The Daylily Place: Garden Value Poll

232 Cultivars

Compiled by Richard Miller

June 2000

This was a poll for daylilies that truly excel as a mature garden clump. PERFECT Color, Great Bud Count and Branching, A Profusion of Blooms over a Long Season. This was NOT a poll for the newest, fanciest, drop dead gorgeous daylilies that make you say, "WOW, I've never seen anything like that before!" (Collector Specimens) It was simply a poll for the cultivars that truly outperform everything else in the garden once established as a clump - cultivars that display a profusion of blooms over a very long time frame. HEALTHY cultivars with that awesome, clear, sunfast color that can reward continuously for months.

Last minute additions: SILOAM SHOCKER
MARY'S GOLD
DRAGON'S EYE
CIEL D'OR
LUXURY LACE

AABACHEE (Cheetham early 1950s) Dark rusty red true spider with wire white edge on all segments, gold-orange throat. Blooms ML here, a highlight of the second half of the season. Bolt-upright scapes with excellent 4 and 5 way branching, also very high scape-to-fan ratio. An old-fashioned color, perhaps, but outstanding with white coneflower (Echinacea) and Artemisia lactiflora.

ABSOLUTE TREASURE it's bloomed three or four times and I just got it in April. What A beauty, It totally makes my day.

ADDIE BRANCH SMITH (Henry 78) The colors show beautifully from far away even though the blooms are so teeny-tiny!

AH YOUTH - Doris Simpson Branches like a tree. Tons of buds. Holds up all day in high nineties heat. Sets pods like crazy even in heat. This daylily is a hussy.

AIRY DREAM (Hall) blooms with unbridled intensity for maybe 6-7 weeks.

ALABAMA JUBILEE (Webster) Orange red.

ALWAYS AFTERNOON (Mort Morss, 1987)
Telford, Pennsylvania
Cleveland, Ohio
This is one strong, tough daylily. I got it as a double fan, and by the next year it was a large clump. In the heat of summer, when the thing was in full bloom, I dug it up and moved it to a new location. It kept right on blooming as if it had never been disturbed at all. Foliage is always healthy-looking, and it was one of the few daylilies that did not wither during the drought last summer. A keeper! Listed as mauve with a purple eye, the base color is more coral in my garden. Tetraploid, 22" with 5.5" flowers. This cultivar could have been called always perfect. Why is it the bugs and diseases never bother this one? This is a sure bet to capture a new victim. AA has gotten better and better for me every year. It has gobs of rebloom scapes and the flowers hold up well all day. The color combination is definitely an eye catcher!

AMADEUS (Kirchhoff) Great Red! Multiplies easily and blooms like there is no tomorrow. Always brings a smile.

ANTIETEM
Bellevue, Nebraska
This '80 Wild cultivar is a dark "Lambrusco" wine red that always catches my eye. Would love to get it converted. We have had it for a long time already and will have it in the future even though our garden is made up mostly of tets.

APPLE TART

AQUARELLE - Doris Simpson The hotter it gets the more beautiful this daylily gets. Tons of buds. I sent this one to Bobbie Cover in the far west desert because it loves heat.

ARCTIC SNOW

AUGUST MORN* (Carpenter, J.)
Canada - Zone 3
Huge, huge clump with the bluest, most wonderful looking foliage. Looks like sunshine when it's in full bloom and best of all opens extremely well even after cool nights. Yellow is not my favorite color. (I prefer the oranges and reds) but how can you fault a plant that has multiple blooms every day. The bloom has a lovely shape and a very pleasing color. I'm not sure why Jack called it AUGUST MORN because it has been blooming almost everyday since April. He should have named it EVERY MORN.

AUTUMN MINARET (Stout) you can see it from a great distance and which here blooms for over two months

AUTUMN WOOD (Dougherty 1991) The dusty peach flowers attract your attention from afar, and always have nearly perfect form. Even though the plant starts blooming a little later, it is covered with blooms until frost---a very welcome sight when most other daylilies have called it "quits" for the season. It's a bud builder, so you don't see a "high bud count". I saw a clump of this on the bus tour at last year's Region 10 Conference. It was the winning clump, by the way. It was breathtaking. So I sent for it and planted it in the fall. I already have a good sized clump and to me, it is a beautiful as the clump I saw last year. There are always enough blooming at once that it looks like a bouquet. What a lovely flower!

BABY BLUES (Stamile, G.)
Canada - Zone 3
This is number one as far as I'm concerned. I have it planted in partial shade under an apple tree (in heavy clay soil) by a hosta. It's a wonderful sized clump and seems to bloom for forever. It's right by the path going to the garden and I just love looking at it every time I walk by.

BAHAMA BUTTERSCOTCH (E. Salter)
Petersburg, Virginia
New Cumberland, PA
This plant has a butterscotch color which just glows, it always opens well, the branching and bud count are superlative, and it just laughs at the weather. Besides which, in a season like this where a huge percentage of our blooms are discolored and distorted due to slugs, thrips, and spider mites, BB has perfect flowers every time. Outstanding bloom on a new dbl fan I'm impressed! Perhaps my all around favorite daylily. Stunning in a clump and easy to grow.

BALLERINA ON ICE for its early cream bloom and branching that opens despite our early cool nights

BANKOK BELLE
Waller, Texas
Great little flower of Elizabeth Salter. Multiplies fast, great branching, coral

BARBARA MITCHELL with her perfect bloom over a three week period of that soft baby pink. A real showoff in the garden.

BAYOU BRIDE a favorite gift plant for our friends and visitors. It grows so well and blooms and reblooms. It is a great multiplier so we always have a large clump.

BELLE ISLE LIPSTICK - Roycroft Great foliage. High bud count. Fantastic flower. Every time I look at this one, I remember Bob telling me a few years back to break his arms if I ever caught him hybridizing. I am glad I didn't. I am still looking forward to adding BELLE ISLE EYE to my garden.

BIG BIRD
Brush Prairie, Washington
A tall yellow variant that also blooms a long time. I like variants a lot, and this one stands like a sentry. flowers are a bright yellow, they are big, plant is tall, making for a very showy display that last for weeks and weeks as it just keeps on trucking.

BIG BROTHER Huge beautiful pastel blooms and lots of them. Although the substance doesn't have the appearance of being able to withstand the heat, it does great.

