Weather.Here is my first bloom from Ruby Spider on an 8"scape with 5"bloom.And the color?Not even close!

Betsy

Do you live in one of the drought states. A lack of water will do that. But your flowers don't look faded in the pics. They look very bright to me.

Debra

Drought and the winter at Easter we suffered through. Or at least that is the excuse I am using for the bizarre behavior of my daylilies.

Short scapes on tall scaped plants, tall scapes on normally short scapes, W-A-Y undersized blooms, low budcount on many, mid-lates getting ready to burst forth with blooms. The plants act like they want to bloom and get it over with. My LONG STOCKING looks like I have created the perfect miniature unusual form. This entire gardening season is a nightmare. It makes me wonder how farmers can survive having to deal with Mother Nature every year.

Brooke

Lainey.......Did you use a different camera or change the setting's on the camera? Just wondering.....also, were the 2007 pic's taken in direct sun? It appears that the 2007 pic's are all focused on the foliage/background, not the flower bloom itself.......IMHO

Rick

I also thought it looked like they were taken with a different camera. I have a bunch of reds in my garden this year - I hope they aren't faded like that!

Christine

They were not taken with a different camera. They are all the same camera and untouched photos. The only difference is that my vision has gotten a lot worse so I can't tell if the shot is in focus or not. I just give it my best guess.

Thank you all for your answers. If most folks are having wacky results with their daylilies, then I know it's probably not something I'm continuing to do wrong. Not that it's much of a comfort.

Brooke, I'm sorry to hear about your daylilies. If there is such a thing as a specimen garden, it would be the one I saw last year at your house. I hope things turn around for both of us.

Lainey