Best performance for established daylilies this season
Considering the strange weather patterns most of us experienced this growing season, I thought it would be nice to see which daylilies persevered and did the best. Try and limit this to six. Here are mine.
Coyote Moon
Getting Airborne
Mary Todd
Peach Pizazz
Pizza Crust
Debra’s seedling, Chance Encounter X Never Been Kissed
Sherry
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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
last yearlast modified: last yearSherry: Peach Pizazz has a lovely pastel color combination and of course I like your yellows.......This has been a weird year alright. Reminds me of Dickens opening line in Tale of Two Cities...."It was the best of times and the worst of times". How could we have had such horrid weather and yet I'm having one of the best daylily seasons ever? A few out of many older daylilies that I have the time to post that did amazingly well all things considered are:
SOUTH SEAS- Yup old reliable. It's got a rebloom scape on it even now.
Orange Smoothie:
Paradise Road. Full sun in triple digit temperatures (106 today) and still pumping out blooms:
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Comments (61)I didn't keep bud counts on all of mine but here are some clump shots of my most prolific bloomers. This first one may be a mislabeled seedling. One of the local hybridizers used to line out his seedlings in the same plot as my display garden. He did have an introduction out of 'Open Hearth' and I half suspect this may be a sibling. It was a real wowser though. I did count the buds on 'Desperado Love'. One scape had 32 buds, the rest counted in the high 20s. This is only a two year old plant in my garden. It blooms ML here and is still putting on a show. This one was sold to me as 'Mariachi' but I've learned it is actually 'Mariachi1' as the first "Mariachi" was a diploid that was never released. 'Mariachi1' is a tet. Take a look at this 2yr plant's branching & bloom. 'Mary Todd' is a real bloomer here too. Check out the scape on 'Mexican Maiden' 'Nile Crane' was absolutely gorgeous. Always a favorite performer here, 'Wild Horses' had a long bloom season And finally, my seedling 2007-048-003 (Jennifer Trimmer x Maltese Falcon) had what I would call 4-way branching (though when I asked the garden judges at regional to explain how they count branches they would have called this at least 6-way) and a budcount of 25 in its maiden bloom....See MoreBest Patterned Daylilies of the 2018 Season
Comments (26)All the patterned daylilies posted are amazing. I especially like Bow Tie Affair and Stenciled Infusion. Karen, your seedlings are lovely. I hope they have good plants under those beautiful flowers. Here are my best patterns. Geometric Wizard continues to be one of my favorites. It does very well here for a southern-bred daylily. Curious Cutie is from the same hybridizer and I have often wondered if they share genetics. Its biggest fault is that it turns to mush in rain, but Geometric Wizard does not. I Don't Kid is doing well here. The third flower in the background is Purple Maze which is very similar in looks. I love the delicate coloring on Ink and Pink. Four Beasts in One is not well established yet, but I like the looks of it. Oceans Eleven has been in the garden for many years. I love the eye. It often has a metallic look. Here is Get Jiggy in our garden. This is the best pattern we have seen, but we haven't seen it often. Of course, if patterns really show best in cooler weather, we aren't going to see many in west central Indiana. I know I have gone over my limit, but I have to post a pattern we found in a seedling. I didn't expect it as neither parent has a pattern. Nancy...See MoreBest Purple Daylilies of 2021
Comments (37)Houzz does not seem to want to post my pictures, maybe it will let me just write a little bit I have All of My Love to You, can't wait it mine looks like that, Debra. I have debated before on getting Reckless Girls but always talk myself out of it, but what a clump! Bluegrass Shadows looks so pretty, but I think I heard it does not grow that well? Love your Laura Harwood, Sherry. Mine did well this year, 2nd year I think for me. Nancy, Absolute Ripper is another I keep talking myself out of, but regretting that now. Man Eating Bat looks great Kate, I have always liked the look of Larry's Obsession, but it died for me and I have not tried it again. I got Love Struck this fall, hope mine survives. Garden Butterfly is gorgeous Celeste, Thunder Glow was on my wish list, but you are not the only one who mentioned splotches, so it quickly came off. Love Olly Olly Oxen free and Claudine's Charm. Claudine died last year, I may replace that on. I think a big mole dug under it. Brad, Kirsten's Corsage always looks good for you, and I like Liberty Banner David, Mystery of the Ages is gorgeous I will see if Houzz will let me post a few pictures by editing Back Scratcher has done well for me Blue Voodoo has done really well, expecially since it is really crowded by another plant. I know I took better pictures than this one Enduring Freedom always does well, occasionally it splotches but not often since I moved it Coach's Magic Man has increased well in its 2nd season, bloomed and rebloomed both years I have had it. This will b e nice when it becomes a nice clump Filled to Overflowing almost died a couple of years ago, went down to 1 fan, but is a nice clump this year and bloomed over 6 weeks Westbourne Chip off the Old Block is as great as Kay promised, bloomed for almost 2 months with rebloom Green Rainbow Kierabel is a lighter purple with deeper purple in it, so I may have it in the wrong category. It is a great plant though, has multiplied really well and bloomed great Westbourne REvivals does well Make it Snappy did great this year...See MoreResilient daylilies this past season
