more than 10 fans. Rita, I love the clematis, too, and need to get organized with it because of the trellis requirement. I got the crazies a few years back, and still am trying to determine where some will get planted. It's a great plant because of cultivars with more defined early, mid and late blooming seasons. Clematis Montana, in the early Spring. Random Harvest, I purchased H. Jay Farquhar last year and thought I lost it because it went into late summer dormancy as soon as planted. Didn't bring out any new growth. Then, this spring, amazingly it brought out 5 fans and an instant scape. There's a couple more scapes forming, too. I agree, it will be another keeper to enjoy in the yard with its size and color saturation. Silverkelt, That is very good to look forward, too. I try to dabble in dabbing, but do not have the acreage to really explore. Although, did try to apply some of Blue Hippo pollen on to Jay Farquhar and Moonlit Masquerade. :) I have read about your Randy Stevens x Bass Gibson seedlings. That is exciting. Ben
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Aww, thank you everybody. You make me blush. I have plenty more daylilies still sending scapes and coming near to blooming for the first time this year, some for the first time since I planted them last year. I wish I didn't have to work at all this time of year. I miss out a lot on opportunities to take good photos of my plants. Ten in the morning seems to be the ideal time, when the lighting is just right, but I'm at work then five out of seven days of the week. Sigh. Oh well. Must make money to buy more daylilies...lol! Karen
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THANKS, Mantis. Verbascum is a newly discovered treasure. I planted it a year ago and already it has reseeded lots of babies in close proximity. I wasn't sure how it would overwinter but it came back fine. I also had not seen the pink variety and think it is much prettier. Maryl, the gray foliaged plant with those bright magenta blooms is rose campion. Scientific name is lychnis coronaria. This is another one of those plants that reseeds everywhere in my garden. It is a fuss-free plant and provides a bright pop of color. I started with just one plant last year.....kinda hard to believe, but true. Those are all babies! (closer photo below) Julia, after finding my first Japanese beetles yesterday, I had to go out with a bucket of soapy water and knock a couple dozen off my roses. The war has begun. Glad I was able to enjoy the roses a week longer than usual. They are toast now.
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I am interested to see how Vaders Choice looks as the season goes on. I agree in regard to early bloomers, bring ’em on! I have several daylilies scaping along with Fernstone to see who will bloom first…….Spectral Elegance, Happy Happy, Christine Dixon and Purple Maze. I wonder who will win ; ) Sherry
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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
last year
I'm with Nan about white, but I do add them to my mix occasionally. Your seedling and Lightning Round are both nice ones. Regale Finale always looks good for you too...................Maryl
Nancy 6b
last year
Smug and Royal Jester always attract my attention. Lighning Round is really pretty. Had to look that one up and saw it was another Pierce. Wonder how it is doing for height and bud count. He seems to have lots with very high bud counts, but everyone I have heard say they don't get anywhere near that. Of course, I don't often get the bud counts hybridizers get.
shive
Original Author
last year
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Nancy - Like most Pierces, Lightning Round is much shorter here and has only a fraction of the bud count he gets. I got it as a single fan last year, and grown in a pot then it was 28 inches tall. This year in the ground it is 22 inches tall. It had 14 buds on the original scapes, and I think the rebloom scape has about 12 buds. But nearly everything here is shorter and has fewer buds than normal because of the lack of rain in May and June. It's a slow multiplier, and only now has added a second scape.

Debra
shive
Original Author
last year
Sherry - It's no great surprise the seedlings are outperforming the registered ones. That's where all the fertilizer and supplemental water went.

Nan - Thanks for your kind comment about the near white seedling. I am very fond of that one. However, I was disappointed it had so few buds this time. Two years ago, with bud building, it had one scape with 47 buds. Last year, with bud building, it had a scape with 41 buds, and the rest of the scapes had bud counts in the high teens and twenties. This year with the lack or rain in May and June, plus such a long stretch of temps near 100, there was no bud building. The best scape had 21 buds, and the six others had bud counts ranging from 16-19. Karen, who used to post here, has a piece of that one and she said it had lots of buds and branches in Massachusetts this year.

Debra
mantis__oh
last year
Lightning Round is lovely. Poor Smug. Imagine spending your life in a pot. I have to admit that plants do better here when placed directly in the ground, but don't always start up there. Regal Finale is so velvety.
lilykate7a
last year
Last Chance for Romance always looks so lovely for you and look at those buds. Your white seedling is lovely. Is Regal Finale reblooming? Great photo of Smug.
nat4b
last year
Smug looks so delicate and pretty. I also love Lightning Round! And I always pick Royal Jester because bicolor. Both seedlings are so nice, the white one is my favorite. How exciting to have new seedlings starting blooming now!
shive
Original Author
last year
Kate - Regal Finale and lots of my lates are blooming about a month later than usual because of the lack of rain in June.

Debra
Brad KY 6b
last year
Glad to see you have some lates going and going to start! When I look at old lists of mine for 7 or more years ago, it is remarkable to see how soon my season used to be done.

Tiffany Shade, Regal Finale, & Rainbow Maker are my top favorites of this nice post.

Brad
Julia WV (6b)
last year
Debra: I always enjoy readng your posts and seeing the lovely pics you post. I haven't been online much the last few days so just catching up. Tiffany Shade is so cute in a clump.

Julia

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