The color is right, and it looks like you are getting a very nice pattern on that eye! I look forwardd to see subsequent blooms on that one.

Debra

Do you think it will get better? Last year I was thinking to myself, why did I buy this? Well, I really do know why. I had seen the picture and wents nuts for it and just had to have it LOL. So I just didn't make any judgements last year and decided I was going to judge it this year. I noticed it blooming out there in front right away :-))

I would wait and see what the next couple of blooms look like. Don't let the first one scare you off. Sometimes other factors may have affected the first bloom.
The eye pattern looks like it will be a terrific daylily once it blooms to it full potential.

Julia

That's a lovely one. I love the eye f it.
kay

I like the colors on this one. I think it's worth waiting another year to see if it does better.

Vickie

I am going to wait till I see some more blooms on it,before commenting on itThe color looks good.

Jean

As Debra said, the color is good. Mine really matches in color to all the pictures I had seen. I have more buds so will see what the next blooms look like and add them here. I can't make up my mind what I think of the eyezone patern that is there today.

Thank you Rita for your post and the pictures. I was the one who asked about Purple Maze - it is one of the most astonishing looking flowers I have ever seen (in pictures only). Based on your experience I think I will put it on my list for next year. I live in Central Delaware which has a wonderful growing climate, to give you an idea Southern Magnolias, crepe myrtles and camillias do well here, so it seems like Purple Maze would be happy too. Looking forward to more pictures of Purple Maze. Christine

The eyezone is wonderful, and I bet it turns out to be outstanding, if not this year's blooms, by next year. I wouldn't give up on it yet if it was mine with that outstanding pattern!! Jan G.

Sorry, but I'll be a dissenter here ... I think the color is muddy (not clear) and the pattern eye is really not clear either.

But I tend to not judge on the first bloom, so hopefully the other's will be better.

I was trying to find a picture of what it is supposed to look like but haven't found it on the web yet.

Found it ... if I were expecting the pic below, I would be disappointed.

Here is a link that might be useful: Purple Maze

I don't mind the color of the bloom, in fact I like it. The color appears to be what I remember from the lily auction picture. But at last someone is saying what I am thinking each time I look at the picture. The eyezone is clear as mud :-(( It is blurry and doesn't show any clear pattern. I will just have to be patient and see what further flowers bring. I am not about to be hasty, especially as it was not a cheap daylily. But I should know better than to buy those sounthern imports for my garden.

I love the color, and think it is worth keeping around to see if the eye clears up and developes a better pattern. It really all comes down to whether you like it or not, after all you are the one that has to live with it. I happen to like the daylily Kwanso and I know lots of people that wouldn't have it in their gardens, so to each his own.

Sharon

I'm looking forward to seeing more blooms from this one. I've admired it in pictures also. Haven't seen it in person. But if you decide you don't like it and it needs a warmer climate.....remember me. :o)
Michelle

Well, here is PURPLE MAZE blooming today.

I think the eyezone is getting better. Maybe not, Maybe just wishful thinking.

The colors look good but the eyezone doesn't have the maze in it that I can see. Thank you for posting another photo.

Christine

It looks like it is going to be areally good one. The color is different, but I like it...I like different colors.
kay

I really don't know how I feel about it as it looks in my garden. I do just love the color. It is just different from anything that I have. But the eyezone needs help :-((

fyi I'm selling a division off mine

Here is a link that might be useful: ebay

by the way, the pictures here I don't think do it justice, kinda washed out, either the plant or the camera, but mine is much more vivid. Try taking a picture when it is overcast, or turn the flash off.

Going thru much the same frame of mind regarding my Daring Deception... the color isnt quite right and its also got the buffish orange cast on the petals which at present comes across somewhat muddy to me...

I'll be giving it another year or two to establish itself before I make a final call on it, as well as top dressing my beds in the spring before new mulch goes down and again in late summer.

Taken altogether PM is pretty, but it just doesnt jump out and scream at me "MUST HAVE!"...

Hopefully over the next couple of growing seasons your PM's color inmproves.

Not that I dont like soft shades of color or pastels, I just have those types of colors in other perennials.

Donald