The l's are indeed prolific. Perhaps because lots of words like "love." Late to the Party is a very saturated color. The plants is shorter than registered so far here.

Love 'n Loujean is vigorous and floriferous in early midseason.

Logically Implied is a vigorous Hanson that also blooms well.

Larry's Twilight Bite I see is fast becoming one of the most sought-after toothies by the general public. It has good height, deep color, vigor, and lots of teeth. I have also heard that it is difficult to set pods on (not my focus).

Love Song's blooms seem to float above the plant.

Lovestruck Linda is a vigorous Davisson.

Sherry, great joke! I absolutely love Lavender Stardust's color! Great form too. I also like Laura Harwood [does well for me too] and Late to the Party.

Mantis, Logically Impaired is my favorite: love the color and form!!! I also like Love Struck Linda.

Liberty Banner does very well. Great somewhat different color, tall.

Laura Harwood

Lavender Dew is very faithful, blooms early every year.

Lake Norman Spider. Most years does well but does have those off years.

Lavender Frost. Another early one that just blooms faithfully.

Brad

Sherry - Your photos of Lavender Stardust and Laura Harwood are lovely. Lavender Stardust here is always on the pink side of lavender, probably because it always blooms when temps are in the mid to high 90s here. Little Light of Mine has been a terrific performer in the past, but last year it didn't bloom.

Brad - I always love your lavender colored daylilies!

Last Chance for Romance, a very late, is my best performing L every year.

Lillian's Thin Ice makes a beautiful clump. It's one of my favorites too!

Lavender Evensong for Al has great color. I'm still growing this one in a pot, and it performs pretty well in those conditions. It should really take off when I get it in the ground.

Lightning Round is a beautiful near white and a super rebloomer, but it's been a real disappointment for hybridizing as it will not set pods and has weak pollen.

Lydia's Regal Robe has beautiful dark purple color, but it's a dud for hybridizing too. It grows tall here, multiplies moderately, and has bud counts in the mid-teens. It infuriates me because I can't successfully cross it with UFs. And that is why it's on my move-out list - even though it's one of the best.

Debra

Debra, LCFR and Lillian's Thin Ice are beautiful. They always catch my attention!

Brad

Debra, I only did one cross using Lydia's Regal Robe. I haven't attempted using it as a pod parent but I did a short cross with Increased Complexity. So pollen is good for me. I only planted a few seeds but this one bloomed as a one year old seedling last summer. You can see the influence of LRR for sure. This is a 7 1/2 inch bloom.

Increased Complexity x Lydia's Regal Robe

A later in the season bloom showcasing the white edges

Celeste - That's a very nice seedling you got from Lydia's Regal Robe! I've never had any luck using its pollen either. But I think I only tried it on Absolute Ripper, which is another one that's never set a pod for me. I've been trying for four years for pods and with pollen, and I've had zero luck. Maybe I'll move to a pot, put in mostly shade, and try again. Your seedling is very inspiring.

Debra

Celeste, your Lydia's Regal Robe is very pretty. I like the fine white edge early in the season. It's interesting that it changes so much during the season.

Lillian's Thin Ice and Lightning Round are two of my favorites today. I also like Larry's Twilight Bite.

Here is our Lillian's Thin Ice.

Lincoln Andres is a great grower in our garden.

Little Donny Darko is one of my favorite small flowered daylilies.

That's all for me.

Nancy

Picking photos for L was harder than I thought it would be because I have lots with that letter!

Laura Harwood-what a multiplier! As Sherry said it bounces back quickly after division.

Larry’s Obsession. This plant languished until it was moved. This photo is on its second rebloom with eleven scapes.

Lake Champagne

I chose this one strictly on performance. I don’t like it but cannot deny its healthy performance. Like a Gee Six

Lydia’s Regal Robe is a rich purple

Lady Dragon has performed well since first planted-one of my favorites and a rebloomer

Nice to hear Larry's Twilight Bite is a good one, I have had my eye on that. Laura Harwood is always a beauty. I always admire Lillian's Thin Ice. I love the look of Larry's Obsession, A really nice clump there. jI had it but it did not make it past the 2nd summer. Lady Dragon is beautiful too.

Lillian's Vapor Trail

Lounge Lizard usually does really well but did not perform last year

Not a good picture of my Lincoln Andrea, but it performs really well here too

Lavender Aura did quite well for its 1st year

Love Struck Linda

I really like LARRY'S TWILIGHT BITE and LOGICALLY IMPLIED.

Here are my top 5 Ls that I grow:

LEGENDS OF THE FALL: Great early season bloomer. Many buds and the blooms look like this att season. Long bloom season.

LAVENDER BLUE BABY: Great flower and a great parent.

LINDA SIERRA: This is such a great plant. When there are multiple blooms open, it does have a bluish cast

LUNAR EMPIRE: Fantastic yellow, especially when it is among a variety of red daylilies. The scapes are well branched, I only wish that the flowers were a little bigger.

LEMON FRINGED PASTEL: Fantastic grower. Many buds. Pod and pollen fertile.

Thanks for looking.

David

I have praised Linda Sierra before, but last season was not its best. May need division. The Larry's Obsession clump is amazing. I remember that Nan said it did not perform for her. Surprising that a Petit is not shorter. I do notice some splotchiness, but in a dark color, that often occurs.

Love Sculpture came into its own last season. Hoping it will continue to display.

Surely Linda Beck should be included by someone. Granted, it is rather short and can be splotchy, but can also be perfection.

I also like the prominent midrib on Lacy Reinke. Bud count is modest, but it has rebloomed the past two seasons.

Oh, how could I have forgotten Linda Sierra? Another one I moved and has improved dramatically.

