Edward Abbey was moved to a spot where it gets noticed. I really like this dark flower with the neat watermark.

Fantasy and Dreams is doing well for us. I was afraid it would be tender (bred in Texas), but so far, so good. It's also a late bloomer and one of its color is welcome at that time in the garden.

Fruitful Discovery was nice this season.

Heavenly Purple Twister is one of the few narrow-petaled purple in our garden.

Hey Soul Sister is described as 'dark red purple' in the database. Here it is showing its dark face, rather than the smoky one it sometimes shows.

If It Only Had a Porche is a strong grower in our garden. The hybridizer, Bret Clement, grows his plants over near Indianapolis. They do very well in our garden.

Here is our Lydia's Royal Robe. It often gets overlooked (and is being overgrown by a clump of iris) but it did well this season.

Penguin Tuxedo was newly planted in 2022. I enjoyed it this past season. It is a diploid from Kathleen Nordstrom.

Perfectly White Teeth is another newly planted one that looks quite promising.

I'll put the rest in the next comment.

Nancy

I was so excited about posting my photos, I totally forgot to comment on Debra's.

Debra, you have some gorgeous purples! I love Star Lord. Bluegrass Shadows has a lovely edge. I also love Steven Scott Derrow. I like the pattern on that rich purple. Even without a pattern, it would be lovely.

Nancy

Debra, I am glad you posted your experience with Rapture of Love. I've seen it on the LA and was tempted to bid many times. But I think I will hold off. If it doesn't do well for you there it certainly won't do well here.

I have more purples than any other color and I would be a forum 'hog' to show them all so I'll just select the ones I like best, saving those with teeth for the toothy post.

Home By Midnight

Larry's Obsession (thanks Kate!!)

Jamie Dockery

From Sea to Shining Sea

Throned in Glory

Plumcake Patty

Blackbird Sings

Soli deo Gloria

Paisley Pajamas

Too Sharp To Touch

Troubled Sleep

Chained in the Abyss

Grape Umbrella

Desire of Nations

Mister Mayor

Claudine's Charm

Grandma Sguiggles

Cloak and Dagger

Abby Davisson

Stargate Portal

Thunder Glow

Casco Bay Delight

Jerry Hyatt

Increased Complexity

Olly Olly Oxen Free

Royal Trophy

Bali Watercolor

Count de Monet

Mary's Baby

Night Beacon

Crintonic Rain Dances

Purple Starfish

Big Hearted Jim

Rosemarie Louise

Getting Airborne

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TIME FOR NOW BUT WILL BE BACK WITH MORE.....and some seedlings!

Nan - You have lots of gorgeous purples! I do like the color contrast on Edward Abbey. Fantasy and Dreams has wonderful colors and a pretty edge. The fact that it's a late makes it even more desirable. If It Only Had a Porche has such marvelous curling, cascading petals! I just love that form!

I think the pattern on Steven Scott Derrow only shows when temps are cool, and we had two weeks of cool temps last June.

Debra

Celeste - You have so many great purples, and several I've never seen before. I especially like the looks of Too Sharp to Touch and Throned in Glory. I like your Ginny Pearce purples too! Your Thunder Glow is so much more ruffly than mine. I don't think I have mine planted in enough sun. My yard gets shadier and shadier each year.

Thunder Glow here

Thunder Glow seems to do better for you than it does for me. So Rapture of Love might too. It was a bad year for daylilies here. Sixty did not bloom at all. More than 20 clumps only had one or two scapes, and 80 percent of the ones that did bloom had short scapes and low bud counts.

Here's another picture of Rapture of Love. It does set seed well, and the pollen is very potent.

Debra

I will post some now and more later as I am in the middle of planting some of the ones I have been growing roots in their posts. Three down and three to go.

These are so beautiful! I love purple daylilies and have far too many to post.

Black Panther

coronation Day

Uncle Sam's Cut

Faya's Lovely Mistake

Cup of Cold Water

Westbourne Chip of f the Old Block

Crazy Cat Lady

Blackberry Dragon

I will add more later

kay

Debra, Now that I am looking at photos of your Rapture of Love I see it doesn't look much different than my Too Sharp to Touch so maybe I'll skip getting it. Sometimes I get carried away with wanting more purples....and as you can see, I don't really need any more! Too Sharp and the Ginny Pearce purples were brand new this year and so far I am impressed. Too Sharp bloomed late when it was getting cold at night so it didn't make any 'teeth' but it is supposed to in warmer weather. I was going to post it in the teeth thread but it was more ruffly than toothy....LOL.