BIG SPENDER (Pride 77) A big gold flower that just screams at you. Grows like a weed an early Tet that stands up strong and proud

BIG SUR

BLACK-EYED SUSAN Stevens 1983
New Cumberland, PA
Yellow with purple eye (although I would say it is more gold than yellow and the eye is a dark burnt reddish color). It really stands out in a clump.)

BLACK PLUSH (Connell)
Talmage, California
Diploid 7" Black red spidery blooms on 28" scapes. Star shaped golden throat. A lovely graceful lily and a fast clumper. This d.l. also does not lose color no matter what the weather. This is a hardy mid-season evergreen with a good bud count my friend. Also around $6

BLONDE IS BEAUTIFUL (Harris-Benz 1985)
Bethlehem, PA
Fair Oaks, California
I purchased this daylily after Pat Loveland listed it among her best performers back in 1995. (See these polls are important - gives us newbies some great info) BIB is always a beautiful clump and quite showy across the garden. This year I was rewarded with two sets of scapes and so it bloomed from mid-March until mid- June. Always opens well and holds up in our hot valley sun. The clearest, mouth watering yellow!!! This is one great daylily: amazing increase and bud count with good foliage characteristics. The soft yellow bloom is versatile: I have it planted with Shasta daisies, rudbeckias, and red phlox paniculata. But I'm sure it would work equally well in other garden combinations.

BLOODSPOT - Millikan an important anchor. It is quite sunfast and blooms a long time.

BLUSHING VALENTINE by Hager, and it so impressed me from a distance with it's loveliness

BONUS, Warner '76
Cleveland, Ohio
a gold-orange simple trumpet. Very bright from a distance, sends up a second scape while the first are blooming, evergreen but cold hardy. This one is easy care, likes a lot of sun, sure to please.

BRIGHT EYED If for no other reason than for the sheer number of blooms each consistently produces every year. A fast clumper.

BROKEN HEART - Arthur Kroll
Merrill, Wisconsin
Its coloring (cream with a red eye and distinct white midribs) might not make it the easiest to fit into a mixed flower bed, but it's a fabulous performer.

BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR - Judith Weston Appropriately named. Rambunctious is the only word for it. Certainly the heaviest blooming tet in my garden.

BUBBLY a darling apricot double that seems to clump overnight and always has a mass of perfect little double blooms held at just the perfect height over the foliage.

BURNING INHERITANCE my idea of a burning orange. The color stops me every time. I just stand there and enjoy the color. Wonderful plant. It is now putting up it's third set of scapes so I can look forward to some more bloom.

BURNING KISS, Joiner/J 95
Valley Center, Kansas
A newer plant, just 3 years old, but again several flowers open every day.

BUTTERED POPCORN* Benzinger 1971
New Bern, North Carolina
This is just one fantastic performer in my garden. It is a butter yellow self that really puts out the blooms.

BY MYSELF (Peck 71 32" 6.5") Another daylily which has earned a permanent place here is BY MYSELF. The bright color always draws you in.

CAMDEN GOLD DOLLAR a cute gold that is seemingly always covered with bloom in perfect proportion to foliage.

CANYON LANDS. (Stevens 82) a tet I know this plant anywhere I see it another one that increases well Stands up big and can be seen across the yard.

CEE TEE (Durio 1983) A unique pink to my eyes...(great paired with BY MYSELF which someone mentioned already)

CHABLIS BLANC a good creamy, yellow, so easy to grow, and grow and grow.

CHANCE ENCOUNTER a few years later, I splurged on this Stamile pink! It was a lot more than the $10 I spent on SWIRLING WATER! CE has been growing in my garden for several years and it has dropped in price so I think it qualifies for Market #2. CE is one of my best pinks. Gorgeous color, lots of ruffles and a wonderful green throat. It multiplies really well. Its listed as an evergreen but here in zone 6 it comes up in the spring really well - little or no damage.

CHANNEL CROSSINGS (Wild) a gorgeous peach/lavender blend that typically blooms for 8 weeks here

CHARLES JOHNSON (Gates 81)
Belzoni, Mississippi
Bellevue, Nebraska
Madison, Wisconsin
Valley Center, Kansas
A good bloomer... healthy foliage... sunfast even here in Mississippi with 90+ degree days.. and high humidity. Does burn a little by the end of the day, but what glorious red color. Looks perfect in the morning and it's plant habit is amazing, but by afternoon it is ruined by the blazing sun. Our clump of this plant is large and when most of the scapes have a flower or two open, that red beckons from the gate. It says "Look at me!" Of course, when the days get to 97 degrees, it doesn't look quite as good, but up until the middle of the afternoon I would give it my No. 1 vote. Our clump this year has been great! Every day, 5 or 6 blooms..w/ a rose/red color that makes you stop in your tracks!! We have over 70 different varieties in this area, and CJ always gets the most comments. This cultivar has so many flowers open at once, it's unbelievable. When people see it in the garden, they always want it....not only because of its lovely color, but because it makes a wonderful display.

CHATHAM BABE Another little known favorite of mine from (Jan?) Joiner, this is easily the prettiest dip in my garden. A 3.5" cream with a faint blush eye and lovely ruffled edges, it is one of the earliest to bloom and appears in well branched clusters. The color is subtle, a pale peach cream with a whisper eye; the substance is very heavy, but it is always open wide even after nights in the high 40's.

CHICAGO APACHE
Concord, MA

CHICAGO GOLD COAST one of the first daylilies I bought and is it prolific in both scape and fan production. Always makes a huge impact wherever I put it in the garden. Need a big bold brassy rapid increasing gold sev tet. CGC is your plant. It was introduced in 1975 by James Marsh.

CHORUS LINE

CLOTHED IN GLORY
Southeast Alabama
I have seen clumps of this from across four acres of land and wanted to jump on a horse and gallop over to see it. It is a big flower with a huge gold braid, but it opens flat and perfect each and every time and even with several blooms open at a time on one scape, they are well spaced and the lavender color is beckoning.

COBURG PREVIEW (Brockington 1988) Bright clear yellow-gold-melon blend tet that blooms and reblooms on a well-proportioned plant. What else could you want? Seeds? Sorry. But great for landscaping -- no need to deadhead.

