That Esperanza plant is gorgeous, wasnt familiar with it. My research says it is not hardy here….bummer.

Paul Voth has that velvety look, so pretty. Your Dearest Valentine looks so nice with a bit of shade, I am wondering if mine is not happy with my zone.

Sherry

I guess Dearest Valentine was begging for a bit of shade. It looks so pretty in the second shot! Nan's Muy Caliente can sure take your Oklahoma heat. The Tecoma Stans plant is a knockout! How wonderful that it can take those 100-degree temps.

Debra

Dearest Valentine looked very pretty in the shade, I like the color on Great Goodness Gracious and I really like Muy Caliente and it ia very hot color! Love it.

kay

Thanks for the nice words Sherry. The Tecoma Stans (cultivar Gold Star) is an annual here (Z 9-11), so we replace it every year. Usually by summer's end it's about 4-5 feet tall.......Debra: Last year and the year before, our summer wasn't as hot as this one (mid 90's then) and Dearest Valentine looked better. It still managed a rebloom scape this year though so, now that it's been moved into more PM shade, I should have some more marvelous pink blooms.......Thanks Kay. This year has been a real test for sunfast/colorfast daylilies. Great Goodness Gracious has been blooming for such a long time that it had its first bloom before the triple digit heat set in and I told a friend it looked like cheddar cheese on steroids. Amazing how some daylilies hold up.................Maryl

I knew when I saw the name Muy Caliente it would be a hot one and it is. Lovely color. Interesting on the issue with Dearest Valentine. Some of its blooms are fully open here and others are curling inward. I wonder if the planting here would benefit from some shade rather than full sun all day. Our temps here are nowhere near what you have. Nice post Maryl.

Julia

Aha--Muy Caliente is a brand-new 2022. No parentage listed on NGA. The Tecoma Stans is brilliant. There is, I suppose, a plant for every situation.

Beautiful daylilies, but the esperanza is breathtaking! And heartbreaking that it does not overwinter here. I am not one to bring a plant inside overwinter, and don't tend to buy annuals. I don't know that I have even seen it for sale here, or I would think about it hard.

Julia: I have other pictures of Dearest Valentine in our higher heat where the petals curl inward in later pm sun, but I don't think you all get over 95 much. It's the bright sun after 1 PM that seemed to affect it this year. It couldn't hurt to try moving yours to see if sunlight (not just temperature) makes a difference.........Mantis: Muy Caliente continues to do pretty darn good for me in our heat. It's the shade of darker orange red that I like, but so seldom find that can hold up in our climate. I don't know about the stats. It's not a tall one now, but it's new and confined in my pot system.............Nancy: Tecoma Stans is the official flower of Bermuda where it can attain almost tree size from what I read. Mine is a cultivar (Gold Star) that is a "Texas Superstar" winner, so while not widely available, is around for many of us in the warmer regions most years and grows fairly quickly for garden display if bought mail order...................Maryl

Great Goodness Gracious is a etandout as is Muy Caliente especially in your heat! Dearest Valentine was moved here last year after I thought it was getting too much shade from a neighboring tree. This year it got caught in the heat and bud drop and I did not have many blooms.

The esperanza is gorgeous. I don’t mind a few annuals to give that kind of color every year. I love pentas and use them that way.

Nan: That's a sight to see (and I'd like to see it in my garden). It certainly has piqued my interest here in its first year. It's my shade of vibrant red/orange and that's in our extreme heat this year. The color in cooler weather may rival my Burning Inheritance........Fingers crossed for next year..............Maryl

Interesting to see your flowers in such high heat and how much they fade or don't fade. Indian Ripple is quite light but still pretty.

Brad

Brad: It topped out at 109 today with no cooling trend forecast for the next 10 days. I pulled as many of my potted daylilies as I could out of the full blazing sun and into at least late afternoon shade. Indian Ripple did have more color today in a bit more shade, but it's still not as colorful as I've seen it when it's cooler in years past. Thanks for looking ...........Maryl