Comments (9)Sherry, I will be praying for a successful and safe surgery and speedy recovery for you. Let us know how you are doing. Our season was not stellar--too hot and too little rain. The early season was actually worse than the later season. Still, I found several that performed well. Some of these were newly planted and some have been in place for a while. Vision Seeker was planted in 2021 and seems to be doing well. I like the big bold flowers. Thunderbird Dancer was planted just this spring (early) and just kept on growing. Swingin' Miss was planted in 2021 and gave us many of the cutest little flowers this seaon. Those lavender tags are hybridizing tags--sort of ruins the picture, doesn't it. I am really liking this little flower--Siloam Shocker. Phill Warbass has the Rose F. Kennedy look but is much taller. It actually is an offspring of Emerald Starburst. I bought Mardi Gras Indian for Bob and he loves it. It's the most intense, brightest color in the garden. It looks like a good grower and is increasing well. I have been enjoying some Bret Clement intros like this one, It Stops at Garage Sales. It has tall scapes and lots of large flowers. Impassioned continues to impress me. It blooms late registered as mid-late but usually blooms late here) and has nice tall scapes. (My pictures of it always have the gator in them.) You might expect the last one to be a good grower because it is a Stout winner. We haven't found all Stout winners to be good performers for us so it's nice when one lives up to the hype. This is Heavenly United We Stand. My only disappointment this season is I couldn't get it to set seed. That's all for me. Nancy...See More
Brad KY 6b
last yearParadise Road. South Seas, and Debra's seedling are my favorite of these.
I had a pretty good season in spite of the drought. I'd say my mid-lates are the ones that suffered some. Early, mid and late did well. Many had an excellent season. I will go for the ones that lasted over a month or a long season with a hugh daily show. I am only going to do a list so it is slightly longer list.
Some of my seedlings would be on the list if included.
1. VT Autumn Fire started July 16 and is a little over half done and is a bud builder.
2. So Lovely
3. Scarlett Pinpernel was absolutely amazing, long season and a big show daily.
4. Carmen Renee had a hugh show daily as usual.
5. Benchmark, probably had it best year ever.
6. Claws, had it best year ever by far.
7. Bittersweet Holiday one of its best years.
8. Chance Encounter, daily show.
9. Debra's Blessed Art Thou x Great White seedling
10. South Seas
Also will probably make the list: VT Sept. Star, VT Sophie, & Vt The Last Melon. All three give a daily show and will undoubtedly last over a month.
One photo: Chance Encounter
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last yearlast modified: last yearMaryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
last yearI can't believe it but it's raining (well sprinkling at least) today and the temperature has dropped from yesterday's 106 to 75. So I grabbed my camera and took a picture of another one that looks good and grows well here particularly if temperatures stay in the low 90's or less. Actually a reasonable summer temperature for 1/2 of the country. It's a duel now between it and Paradise Road as to who has been blooming the longest since July.
Dearest Valentine taken today :
Now, if it will just quit raining so I can water-lol...........Maryl
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last yearDebra's seedling Blessed Art Thou x Great White. Beautiful. Large, tall. Perfect.
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last yearThis is difficult to pick out only a few. I had substantial rain in April and May (although practically none in June) and the lilies flourished with blooms. Here are a few standouts.
Laura Harwood never disappoints.
Mean Green was fabulous
I moved Larry’s Obsession last year after it underperformed in its previous spot. Not only did it multiply as if on steroids but it rebloomed 3 times
My favorite yellow garden noid which I have tentatively identified as Imperial Lemon never disappoints
Tall Dark Stranger
Simplicity in Motion put on a show like this for days
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last yearlast modified: last yearSherry - The mass planting of Mary Todd looks so good. Coyote Moon is quite the little performer.
Kate - All those clumps look fantastic!
Brad - Carmen Renee made a nice clump here too, although shorter and fewer buds than in the past.
Maryl - I like the Orange Smoothie clump. Paradise Road sounds like it does great in your heat.
Here are some of my registered ones that did well despite the weather conditions:
All American Chief - It does stop traffic! Scapes were a bit shorter this year, but the clump had so many flowers for so long.
Mister Mayor bloomed for a long time and had beautiful clumps on many days.
Here's Mister Mayor at clump strength. Entwined in the Vine has a very mediocre season.
Untamed Heart outperformed my other intros, and that's not usually the case. The heat/rain issues did not affect scape heights or its bud counts. It has had higher bud counts in the past, but 17 buds has been its high bud number for the past few years. Several scapes had 17 buds this time. It benefitted from being next to seedlings and pots that I watered a couple of times a week.
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