Every photo is a great one. I think I am most amazed by North Wind Dancer. Is that just one clump, or several plants of NWD. I've had mine four years, and it's only four fans! I really enjoyed your photos!

Debra

All those bed shots are amazing. I especially like the "hot colors" bed and Forsyth Ace of Hearts.

So many pretties here. I don't know what to choose. I really love Etosha, maybe that will be my pick.

So glad to see you are already getting rebloom. On that super pretty Ledgewood's Fireworks. I don't have any Ledgewood's myself. I did used to have afew but everyone either struggled thru the winter here or had a budcount of two, sometimes both. So I got rid of all of them.

Thank you so much for looking, Debra, it is a plant that I bought from Bill Maryott in fall of 2008. It was a double fan I'm sure since it was from Bill, but only the one. For some reason, almost all of the Spider daylilies seem to absolutely love that bed. I have had tremendous increase in Helix, North wind Dancer, American Windmill, and also in Spider Man and Wispy Rays which are not exactly the same, but not a bagel or other rounder form either.

Chris, The Forsyths have also really grown too. A single "hot" bloom is very pretty, but when there is a cluster of them, it just blows my mind.

When I saw the blooms yesterday and realized what a photo opportunity they were handing to me, I was so excited, it was unreal. I had not anticipated this sort of bloom, so it was a very pleasant surprise. I really so appreciate your comments. I got hooked into this addiction by drooling over the wonderful photos that you all were posting here. Surely I can help enable someone else who will decide they just HAVE to have...I have gotten enormous pleasure from this, and I appreciate the time everyone took to prepare and photograph their blooms to introduce me to daylilies.

kay

Actually, I have had tremendous growth in a good many of the daylilies.

Like everyone else, I have had thrip problems and hope to prevenet damage next year.

Thank You Rita,
The area really does matter with growing daylilies, doesn't it? I have had such good luck with Fireworks that I ordered another Ledgewood from Bill Maryott this spring.

Etosha was one of the Munsun's that Jan (Tweetybird) used to post. She had a large collection, and I was so pleased to find Etosha. It had beautiful blooms last year, but only one or two blooms would open at once. The Munsun's have really bloomed an awful lot this year. This is the 3rd bloom season for the first ones I got, so you might expect heavy bloom with them.

This is Kensington Manor: I have taken so many pictures of it in clumps of blooms this year.
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Very nice. I still prefer Etosha because of that hot coloring. You know I love the hot ones.

I just love that first photo.Forgot the name and don't want to back up again, bt its beautiful,and I love that PAUL OWENS SEEDLING too. and that hot bed photo is gorgeous. so many beauties to see.

Jean

What a wonderful weekend for you Kay! I LOVE Mean as a Snake!
Nancy

Wonderful pictures! I love all the clump shots. My favorite would be Mean As A Snake.
Michelle

All beautiful, but I really like your first one, African Plum and Hearts on Fire. Also, I really love the little greenish pot stand in your Northwind Dancer group picture. I would love to have a couple just like that for my backyard.

Christine

Good morning, Kay! I love your clump shot of 'Etosha.' It's really beautiful so see a mature clump in full swing, and those are my favorite pictures to see.

Laurel

very nice pictures. impressed by how the plants have been growing and blooming. Northwind Dancer is always a mainstay in the list. and Mean as Snake (wonder why the name) is looking really good, too.

Ben