Kay, I like Crazy Cat Lady! But I should because that's what I AM!

Here's some more purples from my collection:

My Seedling out of 'Disturbance in the Force' x 'Party Every Day'....this one is 7 inches across (Tetra)

My seedling out of 'Bob Faulkner' x 'Darin Boyles' (diploid)

Dream Sequence

For Better For Worse

Ron Valente

UF seedling of mine, 'Aliens in the Garden' x 'Heavenly Way Big' (Tetra) about 9 inches

My seedling 'Cloak and Dagger' x 'Ron Valente' (Tetra)

Monster Quest

My Seedling (Tetra) Can't recall the cross right now

My Seedling 'Cliffjumper' x 'Patrick Starfish' (diploid)

My Seedling 'Diana Grenfell' x 'Teddy Bears Picnic' (Tetra)

My Seedling 'Ron Valente' x 'Jerry Hyatt' (Tetra)

My Seedling 'Jerry Hyatt' x 'Mountain Bluebird' (Tetra)

My Seedling out of Olly Olly Oxen Free (Tetra)

Curt's Gift

a seedling of mine/can't recall the cross right now

High Water Mark

My Seedling 'Increased Complexity' x 'Lydia's Regal Robe' (Tet)

Swallow Tail Kite

My Seedling 'Throned in Glory' x 'The Royal Greens' (Tetra)

Freedom's Triumph

Astral Voyager

My seedling ('Disturbance in the Force x Party Every Day') x 'Purple Ninja'....9 inches

Tupac Amaru

I have more but you're all probably saying 'Please stop!' so I will. I'm thinking a lot of these could fit in the watermarked and patterned categories as well.

Kay - Black Panther looks good in your garden! I wish we knew the true name of Faye's Lovely Mistake. I really like that one every time you post it. I find Blackberry Dragon very appealing too.

Celeste - You have so many pretty purple seedlings. I remember Disturbance in the Force x Party Every Day from past years. Is that one multiplying well for you? Other seedlings that really grab me are Jerry Hyatt X Mtn. Bluebird and (DITF X PED) X Purple Ninja, but they are all nice. Curt's Gift has really pretty colors in your garden.

Debra

I didn't have many purples this year that had outstanding performance. Many of those pictured here had subpar years here, such as Dream Sequence, High Water Mark (didn't even bloom), Jerry Hyatt (and all its progeny), Stargate Portal (hasn't bloomed in two years), Mister Mayor, Faith That Moves Mountains (an evergreen that may need a warmer clime). As for Lydia and her Robe, she grows better here than other Waldrops, but bud count leaves much to be desired and the flower is smallish. Grows well, though. I destroyed Disturbance in the Force after three years of pathetic blooms.

Soli Deo Gloria had a good spotless year--all four fans. I know of no one who has gotten good increase with it. Karol is proud of it--it is supposedly being introduced by Walter Gardens for commercial distribution. Good luck in getting increase.

Edward Abbey has already been pictured. It had a decent year. Some plants were divided last fall, so they had an excuse for not performing.

I was interested in the pictures of Grandma Squiggles, Getting Airborne, and Fantasy and Dreams, among many others.

One outstanding performer here was The Dream Society. It blooms rather late, a bit late for my taste, but tolerable.

Free to Dance bloomed for a long time. It proliferates, which is probably why it was a gift plant. Was a bit slow to establish, but liked this past summer for some reason.

Reign in Me is relatively new to the garden, but had standout deep purple flowers, almost blackish. Quite sunfast too, but too new to judge plant habit.

From Sea to Shining Sea is quite tall and has velvety deep purple flowers. Looked good this past summer, but hopefully even better in a more hospitable year. We didn't have the abundance of rain that Celeste had, though some in New England have complained that the rain was overload.

Reckless Girls popped up in a place where I didn't even know I had planted a piece. Looked good, above the foliage, though still somewhat short.

Tonight's the Night is richly colored. Should be in a better place in the garden. Storms did do some tree trimming, which should help.

The X Files, with a spreading habit that is not ideal, did look good. Probably would have looked better in a better year.

Star of India, an older early bloomer, had a great year. Filled with buds, as usual, and opening well (sometimes a problem in the coolness of early season).

