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Daylilies
floota

Blooms zone 6/7

15 years ago

Still about 500 pictures behind. These were all taken in the garden between 6/22 and yesterday!

Jim Murphy's ALCHEMIST- tall and ML bloomer:



APRIL LAQUINTA:Ted Petit named this after his mother.

A new one from Margo Reed - color is wonderful. This is AMETHYST TEARS.



This one was taken yesterday. Karol E's BLOOD,SWEAT AND TEARS seemed to put out a big final show of blooms.



Have I mentioned what great garden plants Judy Davisson's cultivars are ( at least in my garden)Here's CAROLINA COOL DOWN putting on a show yesterday.

Jim Murphy's LUCKY STREAK:



MISS PIGGY (Gossard)is only a second year plant but it has also put on a show this season.



MOMENT IN THE SUN. What can I say? IMHO, this is mostly a hybridizer's plant. It is leaving here this fall - blooms short, sometimes in the foliage and I really detest that trait. Sometimes I ask myself why I just HAD to have this one back when it was fairly new.



RED HOT CHILI QUACKERS by Don Eller is new this year. Very dramatic!

VIOLET SABREWING makes a nice statement in a clump:

CELL TOWER by Luddy. I'll be honest. Luddy and Rachel sent this as a bonus last year and I started not to keep it. However, it is growing on me. Performed well this year - better than the really expensive one I ordered!

Here's an old really good UF :HIS HIGHNESS. I told Pat Stamile that I never would have bought it from his picture and he agreed. However, if you see it in a garden it is awesome.

KING'S GOLDEN TREASURE: visitors are drawn to his one. Quite a statement in a clump. Blooms are huge!

Judy Davisson's MICHAEL DAVISSON. Did I mention how much I love this one?



It is even worth two pictures.

TOUCAN SAM - think I've sent this one before but it also has been an A+ performer and now has sent up rebloom scapes.

DR JERROLD CORBETT:



gary Schaben's HAKUNA MATATA:



Margo Reed's DANCES WITH GIRAFFES - tall and wonderful!



DOROTHY AND TOTO: one of my favorite doubles by Katisue Herrington.



New from a visit to Paul's (Owen) garden just a few weeks ago - his FABER SABRE.



GET JIGGY : (sorry if I sent this before - can't remember. It has taken 3 years here for this one to consistently show pattern.)

And finally, Karol E's HEARTBEAT OF HEAVEN multi-blooms:

Blooms have been great for the past week, but with triple digit heat indexes, if we don't get rain, it will go downhill quickly from here.

Comments (17)

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    I just love Toucan Sam!

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Oh, I hope you get the needed rain so that the show (and the pictures) will continue. I don't know how you manage what with being hundreds of pictures behind!

    The two that most caught my eye here were LUCKY STREAK and RED HOT CHILI QUACKERS. I do love those hot colors.

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  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Alchemist, Miss Piggy, Chili Quackers, Lucky Streak, I want them All! Just gorgeous

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Those are fantastic pics! I love the variety of shapes and patterns. Funny, but I have never been sure if I liked Get Jiggy's pattern or not, but it's great there!

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    To me, LUCKY STREAK is the most eye catching photo, but I like CAROLINA COOL DOWN and MICHAEL DAVISSON the best, just imagining them in my garden. Thank you for all the annotations - they are very helpful.
    Christine

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    There you go stirring my emotions again about Michael Davisson. It's just glorious in both of your photos. I love Violet Sabrewing, too. I've been outbid on that one so many times it isn't funny.

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Dorothy and Toto and Lucky Streak are my picks. Hope you show us in the future a pic of King's Golden Treasure in a clump

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    All so pretty but I especially like Red Hot Chili Quackers and Blood, Sweat, and Tears.

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Blood Sweat & Tears, Lucky Streak, Miss Piggy, vIOLET SABREWING, MICHAEL DAVISSON, Toucan sAm, Hukuna Matata,-is that too many favorites? I can add more :)

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    This is the best I can do for a multi shot of King's Golden Treasure. The blooms are so big that it is difficult to get more than 2-3 in the shot, and I do not tend to stand back and try to get the entire clump as a rule!

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    There are so many beauties, actually they all are, and your pictures are great! Thanks for sharing!
    Blood Sweat and Tears I think is my very favorite. I also like April Laquinta (always interesting to know how they name them) and Red Hot Chili Quackers.

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Floota,
    You have, as always gorgeous blooms beautifully photographed.There are so many to satisfy those of us who love purples and reds. Toucan Sam is really, really lucious. I am very fond of Lucky Streak and the pictures of Amethyst Tears and Alechymist are beautifully showcased. I love Karol Emmerich's and your are a real ad for them, and Michael Davisson is beautiful! Altogether a very satisfying visual vist to your garden.
    kay

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    What an excellent group of daylilies. I particularly like Alchemist and King's Golden Treasure. Avedon

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Gorrrrrgeous! Do you order from a particular place? Several I would love to have. Thanks for sharing, Judy

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Every plant in these pictures ( except Toucan Sam which was a trade with a trusted friend) came directly from the hybridizer. There are a few plants here that came from trades or the Lily Auction or from attending Regional / National meetings but most are ordered from the hybridizers of the plants.

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Your daylilies and your photos are all wonderful. There are so many fabulous ones that it's hard to choose, but Violet Sabrewing made me stop and stare.
    Val

  • 15 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Geez Floota. I have so many favorites I can't pick one so I will chose all of them...LOL!! Just beautiful...Ellie

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