I think I wrote about this daylily earlier in the season. I bought three plants last year; one died over the winter even though it was exceptionally mild (I did replace it); the other two sent up only two scapes (one each) and all the buds on one of them died. I got two blooms, one on June 1st and one on June 4th. Lo and behold, however, one of the replacement fans sent up a re-bloom scape with two viable buds. They both bloomed today. Here they are ...

This experience reminds me of the Biblical story of the Prodigal Son. By any measure I can think of, this daylily has been a complete failure, yet having these two blooms has restored my faith in this plant. I'm not quite ready to through a feast and kill the fated calf, but I AM thrilled to see these two flowers. Instead of dumping it, I am looking forward to seeing what it does next year.