U and V daylilies 2024
We will finish the week with U and V daylilies. No Vs for me.
Upgrade has been a nice addition here, good increase and bud count. Last season bud count was lower along with most of my other daylilies.
Undercurrent is one of the few daylilies that has rebloomed for me. It had a lower bud count last season, also shorter scapes. I don’t remember getting any clumps from last season, two or three blooms at a time.
Sherry
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shive
2 months agoSherry - I think both Upgrade and Undercurrent are terrific looking! I've always admired your photos of both your U's.
Ultimate Blush was new last year.
Untamed Heart had short scapes and fewer buds than usual.
Unbound did pretty well. Its's scapes were shorter than registered but taller than most of the surrounding cultivars. It had bud counts in the low teens, and set several pods.
Villa Del Sol only bloomed on one fan, and then much later than usual.
Victorian Garden Heaven's Applause only bloomed on two or three fans last year.
Victorian Garden Emerald Breeze had its best year ever - tall scapes and bud counts in the mid-teens.
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2 months agolast modified: 2 months agoSherry, Upgrade and Undercurrent are so pretty! Debra, Unbound is another of those pretty white edge blooms that is striking. You know I like Victorian Garden Emerald Breeze!
Vegas Showgirl
Victorian Velvet
Unshakeable Kingdom
Voila Francois-I don’t know of many other plants with such a perfect bloom. It is short and has few buds but it reblooms 2 or 3 times for me
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Brad KY 6b
2 months agoKate, I like Unshakeable Kingdom. Debra, Ultimate Blush is very nice.
Vintage Wine, our favorite.
This was given to me in an exchange many years ago on yahoo groups.
It was called Viette Seedling and I just keep the name. Late and very white.
Vt Bridal Lilac
VT Fondly Kin
VT Rose Rosy, great for hybidizing.
VT RR Red
VT September Star
VT Sophie
VT the Last Melon
VT Autumn Fires, the only one of the VTs that is a tet.
Brad
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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
2 months agoI like the spots on Upgrade. I also like Voila Francois, the Viette seedling and VT Autumn Fires.
I have only one U. Unstoppable is a beast in our garden. It needs divided badly.
Vader's Choice is a simple yellow flower with black scapes.
Here is a photo of Vader's Choice's scapes.
Vampire Cloak is one of the toothiest daylilies in the garden.
Venus Fly Trap
Violet Impace is southern bred so I don't know if it will be a good grower long term. So far, so good.
Vision Seeker is from one of our favorite hybridizers, Mike Derrow. His stuff always does well here.
That's all for me.Nancy
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2 months agolast modified: 2 months ago
daylilybedmaker
2 months agoNo Us but a couple of Vs.
VOODOO DANCER
VICTORIAN GARDEN STARBRIGHT
VIRGINIA PECK: Love the white midrib on a pink flower
VICTORIA GRACE
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2 months agolast modified: 2 months agoVictorian Garden Starbright did not bloom, as I recall, after being divided the previous year. Sterrett Gardens has Unbound listed as a dormant, but I think that is incorrect. Vegas Showgirl I see is a Gluck out of Rosy Scenario. Many of the VTs have attractive shadings of different colors in a single flower--RR Red, September Star, Bridal Lilac.
I was surprised how striking Upgrade is. Still a fairly young plant here, but tall and vivid.
Vision Seeker has great plant habit.
Vision of Things to Come is taller than most Emmerichs.
Vampire Bat looked good last year.
Viagra Falls also had a good year. Like many, if not most, in this color, later day sun takes a toll. A quite tall plant.
I did not expect Victoria Josephine to have such presence in the garden.
Vampire Fish is a fairly young plant.
Viva Pinata, newly divided, did not do much. Pic from 2022.
Uppity Girls is tall. Looks promising.
Vertical Horizon had a good year.
Voila Francois bloomed on short scapes. Seems not to thrive here, but interesting.
Victorian Lace had a subpar year, but still not shabby.
Via Dolorosa fades in mid-day heat, but is an attractive flower. Not a fast multiplier so far, but good height.
Velvet Hammer had an off year, with shorter scapes and some splotchy flowers.
Vulcan Logic has done well here. Seems a bit bigger than 5". Distinctive color to my eyes. It's the sort of solid plant that one wonders why is not more widely grown. But Hansons usually are not well known even in the upper South.
daylilybedmaker
2 months agoI missed VISION SEEKER the first time looking for Us and Vs. It is tall and well budded.
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