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Yellow Daylilies 2022

3 years ago

Post your yellow daylilies from last season on this thread. From lemon to gold, share your yellow show stoppers. Our next category, on Wednesday, will be Unusual Colors. In that category you can show colors that defy definition, color changers, polychromes and edge-no-eye daylilies. You can also include colors for which I did not post a category like brown, bronze or blue.


“Yellow is capable of charming God.” - Vincent Van Gogh


Here are some of the yellows in my garden:


Bill Norris - After many years here, this daylily is hard to beat.


From This Moment On is a prolific late bloomer.


Moon Shimmers bloomed for the first time here last season.



Mystic Maize is one of my favorite yellow UFs.


Spacecoast Irish Illumination was another first-time bloomer here.


Sun Temple Spirit is another late blooming Hanson.


Lime Peel


Debra

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  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    Debra, Mystic Maize is my favorite, I like the shape. Good to hear Bill Norris is a great performer, cant beat the oldies most of the time.


    Brocaded Gown, love the soft yellow.


    Bittered Popcorn is blooming in the shade. it gets some early morning sun, is blooming under a blue spruce.


    Buzz Saw is my only toothy day.ily.


    Ciel d’or blooming in mostly shade.


    Coyote Moon is consistently one of the best performers here.


    Dances With Giraffes had its first full season, looks promising here.


    Eenie Weenie is a great early performer, a front of the border plant.


    Faber Saber hD its second season, looks promising here.


    Forest God had its first full season, love this one.


    Mary Todd


    Olfactory Evidence is an extremely late bloomer.


    Pizza Crust is a prolific late bloomer.


    Top Honors


    Solar Blast, a good performer.


    Yellow Monkey, another great bloomer.

    Sherry

  • 3 years ago
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    I know yellow is not your favorite color Debra but you have some nice ones. Do you still have Sweeten Creek? And Moon Shimmers is beautiful. I'll be interested in how SC Irish Illumination does in the ground for you. I grew mine in a pot for years before the big freeze of 20/21 did it in...........Sherry: You have many pretty ones including some that I still have or had in the past and liked. I'm very fond of my own Buzz Saw. It had multiple blooms off and on all summer - even in our record heat. Forest God and Pizza Crust are two more favorites of mine..........I'll post later.........Maryl

  • 3 years ago

    Yellow is not a favorite for me either, but I do like some. Debra, Moon Shiner is very interesting and pretty. Lime Peel is nice. Sherry: Buzz Saw and Olfactory Evidence are my favorites of yours.

    I tend to go to light yellows or green-yellow.

    Claws had it best year ever this past year.

    Green Inferno, first year for it.

    Olallie Autumn Gold, extra late, blooms with the VTs

    Seedling Orange Velvet x Christopher Russell

    Seedling Sears Tower x ?? Tall but not as tall as ST but blooms very well, more orangish cast on it.

    Spider Miracle, probably my favorite yellow

    Sun King

    Siloam Amazing Grace. Very heavy substance, good bloomer, increases quickly, reliable, good size bloom. Probably my second favorite yellow.

    Brad

  • 3 years ago

    Brad: I like your O. Autumn Gold. It certainly is noticeable with that color........Debra: The heat and drought were a problem alright this year. We still are not out of the drought yet, but at least the temperatures are lower then 105. However, that's a whole 'nother adventure in daylily world with 35 degree temperatures a stiff north wind and me in my puffy coat shivering as I haul around a watering can to all my outdoor potted daylilies.......And here's one of the reasons why for me. Yellow daylilies. I think I have enough for now but only because I'm out of room....

    I've had this one forever. It's an early bloomer.

    Sour Puss:



    Gold is not my favorite yellow shade but this one was a stunner. It never flinched in the heat, and bloomed for months and months on end. A Bill Norris child, notes on it say it's a great breeder as well:

    Great Goodness Gracious:



    An unregistered seedling from a northern breeder that certainly got a work out this year.

    Rudy's Sister:


    More in the comments section................Maryl

  • 3 years ago

    Maryl - I don't water my pots very much in the winter. Only about once a month. How often do you water yours? Great Goodness Gracious is pretty. It looks more orangey than Bill Norris.


    Debra



  • 3 years ago

    For those who don't like yellow and/or doubles avert your eyes-lol This is probably one of my favorite doubles and it is a beautiful yellow. Good form, consistently double, award winner. This is a rebloom picture from August.

    Dutch Yellow Truffle:



    A new yellow for me this year that showed promise.

