My pick of all these, which they all are stunning, is the first one of the garden shot. I guess if you cannot have all your daylilies with taller scapes at least you've got a lot of buds yet to bloom :)

The photo of the red bed is stunning, especially the daylily in the foreground. As you, I love Abilene Lillian. River City Pier Surfer catches my eye too.

Julia - Yes, I do still have a lot of buds still to bloom!

Nan - The daylily in the foreground of the Red Bed is Forever Redeemed.

Debra

Love the bed, the reds in your photos really pop. With my camera everything seems to blur into orange. Midnight Castle is gorgeous! But I can't pick a favorite, they all look so good.

Love the red bed shot today, you got some nice photos despite the rain! I’m a bit disappointed here today. I had first blooms on some daylilies and a good clump but eight hours of rain and wind has ruined almost all of today’s blooms. Hope tomorrow is better.

Sherry

They do indeed all look good. but your Forever Redeemed seems to have "redeemed" many that have short scapes or few buds. It has really been a shining light in your photos of it.

Kate

The red bed looks really good. Super Magnolia is a lovely pink. I Like Janet and Bill. Stenciled Infusion looks good and so does Kiss of Paradise...In fact. not a stinker in the bunch

kay

Nancy - I agree the reds make the bed shot pop.

Sherry - So sorry the rain messed up your ffo's. Some of mine were beaten up, but a lot were still OK.

Kate - Forever Redeemed offsets the short scapes of the others in the bed shot. I haven't taken many bed shot because of the short scapes and the weeds that went crazy with all this rain we've had.

Kay - I love Sugar Magnolia's blooms too. They look so silly on 24 inch scapes this season.

Debra

There are so many I like, but your picture of Mexican Magic always holds an interest for me. I have yet to come across an apricot/lavender combo that is stable. Color is too delicate to hold long. Sure is a pretty Maryott though....Also, that Sugar Magnolia always impresses. What a great color....In the catagory of I like others but not in my garden are eyed daylillies. But I've come to be really interested in the patterned ones like Stenciled Illusion. I tried a new one this year that had a similar pattern, but the pathetic little plant that was sent went toes up in a matter of a month or so. I'm looking this up for my list.........Maryl.....P.S. Boy, the color of Stenciled Illusion is all over the place on the database. Is this a picture of your typical bloom?

Maryl - I do like the colors on Mexican Magic. They look great today when the high was only 85. It seems to me that one looks good until about 4 p.m. on those days in the 90s.

Debra

Thanks Debra for the info on MM..........Maryl

Just for clarity, Sugar Magnolia is on short scapes? Stenciled Infusion looks very interesting. Abilene Lillian, nice, but we will hear more from Nan on that one.

Mantis Sugar Magnolia, a dormant registered at 39 inches, has been 36-40 inches tall every previous year since I bought it from Nan Wilkerson in 2009. This year the scapes are 24-25 inches tall. Many other UFs I have are similar heights this year. I already mentioned Sugar Magnolia's height in this thread. And I posted a list of the 10 daylilies I have that are at registered height. It's embarrassing enough that they are like this, without you asking me to repeat it.

The Red Bed is looking good! My other favorites include Sugar Magnolia, Dance Again, Kiss of Paradise, and Midnight Castle.

Lori

Thanks Lori, especially for giving Dance Again some love. I don't think anyone has in all the years I've posted it. I really do like that one, and the flower seems much bigger this year - probably because of all the rain.

Debra