Love the Linda Beck photo. The deer loved mine. The storms loved Lotus Position.

But Linda Sierra...

Only have one "L" (Lisa Apps Sybrandt) and I've shown it enough already as it's my favorite yellow. This is a good letter though as there are so many that call to me. Lavender Starburst is a beauty, Lavender Dew and Lake Champagne are some more pretty lavenders. Kate: that is a great shot of Larry's Obsession. I've heard how blotchy it can be, but it sure looks good for you. I grew Linda Beck for years and finally had to give it away. Very pretty blooms, but never enough of them. Wouldn't you know it, the next year someone sent it to me as a bonus. That pot of Linda was with me for another 3 years or so before I just had to part with it again........The fate of a having to maintain only a small collection......Maryl

There are so real beauties here. Love the look of Lake Champagne, Logically Implied, Linda Beck and that clump of Lunar Empire. Kate, I actually like the quirky form of 'Like A Gee Six' and am getting that one this spring for hybridizing purposes. I like to see how vigorous it is!

LAVENDER PANTIES, is a great Hanson that has sturdy scapes, good branching & bud count.

LIBERTY BANNER, always make the list because of it's performance year after year. Tall, good parent for hybridizers, blooms well into the late season.

LULLABY OF BIRDLAND, not everyone loves this form but it's performance is stellar

LARRY'S TWILIGHT BITE, I second the nomination of these one. One of the older 'toothies' but one of the best

LEOTHA, this one is not well-known and hard to obtain but year after year it is one of the best plants in my garden. It also is a fine pod parent throwing kids with the same great color and soft bitone effect.

Wow, what an eyeful!

H.Nancy, Lillian's Thin Ice is my favorite of yours.

Kate, Laura Harwood, Lake Champagne, and Lady Dragon are all great.

Nancy, Love that flower behind Lounge Lizard. What is it? Great color. Love Struck Linda is my favorite of the daylilies.

David, Lav. Blue Baby is a great color.

Mantis, indeed Linda Beck is pretty!

Celeste, Liberty Banner has been wonderful for me too! Also like Lullabye of Birdland.

Brad

David - I agree Lunar Empire is a good one. I grew mine in a pot for several years until it died one bad winter. I've reordered it from Derrow and will get it in the ground this time. I like your Legends of the Fall.

I do pay attention to toothy purples. Larry's Obsession appeals to me, but I've seen it in gardens in this area looking very splotchy. Larry's Twilight Bite sounds like it has good performance, but the narrow form does not appeal to me.

I love the looks of Lavender Panties, and many of Curt's other panties, but I can't bring myself to grow any panties in my garden because of the name.

I love all lavenders, and there are just too many here to mention them all. They are all such eye candy for me.

Debra

Brad, I believe the flower is a tall larkspur that has flopped over. I thought at 1st glance it was Nigella, Love in a Mist, which is short and really a pretty annual too.

Debra, I agree about the Hanson daylilies with all the 'panty' names! There are so many that are good plants but it's hard to get past the names.

This is another shot of Lavender Panties, close up

Celeste, I wish I had known you were getting Gee Six!! you could have had ALL of mine!!! :)

Kate - I thought Like a Gee Six was cream yellow. Yours looks lavender on my monitor. Does it vary in color for you? Is the flower shape what you don't like about it?

Debra

Debra, it it’s just a ”messy” bloom to my eye. My neighbor called it raggedy and I guess that descibes it too. The color varies with most having a pinkish or lavender hue and very splotchy. Most blooms are what I would describe as mottled. It did rebloom but looked no better to me.

Debra, it's too bad that the Panty series is on your forbidden list, since there is a recent one called Party Girl Panties that would fit into your breeding program. I couldn't get a good picture since the sun was bright, but here it is.

Lavender Panties here is lighter than with Celeste. The pink hues become more dominant as the morning progresses. It is a fairly plain flower, but has a slightly creped texture and a purity of color. The color seems similar to one of Debra's intros named after a cat--Co Co?

Lavender Panties

Nancy, thanks! I guess I really like Larkspur. Are they easy to grow?

Celeste, Hanson's obsession with that name makes me wonder.......

Brad

Kay - Your LIttle Light of Mine is always so prolific. Grubs got to mine in the front garden, along with nearly everything else I had growing there. Even my coneflowers were decimated. Your clump shots of Laura Harwood are always so pretty!

Kate - I forgot to mention how much I like Lady Dragon. I love the colors, the shape, and the big green throat.

Debra

I am so sorry, Debra. what kind of grubs and is there a cure for them? I have an armadillo that keeps visiting and making holes. Cat box leavings makes him leave but either he or another one always comes back.

kay

Kay - Most of the grubs in that front bed are Junebug grubs - only BT or Grub Halt works on them. I also have Japanese beetle grubs and Chafer beetle, but they are mostly in the backyard and side yards. So I use a combination of grub killing products - but the timing of the applications has to be right, or you can't stop the damage. I've reduced the numbers of grubs, but I still have some. I've also got scads of slugs, snails, voles, moles, and a groundhog that I can't seem to chase away permanently.

Debra

Debra: How about the deer problem?................Maryl

Castor oil granules gets rid of voles and moles, thank goodness. they killed off so much before I learned this. I have only a very few Japanese beetles There is always a new menace or an old one returns,

kay

Maryl - Yes, there are still deer in the area, but since they don't come to my yard on a regular basis, I didn't mention them. I do have to spend money on products to keep them at bay. I've thought about totally eliminating my front garden because the cost of growing daylilies is getting too high.

Debra

Earwigs are a pest here, and deadheading does not eliminate them. Hence, I avoid cultivars that start opening the day before. As the season progresses, the earwigs seem to be less of a problem.