COMIC STRIP A deep scarlet with a light edge that is aptly named as it always makes me smile. I remember the first time I saw this one. I was at Regional at John Eiseman's and came around the corner of the house to see a HUGE clump of CS in full bloom. I actually laughed out loud, it is that jolly! BTW- John's is THE garden to visit to see dls in huge clumps grown to perfection.

COMING UP ROSES This is its second season in my garden, and it has been blooming constantly for weeks. A very pretty shade of pink. It doesn't shout "Look at me" like, for instance, Estelle Whitmire does, with her bright sulfur-yellow color, but it is really pretty.

COSMIC PINWHEEL (Shields 81 35" 8.5") a star in my garden. The huge yellow gold blooms glow across the yard. It has increased to about 8 fans after a single fan was planted in the fall of 1998.

COURT MAGICIAN
Lecanto, Florida
I like the color combination. The plant produces many buds and the flowers open well. This daylily has always been a great rebloomer for me and despite the lack of water this year, I have some divisions putting up their third set of scapes.

COYOTE MOON A steadfast performer here in adverse conditions and beautiful as well One I got in spring of 99. David has it in his catalogue with a good description. It is a yellow with a blush in the place where an eye might be. It has multiplied very well and never seems to be without scapes or flowers.

CUSTARD CANDY - (Pat Stamile)
Oakville, Ontario
Dublin, Georgia
Gensac, France
Mr. Consistency I call this one. Maybe not the fastest increaser out there but certainly one of the best performers once it is in clump form. I have never seen CUSTARD CANDY not show itself off to perfection. The plant has some of the best, most healthy foliage of any daylily I grow. This foliage stands up against all weather conditions and insect infestation. The foliage is wide, deep green and nicely arched toward the ground. CUSTARD CANDY's scapes are strong, with excellent wide branching supporting many clear cream colored pony sized blooms with a maroon eye and a fine gold edge. With a bud count of over thirty, CUSTARD CANDY blooms over a long period of time. In my gardens the blooms are sun fast and keep their appearance from very early in the morning to late afternoon. Every year it performs the same and every bloom looks the same each year. I have heard that many have had CC rebloom for them but unfortunately that has not been my experience here in my garden. Presentation in the garden is a totally balanced plant. Has always performed for me like a true Stout Medal winner. Most gorgeous of the candies and a top performer in my garden.

DAGGY is covered with branches and buds. Very showy in the front of a bed.

DAINTY DESIGNER (E.H. Salter 1988)
Orillia, Ontario
14" MRe 2" Apricot w'Rose Eye Sev Dip. I purchased this plant in the fall of 1997 as a small double fan. Last summer I took a picture with over 25 blooms open on a single day. Yesterday I counted 12 flower scapes most with some branching and lots and lots of buds. I am only surprised that I have not seen more people put this one forth as one of their selections.

DEBBIE DURIO, Durio '75 excellent clumper, great cranberry rose color with very green center, ruffled and looks great all day.

DECATUR CHERRY SMASH (Davidson)
Merrill, Wisconsin
New Bern, North Carolina
Bethlehem, PA
An absolutely mouthwatering combination of clear strong pink with a strong cherry red eye. A "doer". 26 EM Sev 5.50 TET pink with red eye. This is a very pretty bloom that is later here than registered. An old reliable. When I was attending national conventions in the 1980s this was in almost every garden -- and a stellar performer in all -- and it hasn't lost its charm for me with time. I know that "pink with a red eye" might sound trite, but you can't beat it for garden value; it's a true standout. This is one of the best growers and performers over the many years I have grown it. Not the most fanciest flower in the garden, but one of the best performers. It doesn't matter if it is hot, dry, wet or whatever it always performs. It rates up there with old Stella as a landscape daylily.

DESIGNER GOLD (Sikes 1995) The dusty gold flowers with burnt red eye and edge are easily noticed from a distance. The plant is covered with blooms and just seems to keep blooming. It's quite vigorous and increased rapidly once established.

DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY (Childs) a peach pink bi-tone of subtle and warm coloration that blooms a long time and then reblooms. Rapid increase, good clump, graceful.

DIVERTISSMENT
Visalia, California
a clump of yellow waving at me for weeks and weeks, growing in a border beside a patio tree rose of 'First Prize' and fitting in well.

DOUGLAS CLARK (J. Shooter) Unfortunately often overlooked, this well branched, heavily budded, bright rose pink is a garden standout. It usually repeats twice here in zone 7 Just absolutely AWESOME with Silver Mound Artesemia or Dusty Miller planted nearby!

DRAGON KING (D.Kirchhoff) This renowned red from David K. always has terrific branching, great color, and that unique eyezone that makes everybody want it. Holds up better than most reds in the garden in our intense heat, clumps up quickly, is a winner in every regard from the master (IMHO) of red tets.

DUBLIN ELAINE Joiner This beauty is a very reliable performer from mid to very late season. We have shared it with many, and we are invariably told it becomes a favorite of all who have received it. My husband loves the name because he is sure that DUBLIN is a pun for DOUBLIN', and this one does double consistently. It is a moderately tall pink, and it is also a good rebloomer even up here.

DUNE DINGER
Madison, Wisconsin
Cute and floriferous.....one of Pauley's intros .......lots of apricot small flowers at once. I like it much better than BUBBLY.

EASY NED

ELIZABETH SALTER 1990 introduction of Jeff Salter It is a non stop bloomer for us, that clumps fast and looks as good in full sun in the late afternoon as it did at the beginning of the day.

ENGLISH WITCH (Salter-E.H. 91)
Waller, Texas
Houston, Texas
Incredible clusters of blooms, often having 4-6 blooms per scape. It reblooms a couple of times so the bloom time is extended. Ruffled yellow - will grow and bloom and grow and bloom. Everything you want in a flower. Also has great branching. You will see multiple blooms and rebloom. Always order this one for our flower show sale because of its great performance as a garden flower winner and want people to experience it in their yard.

ESSIE PECK
Lecanto, Florida
This is the daylily that got me "hooked on hems". Since it was one of the first daylilies that I bought, I knew little about preferred growing conditions when I stuck it in the ground. It has been growing in a less than desirable location in my garden (I keep forgetting to move it). ESSIE PECK has not complained, and has rewarded me each morning during bloom season with those big variant gold blooms. Most garden visitors, while surrounded by some of "the latest and greatest", will inquire about ESSIE. When my garden gets re-arranged this fall, ESSIE PECK will be moved to the "high rent" beds.