Crying in the Wilderness is naturally short, but attracted attention in the garden. Close to registered height, which wasn't bad considering the year.

Upgrade had some very striking flowers. More striking than the cheetah one.

Oh, I forgot Spunky Girls. Aptly named for withstanding bad seasons.

I shudder to think back at all those that were subpar.

My second attempt today to add a few purples.

Upgrade does well here although it had fewer buds this past season.

Night Moves has done well since it got a better spot in the garden. I love the velvety appearance on this one.

Mary’s Baby seems to always do well.

Laura Harwood always pumps out the blooms. It was divided in 2022, performed well despite dividing. It had some canoed blooms early in the blooming.

Getting Airborne is a good performer. Last season did take a toll with fewer buds and shorter scapes.

Kansas Kitten doing well after a move.

Heavenly Breezes did well for its second full season here.

I am really impressed with Cameroon Night in its short time here.

Sherry

Here I am busy moving all my daylily pots to their overwintering area and thinking I have way too many daylilies when this shows up. I wish I had more room as there are some lovely purples here. Just a few of my favorites here are Reign in Me (on my short list if I loose a daylily), Soli Deo Gloria, Throned in Glory, Home By Midnight and always a favorite, Star Lord, along with the wonderful photos of Mary's Baby......Since our climate makes most purples show a more maroon color mine won't look as purple as say Celeste's beauties, but a new one for me last year was Lil Black Buds. Sold to me as a potential Stout winner, it was definitely almost black purple here:

Little Black Buds:

Maryl

I did want to add Purple Turantula as it had a really good year

Flight of Orchids had a good year

blue Dolphin was lovely

Mr Mayor was so pretty

Ranger Bob

kay

Mantis - I always like The Dream Society when you post photos of it. Reign In Me looks ravishing and is just my kind of purple.

Sherry - It sounds like you had some trouble posting. I hope future colors will be smooth sailing for you. Great photo of Mary's Baby! Cameroon NIght looks good with your hostas. Mine did not do as well this year as it did the year before.

Maryl - Little Black Buds is a cutie! Thanks for posting it!

Kay - Purple Tarantula looks pretty in that group of three, and Flight of Orchids always catches my eye.

Debra

Here are some of my purple seedlings that I liked from last season:

Buddy's Victoria Jade X Skin of My Teeth

Skin of My Teeth X Midnight Castle 1

Pink Extraordinaire X $exy Samantha 2

English Lavender X Seedling

I Remember You X Kindred Jewel

All Things to All Men seedling

$exy Samantha X Spacecoast Night Vision

Perseus' Sandals X Jumping Jack Flash

Freedom of Expression X Violet Sabrewing1

Debra

Every Knee Shall Bow had some striking flowers, but it did have a number of splotchy ones.

Just to show the difference in seasons, Purple Tarantula here had a horrible year, but for Kay, with much more early rainfall and less shock from freeze/thaw conditions, it had a good year.

Getting Airborne has been rather slow to establish, but does look good.

Sherry, you may have initially tried to post when I was posting. Houzz does not like cross posting.

Debra, YES....the Disturbance in the Force x Party Every Day seedling has had excellent increase. It is now 4 years old and already a clump that I had to move out of the seedling bed and into the main garden. It is also sets pods easily and I have several seedlings out of it.

Celeste - Glad to know the Disturbance seedling is increasing well. It sure is a pretty one!

Debra

Mantis - I appreciate the information about Every Knee Shall Bow having some issues with splotchiness. It sure is pretty when the blooms are clean!

Debra

Here are a few more purples from my garden:

Applique put on nice show, even though scapes and bud counts were lower than usual. It was the last registered daylily reblooming in my garden when the October hard freezes hit.

Extravagant Love didn't do much in its second year here. The few blooms it had were attractive though.

Gypsy Cats was the best performer of my intros last season, with scapes almost the registered height but bud counts only a fraction of its ususal output.

Royal Seal had some pretty blooms on extremely short scapes.

I love the bloom on No Tomorrow, but it's still only one fan after three years.

Linda Beckwith with its short height tends to get overlooked when I photograph. But it did have some nice blooms last summer.

Debra

Wow so many amazing purples! I am late to the party, as my large 2 story shed had to be partially redone-carpenter ants. A friend did it with me helping. Also the pine needles fell and I had to spend several days getting them.

