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Favorite Polychromes of 2020

5 years ago

Post your favorite polychromes of the season here. Polychromes are flowers blending and intermingling multiple colors without distinct bands. The next category will be Eyed Without An Edge.

I've had so much trouble posting in the mornings that I decided to wait to post today. I apologize to those of you who wanted to post this morning.


Kentucky Lucky is a yellow peach polychrome.



Autumn Wood is usually a pink, peach and green polychrome.



Patsy Carpenter is a yellow polychrome.



Debra

Comments (19)

  • 5 years ago

    I like polychromes, but only have Autumn Wood and Capacity for Wonder, and can't find my photo for Autumn Wood

    Capacity for Wonder



    I do have this noid, I don't know where it came from but wish I knew the name. It is so pretty


    I always admire your Kentucky Lucky Debra, my favorite of these.

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    I have a few polychromes. Kentucky Lucky is my favorite from above.


    Spectral Elegance is a lovely early season bloomer.


    Solar Blast, great early season bloomer. It was added as a single fan in spring of 2019. This past spring I had three fans and three scapes blooming. It also had a rebloom scape for me!


    Sweet Autumn Mist was a single fan bonus in spring of 2019. I had three fans and two scapes this past spring. I like this bonus, probably wouldn’t have chosen it but it’s a keeper so far.

    I think Pizza Crust is a polychrome. What a great late season performer.

    I think my bee pollen daylily is a polychrome. It was growing in the worst spot in my garden. It got moved late summer and I’m hoping for a better show from it, I think this was season five.

    Sherry

  • 5 years ago

    I like Solar Blast, Sherry, and you bee pollen daylily is so pretty

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    Solar Blast and Spectral Elegance are lovely. And I have always liked Kentucky Lucky (and the name!). I have a few of these.

    Patsy Carpenter


    Hope Celeste posts her Golden Globe, too. This is such a spectacular show





  • 5 years ago

    Another one I hope Celeste will post. I think her colors are more pronounced

    Substantial Evidence-I posted this in the yellows as well. I think this is going to be one of those that may look different every year!



  • 5 years ago

    Kate, so nice to see Substantial Evidence again. I did look it up and saw the different looks it has. I love your version the best.

    Sherry

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    Kate, I am so pleased with Golden Globe....it is every bit as pretty as your pictures show. My True Gertrude was washed out looking this summer on account of the severe drought. She wasn't as colorful as last year.

    Here are mine:

    SILOAM GOLDEN GATE



    SILOAM RALPH HENRY



    GOLLIWOG



    TECHNY SPIDER



    WALK IN THE CLOUDS


    EVA JANINE



    ANGELUS ANGEL



    CRINTONIC PAINTED DESERT (new)



    NEXT SET, BELOW......


  • 5 years ago
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    LIVE JAZZ



    COUSIN SUZANNE



    CAPACITY FOR WONDER



    BAHAMA BUTTERSCOTCH (called an amber-butterscotch blend)



    TRUE GERTRUDE DEMEREST (looking pale from lack of water)



    GOLDEN GLOBE (she didn't seem to mind the drought!)



    another shot of this one because I just love it's coloration....



    WELCOME MAT



    PRICELESS PEARL



    TECHNY PEACH LACE



  • 5 years ago
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    I found some more....I didn't realize I had this many!

    LITTLE FLOCK



    ASTARGIC



    BITTERSWEET DESTINY



    TANGERINE TUESDAY



    VT THE LAST MELON



    GLOWING QUASAR



    MONSTER



    RAINBOW MESA



  • 5 years ago

    Celeste, I knew Golden Globe would do great things for you!! I like that second picture too where the colors are more saturated-but every bloom is different.

    I like Astargic colors! I don’t remember you posting that one. Rainbow Mesa has some pretty colors.

    Sherry, I like my color on Substantial Evidence too. But it may differ next year! Funny how they can do that. When Celeste got some of my noid which I later identified as True Gertrude Demarest, the picture below is why she wanted it. It has never looked like this again!!


  • 5 years ago

    Celeste, I love Golden Globe, so different.

    Sherry

  • 5 years ago

    In person, the polychromes can really stand out. Hard to capture their shifting colors on film. Debra: Autumn Wood is always a favorite. I love the corduroy petal structure. It's an added dimension to admire in daylilies........ Roy Doodle Allen is one I've never heard of but am glad you posted it Kate.....Celeste: I've grown Bittersweet Destiny at least 3 times. A bit on the short side, but the color is unique, and obviously one I really liked......It's a given that anyone that posts a yellow polychrome gets a thumbs up from me..............Maryl

  • 5 years ago

    My favorites of these are Live Jazz, Golden Globe, Spectral Elegance and Capacity for Wonder.


    One I forgot is Walk in the Clouds. I know Celeste and Nancy have this one too.



    Debra



  • 5 years ago

    Just to add one that was unfortunately lost to downsizing my garden. I'd add it back again if I had room:

    Frequent Comment:


    Maryl

  • 5 years ago

    I apparently did not get to the last of the alphabet to Walk in the Clouds, a beauty. Maryl, Frequent Comment is gorgeous

  • 5 years ago

    My favorites of those posted are: Debra: Autumn Wood. Kate: Golden Globe & Roy Doodle Allen; Celeste: Golden Globe, Critonic Painted Desert, Bittersweet Destiny, and Rainbow Mesa. I'd say Golden Globe is really beautiful!

    Noid. No photo from any year show all the colors that you can see in person.


    Smoky Mt. Autumn fits this category.


    VT September Star


    I think that this is all I have.

    Brad

  • 5 years ago

    Brad - I agree that photos don't tend to capture all the colors we see in person. That's a beautiful photo of Smoky Mountain Autumn!


    Maryl - Frequent Comment is a beauty. I remember seeing it in person in other people's gardens, and it was one I always admired.


    Debra

  • 5 years ago

    Brad, I agree! Great photo of Smoky Mountain Autumn! I love the colors on it!

  • 5 years ago

    I always admire your Smokey Mountain Autumn Brad and look forward to seeing it every year since mine left. That smokey overlay it gets at times is truly unique. A bud builder, I had to remember not to cut off the old scapes too soon or I'd cut away more blooms to come...........Maryl