EVENING ENCHANTMENT (Stamile 95)
Gensac, France
I love the purples and this, for me, has everything.

EYE-YI-YI (McCroskey 88)
Houston, Texas
Bright golden orange with a striking red eye. Really stands out in a clump. Clumps up fast too.

FAR FETCHED
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Tall, top branched so I don't have to bend to enjoy it, a nice hot orange and outgrows peafowls' appetites

FIRE CUP crispate form, which is not why we grow it. Bright red color, sunfast, grows well in a dry spot and without full sun, forms a perfectly proportioned clump, simply delightful as "a daylily" among other kinds of plants.

FLAMENCO QUEEN
Bethlehem, PA
Is not my favorite John Benz red; that distinction would have to go to VESUVIAN. But FLAMENCO QUEEN is a super garden cultivar. It kicks in late mid-season here and has superb branching and bud count. Best of all, it's a bud-builder and totally sun-fast. It's companions in my garden include a tree rose "The Fairy", floribunda "Bill Wariner", and daylilies STRAWBERRY CANDY and GORDON BIGGS. It's backed by a good-sized clump of Artemisia Silver King and Imperial lilies.

FOOLED ME - (Phil Reilly)
Oakville, Ontario
Another consistently good performer here in my garden. FOOLED ME is a vigorous healthy dormant plant that stands up to all the stresses of heat, dry conditions, insects etc. It has wonderful branching and a very high bud count that will bloom over an extended period of time. FOOLED ME's flower colour is a medium yellow with a bold red eye. The colours are clear and bold and the colours hold well throughout the day. Even with loading it with pods each year it continues to perform well and even reblooms each year. The scapes are in the 28 to 30 inch range and stand out and display themselves very well in the garden. I have never measured the bloom size but I would think it is in the 5 1/2 inch range, being somewhat larger that some of the others in this colour combination. An exceptionally good cultivar which Phil Reilly should be very proud of. Has a slightly oriental feel to my eye -- with its clear intense yellow and a bright red eye. Originally from Don Stevens' breeding line. The way it holds its flowers on branches that reach out gracefully on scapes -- which are fairly tensile for a tet -- gives it a special grace in the garden. Bold, brassy, loud, colorful and great plant habits. Visitors are drawn to this one as well. I have point out plants around it to them because FOOLED ME seems to be all they see in that part of the garden.

FORSYTH'S FLYING DRAGON
Chico, California
Polys for me quite a bit and it is a huge spider type. It takes my breath away!

FRAGRANT FINALE This is a huge yellow with pink overlay that I received from Daylily World in a collection last year. It started blooming almost as soon as I got it and, with a brief pause for Winter, hasn't stopped since. It has made such a big clump already that visitors couldn't believe it had only been planted a year and the blooms are gorgeous and plentiful.

FRANCES JOINER
Dublin, Georgia
Has really put on a show the last two years. Super double that made a great run for the Stout. A great garden flower.

FRANS HALS (Flory, 1955) This plant is located in a mostly shaded place in the frost pocket. It has a very long bloom time due to high bud count and a multitude of scapes.

FROSTED PINK ICE
Plainfield, IL
Fragrant, long blooming and drop dead beautiful. What more could you ask?

GARDEN GODDESS (Munson 82)
Talmage, California
A 51/2" Tet. of ivory/cream/yellow/pink which from a distance in my garden appears more yellow but, oh, when up close all appear swirled in a lovely harmony. This extremely sunfast flower is nearly unchanged at the end of a 99 degree day. 28" scapes with excellent branching and is recurrent...fertile too. Well under $10.00 Rapid increase and can you tell I like this daylily?

GENTLE SHEPHERD
Visalia, California
grows vigorously with no special care in a perennial border and gives a clump of white color for several weeks plus rebloom in fall.

GEPETTO - Moldovan 26in. ERe 5 inch bloom cream with a pink eye. rock hard dormant tet and slightly fragrant. Increases quickly.

GLOWING BOUQUET (Daugherty 1989) Beautiful rose pink blend dip with lots of flowers per scape and then it reblooms. Color galore.

GOLD HELMET

GOLDEN CHIMES

GOLDEN PRIZE (Peck 1968)
Orillia, Ontario
26" La 7" Gold Self Dor Tet There are so many deep yellow and gold Daylilies that I've lost count. Every time I see a new one, I compare it to GOLDEN PRIZE and far too many just don't measure up. It seems to bloom a little earlier than its registration would indicate, and I've been able to collect many proliferations. It is a very showy Daylily. Just a commanding presence even today. If I was to sell I'd want a lot of this one available as stock. It's a favorite of visitors who may not be impressed by edges, eyes or other things the collector may fancy. In a clump, it's a true golden prize up here.

GREAT GOODNESS GRACIOUS (Kirchhoff 1996) covered with orange-gold flowers that just keep coming from early season until fall. It is unusual to have a plant give such outstanding rebloom in our Pacific Northwest Climate.

GUESS! Golden orange, trumpet, 34", very cold hardy evergreen. All visitors like this one. (back of the border)

GUINIVER'S GIFT (Elizabeth Salter, 1989) This cream yellow blend is an early blooming tetraploid and has been in constant bloom since April 14th. It is on its 3rd set of scapes. Each set of scapes begins blooming before the previous scapes finish. The flowers are always perfectly formed and are open early in the morning even on cooler days. Super branching and bud count make this a bouquet in the garden, often with 4-5 blooms open simultaneously on the same scape. We've been growing GUINIVER'S GIFT since 1995.

HAPPY RETURNS

HARLEY RUSHING The best yellow in my yard! Huge! Lot's of blooms!

HOT EMBER (Stamile 1986)
Dallas, Texas
A 6" Orange self evergreen 30" tet that really puts on a show as a clump. Visitors always comment on its bright sunfast color and its many branches and high bud count. It blooms a long time here in the northern part of Zone 8.

HUMDINGER is one I got at Bob Roycroft's in Georgetown, S.C. three years ago. It is a huge yellow - gold that has had lots of blooms this year and last. The first year it didn't do much but it has sure made up for it since. Everyone notices it because of the size and the fact that it usually has more than one flower open at a time.

