Favorite yellow daylilies
I realize quite a few daylily growers state yellow is not their favorite color. I was in that group until a few seasons ago. I have since noticed that the yellow ones add much needed contrast to my garden. It turns out that most of my yellow dayliles out perform the others……who knows why. Here are my favorite yellows, please add yours.
The yellow blooms are always perfect….no splotching or pale blooms.
Coyote Moon is at the top of my list. It has small blooms but is a bloom machine. The scapes are tall so it competes size wise with taller daylilies.
Faber Saber has had great increase and good bud count.
Simplicity in Motion has good bud count with delicate looking blooms.
Solar Blast is a wild double….. never know what the blooms will look like.
The Jury’s Out…….late and great bud count.
Sherry
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4 months agoI have several yellows I like.
Chicago Star
Sun dazzle
Big Bird's Friend
Reap the Whirlwind
Googies
Houzz wouldn't let me post and did not recognize me the last time I tried to post...Here's hoping.
kay
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4 months agoI love yellow daylilies as they add pop to a garden full of reds, purple and pinks. Here are some of my favorites:
SILOAM MELVIN'S YELLOW: An early bloomer and a front of the border plant. Here it is with a polytepal bloom.
POLY ESTHER - Love the name. Polys about 25% of the time. Also an early bloomer.
SOLAR MUSIC: Probably my favorite as it is tall and the blooms are flat.
BUTTER CREAM: Is another nice one
JUST ANOTHER YELLOW: This is a fantastic intro from Curt Hanson. Substance is like plastic.
I also received an order from Curt Hanson this week. I ordered SHE'S LIKE A RAINBOW and he sent CRINTONIC IN LIVING COLOR and DASHING YOUNG AQUANAUT as gift plants.
Have a great day.
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I forgot one:
LUNAR EMPIRE: This is a great plant. I wish the bloom was bigger.
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4 months agoI like your Jury's Out Sherry. A trumpet shaped form? Nice.......Kay: Have heard good things about Chicago Star from another southern grower. Googies was my top yellow for many years. It ended up being too tender for my pot system ........David: Butter Cream and Lunar Empire are my top 2.......This picture was easy pickings for me as it got 2 of my favorites together.
Rudy's Sister (not registered yet)on top and Sour Puss below:
Maryl
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Five of mine:
American Freedom - very hard for me to capture the true color, it's darker yellow
Beautiful Edgings - not always perfectly open blooms but so pretty
Prediction - so cheerful
Sherry Lane Carr - nice yellow
Yellow Titan - ok that's among my top favorites of all my daylilies
They all used to be better and Much better as young plants. I did find my notes and for example Sherry Lane Carr had 40+ buds one year and upper 30s next year. Well, not anymore. But it's what I got and I still love them.
Oh, honorable mention goes to.. Happy Returns, which was outstanding in the beginning of its blooming - 25-27 inch scapes and 20-40 flowers open for days. It is still flowering, reblooming now, usual short scapes and some in the foliage.sherrygirl zone5 N il thanked nat4b - 4 months ago
3 months agoYellow is not a favorite, but there are some I really like. Simplicity in Motion is very pretty. Prediction, Rudy's Sister, and SILOAM MELVIN'S YELLOW.
Green Inferno really took off this year.
Siloam Amazing Grace, heavy substance.
Claws
Spider Miracle
noid
That's my 5.
Brad
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3 months agoThese were my favorite yellows this season:
Bill Norris
Empire of Desire
Lunar Empire
Moon Shimmers
Sun Temple Spirit
Green Mystique
Victorian Garden Emerald Breeze
Mystic Maize
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