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More First Flowers Open

11 months ago

last modified: 11 months ago

A few more daylilies opened yesterday and today.

Kara Louise lost fans over the winter and has shorter scapes with fewer buds.

Stenciled Infusion - This bloom seems smaller than those in the past. Short scapes on this one too.

Siloam Double Classic opened with a trio.

This seedling is out of Tully Marrs. The other parent is either Venetian Pools or Victorian Garden Heaven's Applause. Scapes are tall and well-budded for a first-year bloomer.

Integrated Logistics X Olly Olly Oxen Free has such dreamy color. The bloom is much smaller (6 inches) than in the past (7 inches). I keep hoping the scapes will get taller but so far they're only 24-25 inches. I love the color of this bitone applique seedling that can also show extreme pinching in the throat sometimes.

Untamed Heart X So Irresistible - Scapes are shorter and bud count is down from last year.

Pink Extraordinaire X Cexy Samantha #1 - I like how this cross yielded red, pink and purple kids.

Debra

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organic_kitten
11 months ago
I see houzz lost you Stenciled Infusion Photo, Kara Louise is such apretty one. Integrated Logistics X Olly Olly Oxen Free is a loverly color.!
Untamed Heart X So Irresistible has such a pretty face.

The Tully Marrs seedling has a great pattern. and Tully Marrs is just very pretty.

kay
shive
Original Author
11 months ago
Kay - I don't know why those photos aren't showing up. When I go to edit it, they are visible. I'm trying again here.

Stenciled Infusion

Siloam Double Classic
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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
11 months ago
Kara Louise is my favorite. I really like reds/purples with a thin white edge. I see KL is an evergreen, so may be a tad tender even in ground................Maryl
organic_kitten
11 months ago
Debra, delete the picture and repost it in another part of your post and it should work. This happened yesterday too.

kay
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
11 months ago
Kara Louise is a beautiful color. Your seedlings are all nice but the first one is really special. That pattern is really neat and it nice that it has a nice scape too.

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lilykate7a
11 months ago
Your Kara Louise is so much more pure red than mine. That is such a pretty red. I like the color on the Integrated Logistics seedling. Your seedlings all look good even with lower bud count and shorter scapes.
shive
Original Author
11 months ago
Nan, Maryl and Kate - Kara Louise is not normally that deep a red. It was night temps in the 50s that did it. Maryl, Kara Louise is somewhat tender. It lost fans after the December deep freeze and has really low bud count this time. It's never had a problem before, but I don't think we've ever had three nights in a row below zero since I've lived in Nashville. And it didn't help that it wasn't mulched last fall. KL normally has tall, well budded and branched scapes. I have five evergreen Hansen reds. Diver Down was hurt the worst (9-inch scapes with a bud count of 2-4) Twentieth Century Fox fared the best (scapes are almost as tall as usual with bud counts in the mid teens).

Nan - I think the patterned seedling is pretty special, so I'm crossing it with some of other patterned seedlings this morning.

Kay - Thanks for the tip about getting the photos to show. It's always something crazy with Houzz.

Debra
Nancy 6b
11 months ago
Kara Louise is so pretty, guess it is one I better leave off my list though if it is tender for you. I know this was an exceptionally bad year though. Stenciled Infusion is lovely as always, and a good pattern on your Tully Mars seedling.
mantis__oh
11 months ago
On the positive side, this season may test the hardiness of some of your intros, such as Bubblegum Queen. It could also be that the early short scapes are the result of that March freeze, not so much the December cold blast. Is the pattern consistent on the Tully Mars seedling?
shive
Original Author
11 months ago
last modified: 11 months ago
Mantis - This is the first flower open on the Tully Marrs seedling. No patterns are consistent here when the temps climb into the 90s - not even the ones touted by their hybridizers as consistent. Updated to say two blooms today had the same pattern. Bubblegum Queen has shorter scapes this time and fewer buds. Some winters it keeps its foliage and other winters it goes totally underground. So it's a semi-evergreen that's much closer to evergreen than dormant.

Nancy - I think if Kara Louise had been mulched, it would not have lost fans. It did well in a previous winter when it was mulched and temps were under 10 degrees for several days.

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