HUSH LITTLE BABY (Sarah Sikes 1992)
Merrill, Wisconsin
Simply one of the most gorgeous flowers in my garden -- with perfect plant habit and great vigor. A luscious rich peony rose red that speaks to me. I have divided and planted this beauty throughout the garden. Mine still isn't a huge clump, but it's only three years old and is getting there in a hurry. And oh, the saturated, bright rose color!

HYPERION
Detroit, Michigan
Visalia, California
Lovely clear yellow, always multiplies well enough to share, wonderful fragrance. It is also very versatile -- brightens up a darker or more shaded area in the perennial bed as well as being just as attractive in the full sun. A color that carries across distances like no other, tough, vigorous, happy in a perennial border, reblooms faithfully, and the fragrance drifts around the front yard.

I'M DIFFERENT (Beckham, 1981) This one blooms polytepal 100% of the time, reblooms, and did well even under the extreme conditions.

IMPERIAL CONDOR It may sound like I'm hooked on huge yellows, but this one is quite different from the above. It is an 8 inch gold which is an older one by Moldovan ('86). I haven't seen it mentioned before, but it is a knockout. I planted it in fall, it is a pretty large clump already, and it has four or five big gold flowers blooming every day that can't help but be the center of attention.

INDIAN BLUFF, Maxwell '74
Cleveland, Ohio
7" bright warm cranberry with a variant shape and a lighter midrib that gives the illusion of a star from across the yard. Our personal favorite, nice for back of the border. I'd be happy to send an image to anyone interested. (I don't sell plants)

JAPANESE BROCADE (Munson '81)
Talmage, California
6" Tet of rose-red w/starburst tea-stain eyezone of light yellow-rose. Yellow green throat and a fine gold wire rimming the petals. Very sunfast and substance is good. The foliage is evergreen and it, too, is fertile. ( I borrowed some description from the catalog I bought it from back about 10-12 years ago.) These blending colors really are hard to describe. Luscious colors! (my words) and around $6.

JASON SALTER If for no other reason than for the sheer number of blooms each consistently produces every year. A fast clumper

JEDI FLAMINGO KID, (Wedgeworth)

JERSEY SPIDER (Grovatt 1973) Big spidery clear golden-orange flowers in summer and again in fall. Tall scapes that only lean a little even though they're a bit shaded on the three clumps Dick sandwiched between shorter and taller grasses in the grass garden. Looks like fireworks exploding above the shorter grass. In between its flowering cycles, the effect is carried on by a group of BIG BIRD (Griesbach-Klehm 1978) alongside. It's a tall, big yellow -- you weren't expecting purple I'm sure?

JOLLY DIMPLES (Klehm) Is stunning. It's a rainbow of colors--peach blooms with a rose-lavender blush on the outer edges, tinge of green and apricot throat, and creamy peach midribs. I use this one with butterfly bushes, purple cone flowers, Eva Cullum phlox, salvia Rose Queen, and Marshall's Delight Monarda. It blooms late in the season when the other perennials are at their peak.

KENT'S FAVORITE TWO
Lecanto, Florida
Central Florida
This daylily was named in honor of Merle Kent who liked the clear reds. I also share this passion for reds. This daylily is one of the best clear reds in the garden and holds up exceptionally well on sunny, dry days. Overall plant habit is great. I can't ever imagine my garden without this. If this daylily is bareroot and even gets close to a hole in the ground, look out. Clumps up fast and blooms like crazy! Great plant for both beginners and experienced growers alike. It's blooming on a three year clump with hundreds of flowers. It's spectacular - and received no extra care.

KINDLY LIGHT
Detroit, Michigan
I love this one for many of the same reasons as HYPERION. In fact, yellow has not been my favorite color for daylilies but the way I let these clump up, you might think it was!

LADY BRIGHT EYES She's been called a tacky, old tart, but I love her! This Bette Midler of daylilies is loud, brazen and theatrical. But what a trouper! Makes a clump easily, reblooms constantly for me, and is color fast. She's all about exaggeration, drama, and, I grant you, a certain vulgarity. She also reminds me of the tormented and terrifying Martha from the play 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf'

LADY FINGERS (Peck '67)
Alma, Arkansas
Bridgeton, New Jersey
Chosen not only because of the graceful yellow spiders that blend well, but because the foliage is so blue/green and clean - and the scapes! So graceful - I'm sure the name came from the buds that look just like ladies pinkies when they hold their teacups! The light yellow Peck Spider. This has been a clear call across the garden. Neat, clean and all one wants in something different from the round look-a-likes. Again, a delight to grow and see.

LADY NEVA (Alexander+ 1970)
Dallas, Texas
Alma, Arkansas
A 9" Yellow with Rose Eye semievergreen 42" dip wows my garden visitors with it's showy spidery-like flowers towering above beautiful foliage. It is well branched and has lots of beautiful blooms...It sure stops people for a second and third look...A real standout in the bloom and bloom and bloom department here. The spidery UF. Twenty years ago, when I lived in Arcadia, CA, this was my single favorite daylily. Now, here in western Arkansas, it is showing me again why it is so special. A buffy yellow with a strong red-raspberry eye, it is easy to grow and look at.

LAKE NORMAN SUNRISE LNS has candelabra branching, high bud count, is an EMO, and is consistently vigorous and beautiful. LNS proliferates consistently here as well. I first saw it at Fred McDowell's Iowa City garden and fell in love with it on the spot.

LAVENDER MEMORIES - Pat Stamile LAVENDER MEMORIES is my all time favorite lavender tet. My enormous clump is covered with bloom that's simply to die for.

LEMON LOLLYPOP (Simpson'85)
Plainfield, IL
24 E DOR 2.87 dip lemon yellow self with green throat , blooms all summer here. Consistently out blooms STELLA for me. Much better color, a true yellow without the brassy gold that STELLA has.

LEPRECHAUN EYES (Kroll'93) dor dip lime yellow with red eye zone and deep green throat.

LIME FROST (Stamile 90)
Gensac, France
A really good plant in every respect with the added bonus of being a late bloomer, definitely a classic.

LIMITED EDITION
Watkinsville, Georgia

LITTLE AUDREY Has increased rapidly from 2 fans to at least 30 in 3 years and is covered with bloom . yellow with red eye, dip.