    Pass The Butter:



    Normally color fading is a big no no for me, but when it changes to almost pure white, holds its form and golden edge, then I like it. This was how my Buzz Saw looked for me most of this year as it continuously pumped out blooms in triple digit heat:



    This is my favorite yellow. I haven't a clue where to buy it now. I got mine from Peg Jeffcoat years ago:

    Lisa Apps Sybrandt:



    A good producer on a nice plant. If the blooms were just more sunfast here it would have helped out its chances to stay long term.

    Miss Goldie Gold Digger:



    An oldie that produces large blooms:

    RAM:



    Another new one this year. I've been waiting for the price to come down for years. This too goes to more white as the blooms age. Bloomed well:

    Kermit the Frog:

    (early morning)



    Another new yellow that showed some promise even in this years horrible heat.

    Avon Sunrise:



    And just to make a point about how hot it was, this is a picture of my Arborvitae 'Holmstrup' that was well watered but facing west. When a daylily can make it through this kind of heat, I've got to give it credit:

    Arborvitae Holmstrup:



    Maryl

  • 3 years ago

    Maryl - Pass the Butter and Kermit the Frog are nice ones! Miss Goldie fades some here, but not so badly I would get rid of it.


    Debra

  • 3 years ago

    Bill Norris is a standout in our garden, but I didn't get a picture of it this year. I also like Kermit the Frog, Debra's eyed seedlings (especially Core Values X Bowtie Affair), Spider Miracle, and Solar Blast.


    Plain yellow is not my favorite. I prefer the lemon yellow over gold. Put a red one on it, however, and it shoots to the top of my favorite list.


    Double Daffodil was a bonus plant.


    Golden Glitz is a late bloomer.


    I love the way Green Arrow draws your attention from across the garden. The lemon/lime petals with the very green throat really catches the eye.


    Sandra Elizabeth is plain but is nice to see in the very late garden.


    Sun Temple is another plain one but is nice in the late garden. I like the lemon yellow color.


    Tidewater Elf is a fabulous grower. It increases fast and has a lot of buds.


    I like the teeth on Umbrella Cockatoo.


    I will post some eyed yellows in the next comment.

  • 3 years ago

    Aaron's Little Whopper is a cute small flowered diploid.


    I love the shape of Mema's Simone, another small flowered dayliliy. This one is a tet.


    Bucklebury Ferry


    Rocky Top


    This is a seedling we are really excited about. It is just 2 years old, but it has good stats and it reblooms. We hope it will be an introduction. It is Small World Fire in the Hole X Stoke the Fire. The flower is much bigger than the pod parent's flower.



    That's all for me.

    Nancy

  • 3 years ago

    I am certainly enjoying all of the yellows-golds that are being posted. Over time, I have really developed an affinity for the yellows. They can be seen from a distance and draw me in and then I see all of the other colors in the garden.


    SILOAM MELVIN'S YELLOW - One of the first ones to bloom. I remember traveling to Robert Clary's garden in Chester, Virginia to see his collection of Siloam daylilies. I left his garden with two daylilies. This one and Custard Candy. SILOAM MELVIN'S YELLOW remains in my garden.


    BUTTER CREAM: I just wish it was taller.


    SULTRY SPANISH EYES: Loved the flower, but it was too short for my tastes, so it left the garden this past summer.


    BILL NORRIS: An all around excellent plant. Consistent performer.



    Continued in the comments.


    David

  • 3 years ago

    KINDLY LIGHT or as my younger children call it "Banana Peels."


    SKINNY DIPPER: This is an interesting bloom. The petals really curl back. I usually don't like this form, but over time, I have started to appreciate it more and more. It is a good increaser.


    LEMON FRINGED PASTEL


    SOLAR MUSIC: A beacon in the garden.


    LUNAR EMPIRE: Well branched and budded.

    LUNAR EMPIRE CLUMP



    LEMON FRINGED PASTEL clump


    SUGAR CREAM PIE


    SUGAR CREAM PIE


    DANCING WITH LINDA



    More in the comments

  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    JUST ANOTHER YELLOW


    BEAUTIFUL EDGINGS


    SONNY JAY: A Bennett intro


    JACK BE NIMBLE: Great garden plant. Tall scapes with wide branching and many buds. Great increaser.


    SEARS TOWER


    FINDER'S DELIGHT: Yellow with pink/peach overlay.


    MALCOLM DAVID BROOKER SR.


