The results from my informal poll on fragrant daylilies received from robin members is as follows:
UNTAMED GLORY - Salter91 Tet EM Sev 5.5" 26" - Bronze polychrome (Zone 7, Region 11)
LOLA BRANHAM - Burkey91 Dip ML Dor 7.5" 38" - Lavender blend (Region 3, Maryland)
PERSIAN PATTERN - Hardy66 Dip M Dor 7" 30" - Purple bitone Spdvar (Region 3, Maryland)
OMEGA SUPREME - HansonC91 Tet M Sev 7" 26" - Big lemon (Virginia, Zone 7)
VANILLA FLUFF - Joiner88 Dip M Dor 6" 34" - Double cream self (PEI, Canada, Zone 5/6)
POINSETTIA LOVE - Houston96 Tet EM Ev re 6.5" 21" - Red w gold edge (PEI, Canada, Zone 5/6)
SO LOVELY - Lenington69 DIP M Sev 5.5" 30" - Near white self (St. Louis, MO zone 6a)
FENTON LAVENDER MINT - Guillory95 Dip ML Ev 4.75" 26" - Rose w white edge (Winsted, Connecticut)
HUDSON VALLEY - Peck71 Tet M Dor 8.5" 32" - Yellow green self (Zone 3)
GREEN FLASH - Hite82 Tet EM Dor 5.5" 32" - Yellow green self. I don't have to stick my nose in it. I can smell it from 6' away if I'm standing upwind. (Annville, KY Region 10, Zone 6)
WOMAN'S WORK - Cratch + 84 Dip ML Dor 5.75" 24" - Pink self (Annville, KY Region 10, Zone 6)
CHANCE ENCOUNTER - Stamile94 Tet EM Ev 6" 25" - Rose w gold edge (Camden, Maine)
ADRIAN -Terry55 - Light yellow near spider (narrow but blunt petals -almost like fingers), 40" (I am 5' 1" and ADRIAN's blooms are level with my upper chest), registered as mid-season.... it blooms end of June through July for me here in zone 7, and the fragrance is sweet & lemony.
RUFFLED DUDE - Munson86 Tet EM Ev 5" 20" - Cream self - (Alpharetta, GA Zone 7a)
FRAGRANT LIGHT - Viette84 Dip M Dor 6" 30" - Yellow self - This is one that may not be what it is labeled but it is one of the most fragrant that I have. (Region 2, Zone 5)
LEMON LILY, species - Small but potent.
VERNA HICKMAN - Boylan82 (Region 2, Zone 5)
BETTY BEARD -An unregistered Kennedy (Region 3, Maryland)
JEN MELON - Oakes87 Dip La Dor 5" 26" - Gold melon blend, lovely ruffles (Region 3, Zone 6)
AUTUMN WOOD - Dougherty91 Dip M Dor 5.5" 24" - Ruffled peach polychrome with a halo. (Region 3, Zone 6)
HEATHER PINK - Sikes90 Dip M Sev 5" 22" - Pink blend (Region 3, Zone 6)
SISTER SPIDER - Powell83 Tet M Dor Noc 8" 33" - yellow self (from MONSTER - sib of VALLEY MONSTER) a lily-of-the-valley like smell - and strong. The nicest smelling daylily in the garden. (Region 4, Zone 4)
LEXINGTON - Claar59 Dip Dor 34" - Yellow self; it is so fragrant that when you are working near it, weeding or whatever, the fragrance permeates the air for at least l0-l5 feet all around. (So. Indiana)
LAVENDER DEAL - Kirby + 81 Tet Dor ML 7" 24" - Lavender self. I don't even have to stick my nose down into it in order to catch a whiff of its fragrance. Several inches away is enough. (Bellbrook,OH Region 2, Zone 5b)
SOMETIMES MAYBE - Talbott90 Dip Sev M 7" 29" - Double cream blend. (Region 3, Zone 6)
RACHAEL MY LOVE - Talbott83 Dip Ev EM 5" 18" - Double yellow self. (Region 3, Zone 6)
FANCIFUL FINERY - Kirchoff84 Dip Ev EE 15" 4.5" - Double amber blend. (Region 3, Zone 6)
SILKEN TOUCH - Stamile90 Tet Dor EM 6" 23" - Pink self. (Region 3, Zone 6)
SILOAM KEN HENSON - Henry 89 Dip Dor ML 5.5" 24" - Rose w darker veins (Region 3, Zone 6)
Thanks to all who sent information. Fragrance varies in daylilies on any given day, location, and conditions; as someone mentioned recently.
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