LITTLE BUSINESS (Maxwell-71) a red, is in several of our borders and blooms three times for us.

LITTLE ORANGE TEX (Albert "Bobo" Faggard, 1985) in bloom since April 13th, this golden orange diploid is on its second set of scapes. Branching and bud count are very high. We always recommend this daylily as a real garden performer both in plant production and bloom. We have been growing LITTLE ORANGE TEX since 1986.

LITTLE WILDFLOWER
Southeast Alabama
Grace Stamile introduced a precious little double named LITTLE WILDFLOWER a couple of years ago. It is adorable, it is wonderful on the border as Grace knew it would be. It's a diploid but I could not resist using it. It's poly a lot of the time, but being so tiny, you want to get really close to see it. It's a great little parent too! I will soon have enough miniature double cultivars to go around a whole flower bed!

LORRAINE KILGORE Warm, glowing, light pink. Clumps well for me, reblooms well, and has strong scapes. The subtle luminosity it possesses can be found in couple of other Munson CVs.

LOUIS MANELIS (Winniford 74) Z5
Houston, Missouri
A bright peach that I am also not sorry I bought three of. YB and LM were both bought from Oakes and were big healthy clumps when set out. Last year FFO was June 11 and still had blooms/buds September 13 according to my records. Aguga, (purple and green); Sunny Border Blue Veronica and Salvia Victoria Blue are good companions.

LULLABY BABY (Elsie Spalding, 75)
Telford, Pennsylvania
The best branching, form, consistency, and longest bloom of any daylily in the garden (bud builder). Excellent increase, and doesn't seem to need to wait for 'mature clump' status before performing like a champion. Smashing with blue peachleaf campanulas (C. persicifolia). This is a very pale pink diploid daylily -- 19" scapes with 3.5" to 4" flowers. I have three large clumps of this cultivar in my gardens, and it is one that I will always grow. For an older daylily, it has outstanding branching and bud count, and when it blooms it presents a soft, bouquet effect. It makes some of the newer tetraploid daylilies look very stiff by comparison.

MAE GRAHAM (Spalding 1977) A wonderful pink that keeps on blooming also.

MAGIC CARPET RIDE (1992 David Kirchhoff)
Denison, Texas
Central Florida
A repeat bloomer that seems to keep on going, clumps fast and is a real show. A beautiful big red. I can't ever imagine my garden without this. If this daylily is bareroot and even gets close to a hole in the ground, look out. Clumps up fast and blooms like crazy! Great plant for both beginners and experienced growers alike. Performing beautifully in partial shade - stops traffic. MAGIC CARPET RIDE Has brought me joy all spring. The colors are perfect, it multiplies like crazy and bloomed everyday since April. I am now on my third set of scapes. The 2nd set of scapes were growing and in place before the first finished which provides multiple blooms everyday. Luckily I planted this one so I can see it from the house. It is a wonderful way to start the day. If you have this plant, you know what I mean. If you don't have it, get it. You will just love it!

MALAYSIAN MONARCH: Munson Great in a clump, one of Bill Munson's best performers up here in Wisconsin. The flowers are big and showy, the watermark and dark purple color draws many visitors as well.

MARIE BABIN - Dr. Mac Millian's, 1964 introduction Blooms all season for us, it is a bud builder and will be blooming in August in south Texas. We have it planted along a ditch and this May I counted one day 264 blooms. It is a yellow with a purple eye and 264 blooms will stop you in your tracks. Yes, old is beautiful too.

MARY TODD has been by the telephone poll by the street for many years now, and can't be beat. It takes full sun, drought, dogs lifting their legs, kids balls and bikes, even the telephone pole-climbing men, in stride. Every early-midseason, it is a cheerful huge clump of glowing yellow that just shines. Lots and lots of blooms. Cheap. MARY TODD one of our first loves, big yellow, bright and beautiful!! Every year we have more than one thousand blooms in an area next to the house...still wonderful after all these years! Plus it's our daughter's name, so how can you lose...lol

MARYS GOLD (McDonald) An icon as a garden plant. Not for the sensory deprived as it's bright gold color is shocking! It grows tall on heavily budded scapes and belongs, rightfully, in the back of the bed. We tone down it's color with shorter creams and whites (WHITE CAMEO is a good choice) planted nearby. MARYS GOLD always repeats in late August here. Not only beautiful but the foliage is very good and has a long bloom period

MASACARA I would never do without this one from Steve Moldovan. I have a huge clump of it now. When garden visitors see it across the yard, they want a piece. Beautiful dusky orchid with a dark purple eye. Large flowered, tall scapes. Great carrying power.

MASK OF TIME (Salter'93) sev tet rose pink with plum eyezone.

MAUNA LOA - Roberts 22 EM Gold with red edge dormant tet. When it blooms the whole mass looks like burning coals - distinctive. Lights up the area of deep green foliage.

MEXICAN MAIDEN - Apps An unusual shade of red. Fantastic bud count. Now in a large clump and just stunning.

MING PORCELAIN (Kirchoff '81)
Petersburg, Virginia
King of Prussia, PA
Always dependable and the smooth blend of pastels is unbeatable.

MISTER LUCKY for that overall bright orange color and wonderful branching

MOKAN BUTTERFLY- Millikan Now I think I should move MOKAN BUTTERFLY into the border. It blooms about 6 weeks on one set of scapes and would look great midst the sea of larkspur, and MOKAN BUTTERFLY is tall enough to be framed by it.

MOONLIT MASQUERADE
Southeast Alabama
Chico, California
Waller, Texas
As a clump it is beautiful and this year it bloomed before Stella and last fall I took pictures on Sept 19 and the frost got the last scapes in October. I just gathered my first seed pod of the year off of it. With enough water it can rebloom as much as four times here. MOONLIT MASQUERADE It is always a show stopper. I don't know what it is about white in a garden, but that flower is close to being just about as perfect as it gets. A whole clump will of this will make you want to swoop up all the scapes and flowers into your arms! It is also fragrant! MOONLIT MASQUERADE Soft cream with purple eye - is now blooming on its third set of scapes, wonderful branching, a great bouquet of flowers to see MOONLIT MASQUERADE just keeps on performing and a real beauty

MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS, (Wilds 81 24" 6") Grows taller than 24" here. Plant this next to either of the above and it will knock your socks off. This is an oldie, a true purple to me. Yesterday there were 7 blooms open. Every visitor to my garden goes right to it.

