Well, I see that Lilykate's NOID didn't post the first time. So, here it is again:

Oh Alex , I LOVE your noid from Lilykate . How tall is it ? This is my kind of flower .The odd , the unusual , the ones most people don't like LOL!

Heather - I love it, too!!! Right now it's only 17", but then I only put it in this spring. I'm betting it will be taller in the future. I guess it doesn't look familiar to you, then? Hope someone will know; Kate was pretty sure it was some named variety, but no label to say what.

Asian Applique looks nice, but I'm astounded by your photo of the NOID. I usually don't care for brown flowers, but this one is amazingly beautiful and unique!

Debra

I am sure you are glad they are blooming now. Asian Applique is very pretty. Your NOID is very unusual and interesting.

Nancy

The Noid looks like Matthew Martin to me too. I got it for a bonus one year. It's no longer in my garden.

I checked out images of Matthew Martin and yes it is brown but ,sorry I dont see the likeness . But that is just me . Would love to know who it is though. I have run into the same thing as Kate in the past. Now I install 3 tags with every plant . One underneath . One buried at 3 oclock when looking at the daylily from the front and top of the plant and a metal tag in front . I am not going to have any more unnamed daylilies If I can help it !

Glad your season has started! Two nice beginnings. I will have to stay tuned in to see for sure what The id is.

Sherry

Oh Alex, of course I don' know what this is!! I am assuming it is probably from my February dig saving of the friend's garden. And you know how those tags got mixed up so we probably will never know! Just think, it is going to be bigger and better next year!

Kate

I don't know, Heather. I went to look at the photos at NGA, and I'm thinking it just may be Matthew Martin. Since it just got planted this spring, it's probably still a bit stressed. And this maybe is one of the ones that Kate picked up at the friend's old garden, and the marker was gone before she even got there.

Alex

Kate, we crossed posted! Thank you, thank you for this lovely one! As you see, I said it was probably from the friend's garden - ha ha!

Aloex, they are both very pretty. the NOID looks like Matthew Mrtin to me...color and petal shape. It quite unque.

kay

Matthew Martin varies in color, with quite different shades in cool weather.

Ah that may be just the difference . I looked up Matthew Martin on Google , gonna check out MM on NGA .

Back from NGA Nope still dont see it .. Shape of petals is different and if you really look at the image posted here ...... It is a reverse bi-tone ......not seeing that in any of the images on NGA under the moniker Matthew Martin.\\

Oh , I also copied the image from here and posted it in paint , then copied the one image from NGA that looked the most like the one here . Pasted them side by side and the image from NGA It does not have the dark edge . Come to mention it , none of the images on the NGA have a dark edge, petals are ruffled and the image here is a very tailored bloom . Sorry I do not believe Samhain's bloom is Matthew Martin.

I agree, Matthew Martin can vary a good deal, that is what I like about it. Not much for brown flowers, but I think it is such an interesting one. It is normally a mid season bloomer, but Can't tell anything by that since it was just planted this year.

Yay, Alex! Glad you've got some blooms. Things are picking up here a bit, I had two FFOs today. I have several that are blooming about two - three weeks early. A few earlies have been about on time.

Thanks, guys! Here's a pic late in the day which really makes me see the resemblance to Matthew Martin. Heather - this one doesn't have the reverse bi-tone effect that the morning shot had, which I'd noted as well. Whaddaya think?

Laura, I need to go see your stuff. I've been so busy getting the rest of the garden in, and then catching up on the chores I didn't do because I was getting the garden in - LOL - that I haven't checked out everyone's latest photos.

Alex

Great blooms Alex! Exciting start to your season!

Lori

Yes , it appears that the plant has changed and is no longer showing the reverse bitone . Whatever it is Alex .....it is a beauty ! Lucky you .

Alex, I haven't been posting, too busy - I only posted my first one open here a couple of weeks ago. Looking forward to seeing more of your blooms!

Laura - looks like we'll all be trying to catch up in the middle of the summer when it's too hot to be outside - LOL. I look forward to seeing yours and everyone else's blooms soon!