Start this with my favorite double---can't say enough good about this one.

well, I hit the wrong buttons--here are more:

Ocean Spirit

Golliwog

Wow, Avedon. Surely you don't expect that anyone could pick a favorite among all that beauty! I noticed that you actually have room between your clumps! I don't have much room so mine are jammed together. I have around 150 daylilies packed into space that should only hold maybe 100.

Mantis, wow, you got in quickly. Katherine Caldwell arrived in 2015 and immediately put up scapes. I can't remember just how many but it seemed like several which I thought was great for a brand new plant. Every year since then it keeps on getting better and better , lots more scapes and what seems to me to be a quick turn-around on producing rebloom scapes. The flowers are large and the scapes are strong, I have never seen one lean. The color is fine for me. Glad you like the clumps.

Brad, you're fast, too LOL. We are fortunate to be able to do quite a bit of spacing between our plants. We do have a few beds where they are grouped much closer together. I have discovered that some of our daylilies that were closely planted didn't do well, and when given more space, immediately grew better. Case in point, WB Butterfly Season. It was moved last fall to a larger space and really bloomed so much better, and now it has two rebloom scapes, never did that before.

All so pretty!! Love your clumps. And love the room too! I have room too but haven't built the new beds I need. Your Jean Swann is beautiful in that huge clump

Kate

Love, love your clnmp shots, can't pick a favorite today, all look soooo good! My space is really limited here as well, I will live with the performance is get.

Sherry

WOW, these are beautiful pics. Jean Swann is amazing.

Wow, wow,and WOW!!! Those clumps are breathtaking, especially since I am still a couple weeks away from my FIRST blooms. Just ravishing, all of them. Some of these I grow and am anticipating their return so thanks for giving me a shot of encouragement! Katherine Caldwell will be brand-new for me this year and I can't wait. IF I was forced to select just one photo as favorite I am going with that shot of Sunny Intervals. (Jean Swann is a close second).

Normally, I would be totally unable to choose a favorite in all of those beautiful photo, Avedon, but there you go, showing a photo of Jan Zoo which I have wanted since I first saw it! All of them are beautiful, especially your photo of Sunny Intervals with the perfect lighting for it, and the clump shot of Planet Max. Stargate Portal is a beauty too. I have hit that wrong button before myself, so know how easy it is to do.

kay

Kate, when you build those new beds, they will fill up quickly, I know--it will be "hemaholic heaven" when the blooms start. Sherry, whatever space is available is just fine for the daylilies so we can get those beatiful blooms. To all of you who like Jean Swann, there are four plants and with this many blooms, there is fragrance, too. Jean was ordered about ten years ago from a catalog--I believe the cost was $18 for three plants--I laugh now, for at that time I thought that was a lot of money for daylilies. The fourth plant came when Jean produced a proliferation, the only one we have ever seen. Celeste, I hope Katherine Caldwell does as well for you as it has here. I just wish our Stargate Portal was as pretty as yours. Our plant is really puny for some reason, but we will wait and hope it gets better as it gets older. Kay, I saw the picture of Jan Zoo that Julie Covington posted a few years ago and just had to get one. I actually had some trouble finding a source, but mine came from Bonnie Nichols of Oak Hill Daylilies. I also got Sunny Intervals and Katherine Caldwell from her, plus a number of other of our daylilies came from her.

I wrote my first response to your gorgeous post yestetday. Irony: I did a walkabout in my older back bed last night-don't always look there (it is more than a jungle since an adjoining field sends all its grass and weeds into it) and there blooming with a single bloom was Jean Swann! I told her she was being moved to a better home since I knew what she capable of! I know she was glad to hear that! Thanks for reminding me how lovely she is.

Kate

SO many, & I think I like them all. Jan Zoo caught my eye first, but then I saw all those clump shots. I had Jean Swann years ago & really enjoyed it. I moved her & she promptly died. I have one that I had at the same time, I think called Precious beginnings that looked a bit like Jean Swann, but never did as well. Love the clumps of Planet Max, Stardust Heiress & Ocean Spirit.

Wow, so many beauties! Amazing clump shots! Jan Zoo is my favorite among the single bloom shots. Lots of favorites among the clump shots, including Ashwood Dark Side, Jean Swann, and Sunny Intervals.

Lori

I see that Stardust Heiress is a dormant.

So many great colors going here. I'm always drawn to your yellow Star Struck. One of these days I may have room for another yellow.......That last shot is one of my favorites. Love the colors on Sunny Interval. Planet Max and Ocean Spirit are also nice UFs..............Maryl

Thanks for all those clump shots! Does Planet Max have strong scapes? Looks so from your photo.

Mantis, sorry I am so late answering. I guess Planet Max is about average on scape strength, since most of our taller dips seem to be about the same. I can tell you that Max has survived some 30-40 mph wind gusts and didn't go down much. which I thought was pretty amazing--the real amazing thing is that Max wasn't ripped out of the ground altogether. Here is another nice picture of P.Max with lots of blooms. It has just been a bloom machine this year, the best ever.

I love the clumps of Ashwood Dark Side, Golliwog and Margo Reed Indeed. The Planet Max photo you posted for Mantis is outstanding too!