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Electric Mist--has been scorched the last few days

A redder Paradise Bar and Grill

So many lovely blooms, had to look at all the photos a few times to pick some favorites. Still the One is at the top, then Mystical Rainbow. I’ve seen Winter Snow here, such a nice white.

Sherry

So many beauties. Hard ro selct just one, and the clmps are lovely. I think Git R Done really appeals to me today.

kay

Mantis - You are so right about RUBY STORM being a great northern performer. Always puts on a great show. ISABELLE ROSE is also another standout in the garden. PARADISE BAR AND GRILL really captured my eye. I love the contrast of the halo and petals.

David

I completely agree with you on the winter and now the heat. Ugh. I guess we can hope for better next year. Lots of beautiful blooms! I just added Isabelle Rose last fall, I'm looking forward to seeing it in person.

Ruby Storm is a magnificent clump. Everyone says such great things about Isabelle Rose, and I saw it in person, I may have to have that one. Get R Done is my favorite I think. But then, there is Paradise Bar and Grill, Mean Green, Glowing Quasar, dandy Dan. Jack Canner is a beauty too, too bad not well buffed. Your daylilies still look gorgeous.

These daylilies look pretty good for scorching and baking. Is the one you have labeled as Angel's Wish really Angel's Share by Mort Morss? I like its color and roundness of the watermark. Isabelle Rose is a pretty white UF, The shot of Mean Green and the butterfly is wonderful. It's nice to see Natalie Antoinette. I loved that one for many years, but it died last winter after never multiplying past four fans. Ruby Storm makes an impressive clump. The color on Paradise Bar and Grill was what I was expecting the last time you posted it.

Debra

Beautiful pics and commentary. Isabelle Rose is striking and I noticed short and then tall scapes in your pic. I got rid of Dankie when I redid one of the beds. I just couldn't keep everything in that bed. Mystical Rainbow looks great in a clump. Seems like Winter Treasure has settled in for you. Here, it will be another banner year for it. Mean Green is a good performer and yours looks like it has many buds this year. With that heat, I'm sure you'll see more fading and not the vibrant colors it can be.

Isabelle Rose is blooming on pretty much regular scapes for here; a few may be a bit shorter (partly picture angle). We're talking about 40-50". This shot of Paradise Bar and Grill is actually a bit too red. It can vary; some days it is rather dull, and before this terrible heat we had rain with overcast, producing a different look. Yes, Morss's Angels Share; no Angel's Wish in daylilies, but there is in a tulip I had this spring. Enough of angel names. I mean, how many things can angels do--sing, share, wish? Their lives seem a bit boring, anyway.

Mean Green, along with many others, is having paler blooms, as Julia noted. May change in coming week. I originally bought Mean Green from Julia, and she gave a very nice division. Electric Mist is much paler this morning.

Isabelle Rose always looks stunning. Your clump shot of Ruby Storm is really nice. Obviously I need to move mine-have had it for three years and no where near what you have. It is in shade near a tree. Glowing Quasar is also really pretty. Have you posted that before? I don't remember it. In spite of the heat, they all look as though the foliage is good and healthy.

Kate

Kate, Glowing Quasar is one of several recent Rice cultivars that I got last year. I do not know what its performance will be. Takes a few years to really evaluate. Jackie Canner is another Rice; perhaps bud count will improve, as it is a young plant.

We have had lots of rain, the one saving grace in a difficult season. However, I suspect that there will be a coming dry spell.

I like so many of yours.......... My Glowing Quasar is blooming as we speak. I wanted some pastel blends this year so got a few like Glowing Quasar. Annette Rise says in her blurb about it that it can take full sun. Today, once again, it's 99 degrees and I just looked (4PM) and its color/substance remains pretty much the same. That's promising indeed........I had to look up Tropical Fruit Loop. Love the oranges. It's a Selman. Any comments on it?........I Like all your pinks. Very pretty. I grew Natalie Antoinette myself but it never did much for me and finally died over winter...........Gee, that Winter Treasure looks refreshing. Very nice white........Sorry about your heat. We still have months and months of it to come...................Maryl

I like Tropical Fruit Loops better in the ground than in a pot. It is more heavily budded than I expected, and some of Selman's are not well budded. I like the color a lot. The pic is a sun pic, and the base color is lighter than the picture, which makes for a nice contrast with the reddish orange eye. Here is a shade pic.

Don't know if it would be sunfast though.

Gorgeous collection of blooms! Always appreciate the commentary as well. Impressive clumps of Ruby Storm and Isabelle Rose. Inimitable and Banana Cream Beauty are lovely. Dandy Dave, Jackie Canner, Glowing Quasar, and Tropical Fruit Loops also catch my eye. Nice photo of Mean Green with the butterfly visitor.

Lori

Isabelle Rose and Electric Mist are the ones that catch my eye from this group. My Spiritual Corridor is also well budded, and it is just its first year for me.