I agree about the heading. How can it possibly matter if you have fewer than 15 characters.

Nancy

Linda Sierra

Star of India

Works for Me

In the Heart of It All --can't buds be beautiful?

Bill Norris

I added some new ones last fall, but of course they are not clumps now.

Carnal Emporium --I think the picture always flatters reality a bit, but the owner's head did turn at this one.

Black Falcon Ritual is almost three feet tall here. Not that in my garden
Asheville Sunlit Rainbow. I noted last year that this one was not well budded. This year, it had one early scape with few buds (is that what Laura calls a "false scape"?), and then it had another scape that was reasonably budded.

Dark Bat
Asheville White Winged Dove --modest bud count

Bill Norris just steps right up to you and says Hello! A valued older daylily for sure....I like In the Heart of it All. Look at that bud count. Zowee.....My first place pick is Linda Sierra. I know I wouldn't get that color in my climate, it would be maroon and mauve, but boy is it a beauty where it shows off its lavender............Maryl

The estate gardens are very pretty.

Maryl, here is a picture from another time. I think you would be surprised at how blue the eye is. Do you have any areas that are shaded from hot afternoon sun. Every year when I see Linda Sierra, I have to shake my head to make sure my focus is reality.

This was a brighter day:

Clumps of Linda Sierra and Works for Me are very impressive! Daylilies seem to grow well in the Estate's soil. By the way, Two Sues does not fade badly in afternoon sun unless the temperature is 95 or higher. When you first said that, I didn't correct you since I was growing it in a pot with afternoon shade. But it's in the ground now with 9 hours of sun a day. It fades some in the afternoon, but beautifully so. The only day this season it's looked bad for me is the day with a temperature of 95 and a heat index of 103.

Debra

Linda Sierra is certainly a winner. Nice estate! And I am drawn to Carnal Emporium. Why do you say the photos flatter it?

Alex

I agree about Linda Sierra. I have it facing full western sun and, amazingly, it holds up pretty well. Stunning in your clump shot. As is Works For Me. And the buds on In the Heart of it All! Nice photos. I don't have a pool but I do have sweet tea if you could come deadhead mine!! :)

Kate

Lovely. Linda sierra is a beauty, but like Maryl, that wouldn't be my color. Mantis, that photo shos off Two Sues really well. Black Falcon Ritual is always a favorite and it is tall here too, but the last bloom opened today. Wors For Me is a lovely clump. And, by the way, I agree with your comment on the titles.

kay

Mantis,

LINDA SIERRA gets my vote. I also grow it in my garden and it looks just like the pictures posted. I also have to check my eyes when it is in bloom, because the overall effect is blue. When Peat introduced it, he noted that when a person saw it as a seedling in his garden, the visitor stated that it was the bluest daylily he had seen in all of the gardens he visited and promptly was put on the wait list for two single fans. If memory serves me correctly, it was $300 a single fan. I hope the guy got a deal.

David

Linda Sierra is a standout; Bill Norris grabs with brightness; love Two Sues, great flower. The foliage of the daylilies in your pictures looks very good, not very many brown or yellowed out edges.

Linda sierra gets my vote too, really good color. Nice to know it holds up in sun. I like the look of Carnal Emporium, but the photo flatters It? It sure looks good, usually the flowers look better in person to me, but I like them in touching distance. I am one of those you don't want to take out to a museum where signs say don't touch. If I like it, I have my hands all over it before I know what I am doing, reflex.

Well, the reality is in my experience that some flowers tend to photograph better than the garden reality. So far, that is my experience with Carnal Emporium. But it is relatively new, and that is not to say that it is not attractive. Another example would be Matchless Fire. The pictures tend to exaggerate the color brightness.

Nancy, the flowers are quite accessible, and I don't like people who step on the plants after a few drinks at the pool. Plants are quite up close; owner is not fastidious.

In the Heart of It All sometimes has three sets of scapes; at least, two.

Debra, the soil in places is terrible, but it is virgin soil to daylilies. I have found that daylilies grow best in soil that has not grown daylilies before.

I can see how soil that previously grew daylilies would be depleted of the nutrients they need. Virgin soil is likely the best soil.

Debra

Beautiful collection of photos! Sounds like a scenic setting with the pool and the daylilies. I would not like people stepping on the plants either. Linda Sierra and Works For Me are my top picks. In the Heart of it All and Asheville Sunlit Rainbow also catch my eye.

Lori