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Daylily Colors That Defy Description 2021

4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago

This category covers unusual color blends, daylilies that look a different color than their registered description in your garden, or daylilies that show different colors depending on temperature. The next category will be Bitones and Bicolors on Monday.

Curt Hanson seems to produce a lot of unusual color blends. Allegheny Skyline is one of his that varies quite a bit in color - sometimes looking lavender and sometimes a reddish pink. He registered it as Cashmere Rose in color. Here are a couple of looks that it had this season. Notice how different the watermark colors are, as well as the petal color.





Hanson's Two Sues is another with an unusual blend of colors. He calls it a bronze rose.



His Tiffany Shade is another unsual blend, registered as raspberry rose. Here it actually looks that shade.


But most times when I look at it, I can't decide whether it's pink or lavender.


White Eyes Pink Dragon is Pink Eyes Lavender Dragon here.



Blood of the Martyrs is registered as a black cranberry, but it mostly looks purple or red in my garden. The blackness must be due to the temps in Emmerich's garden.



Blood of the Martyrs looking more red.



Clown Parade is registered as a rose pink bicolor, but it looks coral red most of the time here.


Debra

Comments (12)

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    DIANA GRENFELL

    I'm not quite sure what color this is.


    Not quite red, not quite purple.....but VERY dark. Maybe wine-colored?

    NOWHERE TO HIDE....a strange color and veined. Registered as a tan-brown blend


    GREEN ICON

    Yes, it is mostly green....but there are hints of white and even cream



    PERSIAN RUBY

    Can be more on the reddish-side or often nearly black/purple



    TALL DARK STRANGER

    We've seen this one posted before, in varying color schemes. This is what color mine chooses:



    HOUZZ is giving me a hard time right now.....I keep posting and losing photos. Will keep trying later!

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Here is what I see most of the time on my Tall Dark Stranger.


    Here is what I see occasionally.


    This is a marvelous daylily, tall and a quick multiplier.


    Woman at the Well is registered as apricot. I see yellow. This one opens well despite the ruffling.

    Sherry

  • 4 years ago

    Sherry and Celeste - Thanks for posting your photos. It's interesting to see how different Tall Dark Stranger looks in all three photos.


    Celeste - I really like the look of Green Icon. Thanks for posting it!


    Debra

  • 4 years ago

    I like this category! Allegheny Skyline haszero os been on my want list for a long long time. So beautiful. I also like Two Sues, Tiffany Shade, and Blood of the Martyrs. You pushed my button on these, Debra. Celeste and Sherry, Tall Dark Stranger is also beautiful! I also like Green Icon and Pistachio Moon.

    Judge Roy Bean is sort of copper and brown and orange.

    this seedling is also hard to classify.

    VT RR Red is sometimes reddish, sometimes orangeish [like here].

    Erin Farmer looks fuchsia pink here but sometimes is melon or peach or lighter pink.

    I think that's all for me.

    Brad


  • 4 years ago

    I don’t have a lot of these but the ones I do are special!

    One year this bloomed and I was thrilled because I had not seen it before!! I sent some to Celeste and did some research in my notes and found it to probably be True Gertrude Demerest by placement but not looks.

    The following years it has never shown that white again but does have a myriad of colors


    Substantial Evidence-first year bloom last year-I loved it (yellow!!!)


    This year this was the bloom. This one is all over the place in the database


    Sorry-horrible photo but this is a noid with lovely color

    That every so often throws broken colors like this!


  • 4 years ago

    The plant below substantial evidence looks like rethink pink by r norris.

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Kay - True Gertrude Demerest and Substantial Evidence show substantial color changes! Your photos of those are so pretty!

    Celeste - Raspberry Suede is a beauty, and thanks for posting photos of Teddy Bears Picnic!

    Brad - Judge Roy Bean is a unique color!

    susangwinn - Substantial Evidence is in the background of Rethink Pink. a grandparent on one side and a great grandparent on the other.

    Debra

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    I like mass plantings:

    Autumn Red


    Fins to the Left




    Paco Bell



  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Kate: Your Substantial Evidence is always interesting whichever way it decides to turn.....I think Celeste's Green Icon has interested me the most. If the form is not all higgledy piggledy it could be right up my alley. Love the form and color in your picture Celeste................Maryl

  • 4 years ago

    I have always wondered why these two are described as orchid with a plum violet eye. In our garden, the base color has always been soft orange or melon.


    Francois Verhaert



    Adamas


    Amanda's French Toast is described as sienna red but it looks burnt orange to me.



    That's all for me.

    Nancy

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    B in 8a - Your mass plantings are wonderful. I especially like Fins to the Left! Paco Bell looks good with both the bright yellow and the light yellow.


    Nan - Francois Verhaert and Adamas definitely aren't orchid for you. Adamas was always orchid here. I wonder if it is your soil that makes the differerence?

    Debra

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