Another one of his that I am just crazy about is Prissy Girl. At $200.00 I have avoided buying but I sure do think that daylily is so gorgeous.

Here is a link that might be useful: Frank Smith 2007 Intros

Lava Flow has been here for a year and put on a tremendous show in the early season. Midnight Sensaton and Prissy Girl were added this spring and both were very nice. PG is a great parent as well.

Dale

Lava Flow has been here for a year and put on a tremendous show in the early season. Midnight Sensaton and Prissy Girl were added this spring and both were very nice. PG is a great parent as well.

Dale

Oh, sorry, my mistake. Lava Flow is a 2006 intro, not a 2007.

Wedding Gown is the one I have my eye on. I will have to wait a while for the price to come down.

Edward

I'd love to have Miss Annie Belle, simply because of the name. Anyone care to guess why?

Ann Bell

Edward - I'm with you. Wedding Gown is a stunner.

Laurie

Edward, Laurie I agree about Wedding Gown....that bloom makes me drool in my coffee....cheers, lloyd

I bought the 2006 collection that included LAVA FLOW and boy did it perform last year and again this year. You won't be disappointed. Large bold colored flowers that shout at you from across the garden.
Shelly

Wow, glad to see all the positive info about Lava Flow.

When I was on Frank Smiths website I could not see any info about how many fans he sends so I figgured it was going to be only one.

It says on his homepage that they are double fans...Ellie

I only got single fans on his new intros this spring. I did get a triple of Grandmas Smile. His weren't that big either and even though they have split, they are still rather small.

Dot

I will probably order from the website over the winter for spring planting. Lots of really lovely stuff and you know I will eventually buy that Prissy Girl cause its too beautiful.

I hate the fact that many (most?) places send a single fan for their current years intros. They usually cost alot and I don't think you are getting much with one fan. Oh well, I do understand why as supply is short.

I think it may depend on demand and what they have available. Who knows. I received Aunt Ethel this year...at Lilyhemmer last year, I bid on and won Frank Smith's gift certificate for it. I still had to pay shipping in addition to my purchase. However, I was really happy with what I received.

I received a huge fan that was already splitting into two very nice fans with a small third fan attached (of Aunt Ethel). I could see where the bloom scape had been cut off. In almost no time, it put up a new scape...and then I looked and there were a total of three scapes! What a performer!

In addition, totally unexpected, I received a large single fan of Karen Muir as a bonus. I was impressed.

I can pass on this email reply--

Pat,
Our plants are rust free when we ship them. If she is concerned about rust,
before you ship the plants to her treat them with Miracle Grow
fungicide/algaecide its great for rust. It comes in a greenish, blue bottle
and it can be bought at Lowe's or Home Depot. She can continue to use this
product at her home during the hot months when rust is an issue. It is not
that expensive and goes a long way.
The double fans only applies to the 2007 Fall Introductions and is not for
any prior shipments. Bluegrass Music is not going to be available for a
while and neither is Bridey. I would say maybe a couple of years.
Frank
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Subject: Frank Smith Dayliies Web Site

Pat, I've heard the same thing from Frank Smith's assistant. I just got back from Home D. and Lowe's and could find nothing. I searched the Scott's website (they manufacture Miracle Gro) and they don't show a fungicide/algaecide under the Miracle Gro name. Could she be talking about Bayer products in a blue container? They are mostly rose products but almost all rose products will work on daylilies.

Hey beachlily,

Heh, I did the same thing! I put in a request with the garden manager of our local Home Depot and Lowes, but I've not checked back. I went ahead and got the Bayer product with tebuconazole systemic. I found a stie on the web somewhere that stated it had moderate effectiveness against daylily rust. I couldn't find Heritage or Banner (yet.)

I also found a study online that showed contact fungicides like Daconil - I think I got that name right- but contact fungicides applied after a mere three days of initial inoculation made the ultimate rust infection worse, and harder to control.

You'd just be killing all the harmless natural fungal competition around, so that when the inevitable rust outbreak occurs and the spores burst to the outside of the infected plant, they find the garden to be completely open territory, an empty restaurant with every seat vacant and waiting.

That's why I'm soaking my bareroots in bleach solution and giving them recovery time in new compost before I put them in my beds. Once I see rust, if I see rust, I'll mist with weak bleach/soap the effected foliage only. That should stop new spores from floating around as I remove the foliage. Then, I'll use systemics everywhere else. I will count on competition from the natural beneficial fungi to be my allies.

The rust is an inside infection. The pustule I'd see would be the last sign of infection, rather like the gruesome scene in Alien. It lives in green, above ground foliage. A Japanese site, showed pictures of new healthy growth from a crown that had been stripped, dipped, and nipped to 1/2 inch. Lilies are a food crop there in Japan, and they take the whole rust issue very seriously.

Be aware, I have no experience with this. My plans are distilled from research and talking to people with experience. I do love this kind of thing, though. I think I'll email FSN and ask for a bottle of this mystery Miracle Grow product with my Wedding Gown and Granny Smith. LOL! Do you think he'll be offended? :D:D:D

Update -

beachlily, Tina at FSN replied in a few hours. She said next time she was at Home Depot she'd doublecheck for the actual name of the product, and if I still couldn't find it she'd put a bottle in with my order. *That* is good customer service!

Be sure and let us know what it is when you find out. I would like to pick up a bottle at Home Depot to have on hand and to be able to use for soaking some daylilies coming from the south soon.

Thanks.

Got my Lava Flow fan from Southwestgarden today and a lovely fan of Flamenco Christmas (red double) to boot. Top quality as always. Off to plant my goodies.

Petalpatsy: Did you ever find out the name of the product that Tina uses for rust?

No, not yet. I'll email her again. I bet it's a contact fungicide though, and I feel systemics are key.

Yesterday I had a bloom on Lava Flow. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture but it has more buds so I hope I can still get a shot. Geez, what a gorgeous flower. It is orange and some might not like orange but it isn't gaudy, just noticeable. I just had to say how beautiful I thought this flower is.

For what its worth Daconil is useless for the most part, it does kill spores, and the Bayer product works.