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Sunday's bountiful blessings

6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago

Today was another mostly overcast day so I was able to get a few more pictures. Around 90 and humid when I took these:

Not that I've tried many others to speak of, but this is a pretty darned good white which sets the standard for a lot of others. The excessive rains have killed part of the plants (it's in ground), but it's still pumping out a number of scapes:

Joan Senior:



This Emmerich daylily has two colors. A lighter pink which I showed earlier and a darker pink. The form is almost always rounded. It's turned into one of my better pinks.

No More Tears:



You know me and orange, so here's my other backbone deep orange colorfast daylily.

Orange Jade:



Rather a novelty photo. I was just talking to Kate about her climbing yellow rose when I spotted this. Looks like a climbing Wayside Guppy Gums:



This changes hues depending on how hot or cool it is outside (cool being relative to 100 degree temperatures). This was taken when it was only 90 and has more orange to it. When it's hot it's more of a rouge red. Remarkably colorfast. A nice smaller flowered one that will repeat even for me:

Mexican Maiden:



I got this next one as a bonus last year. I liked it enough to keep it over. This is its ffo.

Buzz Saw:


Finally a little combo bouquet.

Wayah Valley, Dearest Valentine, No Way Jose (double):



After all this work to post this, I hope it takes..............Maryl

Comments (10)

  • 6 years ago

    Yay! It posted for you! Joan does look very white for you - nothing like what I recall. I often wonder if I was sent the wrong plant. No More Tears looks like a perfect pink. Orange Jade does keep its color well - the slugs ate mine to death three years ago. I suspect they'd been feeding on it for years. My favorite pic is the combo bouquet. Of course I'm a bit biased since Dearest Valentine is there looking as vibrant as the hot colors. The climbing lavender is very pretty too!


    Debra

    Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a) thanked shive
  • 6 years ago

    My pick is the combo too. Dearest Valentine is just lovely! No Way Jose is a nice double.

    Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a) thanked hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
  • 6 years ago

    Joan Senior has been in my garden since forever. Although I notice it I rarely photograph it. But it is a good white. Funny picture of Wayside Guppy Gums! That orange is indeed orange! The combo is very pretty. Do your daylilies in this area get full sun!

    Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a) thanked lilykate7a
  • 6 years ago

    That is exactly the way my Joan looks, the whitest I have seen anywhere. Not Fancy, but reliable and white. Dearest Valentine looks lovely. I too love orange, so I love everyone of them including your double. I really like Orange Jade. Message me if you want Faye Shooter's address.


    kay

    Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a) thanked organic_kitten
  • 6 years ago

    Pretty pic of No More Tears. Do you grow Half Moon Key? It is the reverse cross of No More Tears. They do look alike as I have both. Orange Jade has a wonderful hot color look. All 3 of those daylilies in the last pic grown in pots?

    Julia

    Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a) thanked Julia WV (7a)
  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Great photos! I grow Joan Senior too, a great plant and always creamy near-white (full sun).

    Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a) thanked melle_sacto is hot and dry in CA Zone 9/
  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Melle: Joan Senior from a distance looks pure white, but if you put it alongside a white Penta, Calibrachoa, Zinnia or such you can see that it's not the standard bedding plant white color. For a daylily though it's pretty amazing...............Julia: Half Moon Key is a pretty one. I'll keep it in mind. Yes on the pots. 95% of my daylilies are grown in pots. Our soil is horrible clay............Kay: Thanks for the offer on Faye's address. I think she's on her own since Johns death a few years back with little to no help. Not faulting her products or delivery, I just couldn't connect with her to talk about placing an order.............Kate you and I both kind of ignore Joan Senior. She's just so darned reliable. Like everyone else, my daylilies are scattered around. Some get full sun (Wayah Valley for instance), and some get sun until mid to late afternoon.......Nan: I really like the color on No Way Jose. It's not the most vigorous daylily I grow, but we all have ones we grow just because they are so darned pretty.........Debra: I showed a picture of Dearest Valentine to one of my rose friends in California. She thought it was beautiful, and when I told her one of my daylily friends was the hybridizer this is what she said in part: " Honestly, I am constantly in awe of people who create things". To think where you started and how far you've come is amazing. Our slugs have been ghastly this year with all this rain. I've even found a couple in the house that must have come in with some pots. EEEEEK. Not something you want to discover in the middle of the night with your bare feet.............Maryl

  • 6 years ago

    Maryl - I think I may be going senile. When I said slugs had devoured my Orange Jade, I meant grubs. I have so many pests to deal with, I can't keep them straight any more. LOL In any case, your slugs sound more plentiful than mine this year.


    Debra

  • 6 years ago

    Joan looks good. I traded for it once, but my trade ended up being Jan's Twister. I love No More TEars, my favorite today