Some that struck me more than others: Debra: Star Lord, Ehren Thomas, Skin of My Teeth X Midnight Castle 1, I Remember You X Kindred Jewel. Nancy: If it Only Had a Porche, Summer Fun; Celeste: Larry's Obsession, Jamie dockery, Freedom Triumph, Throned in Glory, Paisley Pajamas, Olly Oxen Free, etc. Kay, Foya's Lovely Mistake, Cup of Cold Water, Ranger Bob, Westborne Chip/Block. Mantis, Reign in Me, Frm Sea to Shining Sea, Tonights the Night. Sherry, Night Moves, Laura H., Kansas Kitten, Cameroon Night.

I'll post ones not posted above nor will I post Belle Isle Sentry as I did it a lot with all the rebloom.

Bali Water Color

Glory to His Name

Liberty Banner

Pinhill Claret Symphony

Purple Riot really did well

Royal Occasion

Bombay Silk x Vintage Wine

seedling First Light x Indian Giver

Siloam Amazing Grace x Indian Giver

That's all for now.

Brad

Hi Brad! I wondered where you had been this week. It sounds like rebuilding your shed and getting your pine needles. My favorite of your purples are Glory to His Name, Royal Occasion and Bombay Silk X Vintage Wine.

Debra

More

Bali Water Color x Sugar Magnolia 1

Bali Watercolor x Sugar Magnolia 2

Carmen Renee x North Wind Dancer

Solomon's Robe

Stealth Bomber, which had an amazing year.

Strutter's Ball

Vintage Wine

Brad

I see that Purple Riot is out of Dragon King. Very nice picture of it.

Playing catch up and working backwards. Purples are my next favorite color daylily after pink.

A lot of good looking purples: FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA, SOLI DEO GLORIA, EDWARD ABBEY, PSYCHO CIRCUS, PAISLEY PAJAMAS (just added to my collection in September), OLLY OLLY OXEN FREE (need to get this one), and PURPLE TARANTULA.

RAVEN LORE (Ginny Pearce intro): Give this one space. The fans are huge. It is well branched and budded. I have it sitting in full sun and it holds up well.

PLANET MAX: Tall, well branched and budded.

MONEY MAKER: First year in the garden. I like the bloom. To soon to talk about branching and bud count.

ALONE AGAIN: Love the color of this one. Soft violet purple. The photo does not really capture the color. This one knocked my socks off when I saw it blooming for the first time. I have nothing else like it in the garden.

VOODOO DANCER: It is registered as a black purple. I like it because it is different.

LAURA HARWOOD

DESIRE OF NATIONS: slow to increase, but a good plant.

IMPERIAL DECREE: An older Benz purple that holds up well in full sun.

ALONE AGAIN again - different angle

CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS: Love the bloom - only wish it was taller

RING NEBULA: A new Derrow intro that I am growing for the club.

SUPERMODEL: Grows like a weed

29 FLAGS OVER CONWAY: a nice saturated diploid

FREAKY PEOPLE: Another one that grows like a weed. Looks black first thing in the am.

Seedling out of DESIRE OF NATIONS

BELA LUGOSI: Putting on a great show.

PURPLE CHEETAH: Interesting bloom

WIDOW'S WALK: I like this older Moldovan.

ULTIMATE ILLUSION: A rosy purple

SCOTT FOX:

HUMUNGOUSAUR: A very large purple

That is it for this category.

Have a great day!

David

David - Alone Again does have dreamy colors. I really like the looks of Super Model too!

Debra

Raven Lore looks interesting, but alas, a space hog. Freaky People looks like a nice dark one. Bad year here for Money Maker, which makes me wonder about its long-term performance. I like Plumcake Patty, but it was divided last year. Most divided plants had fewer blooms than typical after division.

Stealth Bomber and Solomon's Robe both seem to do well for you, Brad. Years ago, I deleted Stealth Bomber because it just was taking a long time to do nothing.

Lovestruck Linda

Getting Airborne finally establishing.

Jackie Canner - a bit shorter than usual

Still the One. Earlier cultivars seemed to display better.

Edward Abbey

David & Mantis, lots of good purples! Favorites of these: Laura Harwood, Desire of Nations and your seedling, & Bela Lugosi; Jackie Comer, Still the One, and Edward Abbey.

Brad

I like both pictures I've seen of Edward Abbey! Here are a few purples I forgot to post. These did OK, but not great last year.

Purple Passion's Promise

Spirited Away

Summer Snowball

Debra