Hiya,

yes, I keep going out and checking, everything was new in last Autumn so I'm quite obsessive still! Blueberry Candy is doing well, so are Lavender Dusk and Sea Siren. Mini Pearl isn't new but was heavily divided last year and is doing well.

But my best one is an unregistered (British?) one called Dark Sprite, a mini with deep red flowers. It is going great guns. It went in in Autumn as a small clump of 5 fans, it now has 13!! And I only bought it because I have a little cat called Sprite.

I am pleased to say that Missouri Memories, that I thought I had lost, has revived--but Lake Effect didn't make it through winter. It was a tiny little pencil thick fan so I didn't expect much from it. Some growers in the UK seem quite happy to send out weedy little specimens

I also lost Foxwoods Little Pumpkin but luckily have found a replacement as the person I bought it from originally has ceased trading.

I know that this has been discussed before on here but both the ones I lost were planted in the ground whereas all the ones in tubs (large 25 inch diameter, around 20inch deep ones), are doing really well.The others that are in the ground also seem to be slower to get going than the tubbed ones Perhaps it is my soil?

Nikki

I'm in an odd (very possibly, unenviable) position -- this place still has some daylilies; new place, I planted a bunch in beds last fall but have MANY pots in the garage + barn. I've been almost scared to check the ones in beds because (ugly confession) I planted many of them LATE in the fall there. Took as much soil as I could, but it was still risky. (Some might say "incredibly stupid.")

Almost everything in the beds looks good so far! ('Tho many also had been pushed way up out of the ground recently, so that the crowns were completely exposed. Glad I caught that quickly.)

I may have lost RACHEL LAMBERTSON. And that one got planted early. Ain't that the way of it. Grrr....

But what's doing well so far =

All the ones from Dottie Warrell's sale. I didn't want to lose any, even though some were very inexpensive, because she no longer sells. CLORA, COLD COLD HEART, JOSEPH'S COAT, KNOWER SPIDER, SKY BOY, ST. ELMO'S FIRE, SUBTLE REMARK, and ZACK OF ALL TRADES - all look good.

Hugest sigh of relief is for a few particularly special ones. STEVE MOLDOVAN looks like he must have been going gangbusters under ground all winter. All I know is, if what's popped up is any indication, this is going to be one vigorous and big plant. PIECE OF SKY made it! No more need be said! Then there are ones that were gifts -- and gifts are always meaningful to me, regardless of the value the outside world places on the plants. BEAR CLAWS, from a friend - I really want this one to do well, despite what I said about daylilies & images elsewhere, and I feared for it. It was another that got planted early, but with a new place, you never know. My friend also sent a piece of another one, so I'm delighted to see it showing green. A friend sent me a clump of Pat Cochenour's LEND ME YOUR COMB -- that's looking good, too.

The ones in pots -- so far, all look good, including the southern ones (in many cases, very ratty foliage). My BLUE HIPPO is OK! I was worried about that one.

At this place, sevs that look good include TARPON BACK and TRIALS OF LIFE. Stamile's BURGUNDY TWISTER, an ev, is fine. (Planted next to south side of house, in a raised bed and covered with small pebbles of all things.) So is COMANCHE DRUMS, a Munson ev. Also up = Lonnie Ward's TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT, a dormant.

"It never ceases to amaze me that it's usually the expensive ones that fail."

I know what you mean. Here, I had Tet. LAVENDER BLUE BABY in my best bed. It croaked by the end of its first year. :( However, my theory is hardiness is inversely proportional to how much you like them....The beautiful MEXICALI BLUES, in the same bed - a goner as well. Yet growing right next to it was DUDLY DOUGHERTY, which I liked, but not as much -- and that one's fine. Naturally. And let's not mention BASS GIBSON, the incredible shrinking daylily. Gag. Talk about a nauseating sight. BG is currently being babied in my house. Maybe I should feed it Wheaties - isn't that the cereal that used to show big, strapping boys on the box? Maybe I should feed it a steak LOL.

Nikki, Pots might be the way to go, particularly with small new daylilies. Very good to hear that yours are doing well for you there in the UK. And speaking of weedy specimens.....the fan of Blue Hippo I got from one seller on the LA was so small you almost needed a magnifying glass to see it. It would have been wiser for me to pot it up in the fall and bring it in or at least close to the house where it would have been more sheltered. That being said.....I will not be buying newer CV's from that seller again. I understand trying to recover some of what you spent, but to send someone something that small.....I mean REALLY!!!

Lynxe, You better wrap that pot of BASS with a warm blanket and spoon feed it sips of Peters. LOL....in truth nothing to laugh about. What's really sort of amusing about my situation is that the plants I planted late like God Save The Queen, Holy Gaucamole, Moment In The Sun,Purple Maze were all planted late (mid September). Some of the ones that croaked were WELL established plants. Western PA winter weather can just beat the tar out of plants......biggest hope here is to have a fully functional greenhouse completed by fall of this year.

Bear Claws is one tuff hombre. Mine looks great right now and there are 2 dead (or nearly so)DL's located right behind it. Other dormants look super too, Dragon Fang took a lickin' and is still kick'n, and Verticle Horizon...lots of new growth on both of those. All my Ledgewood's are lookin' good.

GOOD HEAVENS!!!!! You have PIECE OF SKY....it's a good thing I don't know where you live. ;-) Nah....I'm not that kind of person. But Hokey Smokes....I'm a little green over that one. I do hope Bass makes a complete recovery for you, and that nobody else on the forum has to endure any pricey losses.

Linda