NEAL BERRY
Dublin, Georgia
Another true winner. One of the clearest, softest pinks in my garden and always a good performer. I have it planted next to another very nice pink, MAMA JUSTINE. The two bloom as though they are in competition.

ORANGE VELVET
Belzoni Mississippi
Concord, MA
It is always a good bloomer here for us.. tall and bright. ORANGE VELVET a gleaming orange by Joiner - not only beautiful but foliage is very good and has a long bloom period

ORCHARD SPRITE - Millikan And I now wonder why I don't have Millikan's ORCHARD SPRITE in the border as well. It is quite a plain , tailored peach, but it never quits reblooming.

ORCHID CORSAGE (Saxton '76)
Bridgeton, New Jersey
Because it blends so beautifully in the perennial beds - gorgeous with purple coneflower, white shrub roses, blue spikey things like delphinium and salvia.

PANDORA'S BOX When the heat and drought of last summer sent many of my expensive collector's plants into hiding, PB stood out as an exceptional garden plant. A pretty white flower with a lovely purple eye, she blooms long and hard regardless of adverse weather conditions. She also looks great with drumstick allium planted nearby.

PAPER BUTTERFLY
Central Florida
Blooms five time here, and stays beautiful throughout the season.

PARDON ME (Apps'82) 18 M DOR 2.75 dip red self with yellow-green throat.
Telford, Pennsylvania
Long bloom season and a clear sunfast red. PARDON ME (Darrel Apps) How I'd love to have this kind of branching, performance, and flower size/form in many other colors... I'm very fond of the look of this among dark foliage, like Aster lateriflorus 'Prince'. Reblooms here where few things do. PARDON ME (Darrel Apps, 1982) I don't even like this daylily, but it certainly does make itself known in the garden! It is a dormant red diploid -- 18" scapes and small 2.75" flowers. And I do mean flowers! I have a photograph of PARDON ME, taken last summer, and when the picture was taken there were at least 40 flowers open. I don't like it for two reasons: It is a major pain to deadhead, and I don't particularly like red daylilies. However, I keep it around for its garden impact.

PARFAIT
Watkinsville, Georgia

PATCHWORK PUZZLE great little flower of Elizabeth Salter. Multiplies fast, great branching, yellow with a pencil etched eye

PEACOCK MAIDEN
Fair Oaks, California

PEARL JAM

PERSIAN MARKET A steadfast performer here in adverse conditions and beautiful as well - foliage is very good and has a long bloom period

PICADILLY PRINCESS (E. Salter 90)
Fair Oaks, California
This one blooms toward the coral shade in the morning and to deeper pink in the afternoon. Makes Stella look like a wimp. Has sent up scapes all year long although not many opened well in the dead of winter. Three year clump had 30 scapes on the latest bloom and also has bloomed continually since mid March.

POINT OF VIEW (Roberts '93)
Bridgeton, New Jersey
Huge bright red/yellow throat - can't miss it and it reblooms. Large healthy quick growing clump.

POLYNESIAN LOVE SONG (J.Carpenter) This superb tet is always open early in the morning, is a pleasing soft peach in color, reblooms twice, has wonderful branching and well-spaced blooms, and is SOOOO elegant in its bloom presentation. Tremendous ruffling, pleasing to the eye.

PRAGUE SPRING -Lambert
Alma, Arkansas
A UF in pale lilac petals with quilled green yellow sepals and heart. This has been a mass of bloom for 2 weeks. Nothing else I know looks like this unique beauty. Vigorous and easy to grow.

PRAIRIE BLUE EYES, Marsh 1970 Another oldie but a good increaser. Sometimes polys.

PRAIRIE MOONLIGHT Huge yellow spider that should bloom on tall scapes but here it always blooms short and I love it. It has great texture and does not flop at all most days. I am not a spider person but this is one of my favorites in any category. I can always depend on it to stop people in their tracks. I will admit however that it is kind of slow to multiply.

PRISCILLAS DREAM - John Shooter
Plainfield, IL
Another long bloomer for me. Distinctive reddish purple color with grayed eye. Slicks in late afternoon on hot days but still looks good.

PURE AND SIMPLE - Jeff Salter PURE AND SIMPLE is such a rapid grower that it's almost stoloniferous. My clump, which I've divided and given many plants away from, has formed a huge colony. PAS is one of the first to bloom and one of the last to stop blooming here.

PURPLE RAIN DANCE Deep purple. Grows well, multiplies fast, and tolerates the hot Alabama sun well. Blooms and blooms and blooms for me.

QUICK RESULTS Bob Brooks
Oakville, Ontario
Over the years that I have had this cultivar it is probably the most consistently good performer of all the yellows that I grow. I remember reading an article in the Daylily Journal some years ago written by Gary Harris from California. In the article he felt that this was one of the best yellows grown at Cordon Bleu daylily farm. I now will go along with his observations on this one. There are many fancier yellows out there, but not many which can consistently perform as well as QUICK RESULTS does here in my garden. QUICK RESULTS is an excellent strong growing vigorous, healthy plant, with probably the best wide long branching of any daylily I grow. It has a high bud count, opening many of it's very large, 6 inches plus blooms each day, blooming over a long period of bloom time. The colour of the flower is a crystal clear lemony yellow with a very green throat. The flowers have no trouble opening and are very flat open early each day. Each flower produced from the first to the last looks the same and is the same size. The blooms lack the ruffling of the more modern yellows but it has everything else. QR is a semi-evergreen and will in the spring show a bit of foliage damage from the winter but it recovers from this very fast. The scapes stand up there in the 32 inch range and make quite a statement in the garden. Even with the height of the scape the plant has a very balanced presentation in the garden between plant, scape and flowers. I have fancier yellows in the garden, but none that do so many things as well as QUICK RESULTS does.

RASPBERRY CANDY (P. Stamile) Grows fairly tall here but extremely well branched and heavily budded. Gives a great show in the back of the bed and almost always repeats up until frost here in zone 7.

RED VOLUNTEER is one of the best growers here, with beautiful foliage, and tall scapes with "candle" red blooms. Not very modern form, but the true red color is stunning in a big clump. Can be seen for miles. Cheap for the performance you get.