    CARELESS DREAM: Creamy yellow with a pink/peach overlay.


    YADA YADA YELLA


    That is all from me.

    David

  • 3 years ago

    So many nice yellows David. My fav is Jack Be Nimble, great shape and coloring. It looks similar to Yada Yada to me.

    Sherry

  • 3 years ago

    I see so many yellows that I'd love to add. That color is just my "thang" in daylilies.......Nan: While I don't care much for eyed daylilies, I do like Buckleberry Ferry with it's large deep maroon markings.....David: Lunar Empire and Solar Music could join my collection any day had I room......Debra: Thank goodness I've only had to water twice since the colder weather moved in (last couple of weeks or so). My daylilies outside are now going more dormant with less and less green foliage showing so hopefully it won't be necessary for awhile. It is supposed to rain Wednesday. Fingers crossed............Maryl

  • 3 years ago

    Nan - Tidewater Elf looks like an amazing performer.


    David - The yellows with pink overlays appeal to me the most, especially Careless Dream and Sugar Cream Pie. The clump of Lunar Empire is impressive. I grew that on in a pot for several years.


    Debra

  • 3 years ago

    Can I just say I have not been AWOL during these color posts! November and December are my busiest months in my schools and my photos have not been sorted and my days seem to be missing hours and so on! BUT, I do look at the posts whenever I can.


    And, of course, I had to respond to the yellow post! I love yellows although they do not make the top five favorite list of most people. I laughed at David's statement. A daylily seller once told me he would miss half his sales if not for yellows pulling people in and then they usuall only bought other colors!


    So, just checking in to say thanks to Debra for taking the time to do these posts. Love looking at these during dreary days. And I love all these yellows!!!


  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    Kate - Thanks for checking in! I know you love the yellows. Maybe you can come back later in December and add some of your photos.


    Green Mystique



    Debra

  • 3 years ago

    David, you have a couple I really like. The LUNAR EMPIRE CLUMP is amazing. I like the individual flowers as well. Beautiful Edgings and Skinny Dipper are quite pretty as well.

    Debra, Green Mystique really is in my sweet zone for yellows. Nancy, I really like Green Arrow!

    Brad

  • 3 years ago

    I wondered where Kate was. She's a yellow fan for sure and grows many of them. I had to nod in agreement about yellows attracting attention from a distance. Debra: It's heartening to see that you still grow Green Mystique. It was one of my first daylilies and I had it for many years. It is a pretty one for sure...........Maryl

  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    Yellow is a wonderful garden color, but many collectors, as well as the average Joe, shy away from it. People aren't likely to spend big money for a yellow intro--certainly not dealers, because yellow generally doesn't sell.

    Bill Norris is certainly worthy of its awards, and a nice earlier one. There have been years though when it was subpar (rough winter or late spring freeze). This year wasn't a great year here. I see that Yellow Cockatoo is a Chad Bush. Anything that starts opening the night before and is earlier blooming gets chewed up here by earwigs. Small World Fire in the Hole is especially bad, and I wouldn't trust Lunar Empire in my home garden. Earwigs are less of a problem elsewhere.

    Stone Beacon is very showy at the Urgent Care garden.


    Butter Cream is certainly at least 28 inches here. A superior cultivar in hue as well as texture. Its bud count last season was better than usual here.


    Boney Maroney had better bud count than in previous years.


    Whistler's Sister has proven to be a keeper.


    Thelma Douglas has a crowded scape. Someone in the South claims that never happens with his plant. A bit short here also.


    The last few years, I have been delighted with the later performance of Caramel Glaze, a Munson. Creped texture and shading are appealing.


    The Goldilocks Effect was a standout last season.


    Lemon Lime Radiance blooms over a long time. The greenish cast and large glowing flower I find appealing. In a very sunny part of the garden, so difficult to photograph with its light yellow and green color. Shorter.


    Mister Butters blooms abundantly in the early garden.


    Oops, another of The Goldilocks Effect. Look at that texture!


    Planet Claire is a nice Hanson yellow, also with texture in the veining. Big bloom.


    Be Here Now is a mellow yellow later bloomer. Also a Hanson.


  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    You do have some nice yellows Mantis. Lemon Lime Radiance is especially pretty, just the type of yellows I look for and enjoy. Whistler's Sister and The Goldilocks Effect are also very pretty.

    Brad

  • 3 years ago

    Mantis - What a nice group of yellows. I'm partial to Planet Claire and Be Here Now.


    Debra