I can sympathize with you regarding the temperatures. We've been in the 90's (94 Thursday) for over a week or two after a long cold so called spring. I'm sure my daylilies are as confused as you and I are. Love the edge on Remembering Grace. I like edges and that would be a nice one to see even if I had to look down in the foliage a bit. Like your Noid too. ..............Maryl

Beautiful blooms! I especially like the first one.

We too are having strange weather--straight from winter to summer with temperatures in the high eighties to predicted 90 tomorrow. Nighttime temperatures have been high too--in the high sixties to low seventies. We haven't seen any scapes yet except on plants just shipped in and dumortieri.

Nancy

Beautiful! We are still doing the ups and downs in temps here. In the upper 30's this morning, but supposed to start rising into the 70's during the day now, and I don't see any more 30's listed on the weather predictions for the next 5 or 6 days. Still, it's only the middle of May, and traditionally the last frost is listed as May 21st, so who knows?

Alex

Crazy weather, but great to see those first blooms, lovely.

Very concerned about what blooms will be like after the spring fluctuations. Remembering Grace does not look like 27 inches. I see leaves arching over buds. Opened perfectly for you, and so precisely ruffled!

90s here too. I have noticed that very few of mine are in foilage this year, unlike last year. So many are haevily scaped that it looks as if it might be a a huge, shorter than usual season, but too soon to tell. Kate, I really like Remembering Grace. very pretty bloom.

kay

I can't believe it's this hot this early. Remembering Grace is a pretty bloom to start your show. My extra earlies look like they're going to be on short scapes again this time. Those temperature fluctuations really affect the scape development on the earlies.

Debra

Nice blooms,Kate! I think we all experienced the same weird weather cold spring and then warmer than normal for several weeks. I found scapes emerging on a clump of Moonlit Masquerade today, it’s planted close to the foundation of my home. No scapes on anything else and that includes the Stellas and Happy Returns I still have.

Sherry

I just saw where we are expected to hit another record high tomorrow. As Debra said, it is really strange to be this hot so early. It makes working the lilies and the rest of the garden pretty stressful!. Remembering Grace is on its second year. It was a bonus from Bill Maryott (twice) and I put it in two different places in the garden-one in full sun and one where it will get at least 6 hours of western sun. Mantis questioned the height and it truly is not 27 inches. My idea of blooming in the foliage changed after last year! Last year, many blooms were ground level or 6-8 inches above ground. That became my standard for "blooming in the foliage"!! Both scapes of RG were approximately the same height in two different spots so that may be the norm for me on this lily. They were actually about 18 inches. I was just glad to see them up that high! I am wondering about the low bloomers again this year. Some appear to be forming low while most are scaping upward nicely. We shall see.

Kate

Lovely blooms! Nice start to your season!

Lori