REVEREND TRAUB, Traub 1959

ROCKET CITY *, Hardy 1967 Tall and eye-catching. Good performer. Vivid bittersweet orange w/burnt orange eyezone. Lots of folks have asked for divisions.

ROSIE MEYER (Alexander, 1957) Excellent growth habit, pretty clump, and reblooms bountifully. This is one great plant.

ROSY RETURNS

ROYAL EVENTIDE An oldie blooming constantly since April 1. Clumps nicely - have had at least 1 bloom everyday and most days many, many more -- first to bloom in my garden and still blooming. Royal Eventide has 9 blooms today.

RUBY SPIDER Stamile/91 34" E 9"
Gwynn's Island, Virginia
A car-stopper in the front yard. No other daylily has so many acres of rich red on giant blooms. Here in zone 7 this daylily clumps up fast, and blooms heavily. Thank you Pat Stamile! Not a spider, but an interesting form. The price is down to $15 or $20, but should continue dropping as it multiplies so well. Of course the demand has not let up! RUBY SPIDER Stands out in the garden from 2 blocks away. Clean foliage, good increase and I love the gasps from garden visitors when they first see it. Ruby red self with a yellow throat. it is a beautiful clump and its deep color holds well in the sun Huge flower which will poly and then it is superb.

RUFFLED PERFECTION (J.Carpenter)
San Antonio, Texas
Houston, Texas
This 1989 diploid is a lemon self, huge and flat, perfectly ruffled. The size alone draws my garden visitors to it despite many more expen$ive cultivars all around it ! Reblooms for me, nicely branched, early morning opener, wonderful to me in every regard.

RUSSIAN RHAPSODY A purple with a darker purple eye that sends up scape after scape with several flowers at a time open. Seems like it blooms nearly all the time.

RUSSIAN EASTER
Thibodaux, LA
The most outstanding plant in our garden this year. This is the second summer for this plant to be in our garden. It went from two fans at purchase to clump strength this year and has been blooming non-stop since the first part of April.

SAN JUAN SUNSET
Brush Prairie, Washington
Tomato red with a big yellow eye. Always opens well, attracts attention to itself from a distance

SAN SIMEON

SCARLET ORBIT
South Indiana
Detroit, Michigan
A real beauty and bud builder that when in an established clump makes a lovely mound of red blooms that bloom over a period of five or more weeks. SCARLET ORBIT Clumps up very quickly and the bloom does not seem to diminish if I don't divide frequently. It seems to thrive in drought/heat conditions that we encounter several times (when I'm away and not there to water the beds) each summer.

SERENA SUNBURST (Marshall 82)
Gensac, France
I've grown this daylily for several years now both here and in England and would recommend it to anyone as a beautiful plant, hardy, increases well, fertile for those who like to dabble, in fact has pretty well everything, not extravagant but lovely.

SHERRI LANE CARR I know this might be one for more for the collector's category, but has been stunning for us, clumps well, many, many blooms and the most lovely ruffled yellow. It seems to really love Illinois.

SIBELIUS, Millikan/B 81
Valley Center, Kansas
Blooms and blooms. 15-20 flowers open every day. It is a large clump.

SILOAM DAVID KIRCHHOFF, P. Henry

SILOAM DOUBLE CLASSIC
Concord, MA

SILOAM JUNE BUG

SILOAM MERLE KENT had about 20 blooms open on it again. It had done this Sunday, and had only four yesterday, so we were both happy to see an encore performance.

SILOAM URY WINNIFORD Henry 80 King of Prussia, PA

SILVER SCREEN (Munson 1986)
Orillia, Ontario
24" EMRe 6" Pale Lilac Blue Self with large cream throat Ext Sev Tet. Many perfect blooms held high above the foliage catch the sunlight and draw your eye to this outstanding Daylily. It may not be too well known as I noticed that it has been missing from Eureka for the past two years. I only have one minor complaint about SS...it will not set seed, for me anyway.

SMITH BROTHERS Carr/92 30" M Re Ext 5 near black self with a green/gold throat.
Bellevue, Nebraska
Gwynn's Island, Virginia
Bethlehem, PA
This is a gorgeous almost black flower. People want to touch it to see if it feels like velvet which it looks to be. SMITH BROTHERS For years, I'd been trying to find a true pink daylily to compliment a variety of pink phlox. I failed; all the daylilies tended to take on peach tones near the phlox. Finally, I gave up on the pinks and planted SMITH BROTHERS. This was a serendipitous choice (or else dumb luck): SMITH BROTHERS has outstanding vigor, rapid increase, and good bud count. It's a standout amongst the phlox. SMITH BROTHERS This tall black red of Bob Carr's is a standout. The height and color make it impressive, as there aren't very many that I have seen in that color.

SMUGGLER'S GOLD* (Branch)
Canada - Zone 3
It's grown into a huge clump just going into it's third season. It had tons of blooms last year and I've heard I can expect more this year. It's planted by an orange rose and a blue clematis right by the deck and gets lots of comments from everyone who sees it.

SOUNDS OF SILENCE by Apps Blooms forever! And increases like the voles in my back yard. The creamy color is not spectacular, but I like it.

SOUTH SEAS - (Moldovan '93)
Petersburg, Virginia
Striking coral color, tremendous grower and bloomer here.

SOVEREIGN QUEEN by Munson Love the color, good foliage, long bloom season - and quick development into a beautiful clump.

SPANISH HARLEM
Bethlehem, PA
a daylily that deserves more press. Catalog descriptions do not do it justice. Take my word for it, this is one super daylily. It's a rapid increaser and in clump strength it is awesome. SPANISH HARLEM is a strong black-red with some faint pink undertones and ribbing. It has a velvety texture, kind of like some coleus.

SPANISH SKETCH (Pat Roberts 91)
Fair Oaks, California
This cream color with beet root purple eyezone has been blooming continually since early-mid March. Three sets of scapes so far with each one getting taller. Always opening perfectly and is especially nice among the purple coneflowers and liatris blooming this month.

SPIDER MAN Durio/82
Gwynn's Island, Virginia
24" EM Re Red self Does not fade in sun. A favorite of my 8 year old Grandson. It is much taller in my garden.

SPIFFY Joiner 1984
New Cumberland, PA
Yellow self. A tough little flower.

SPINDAZZLE
Madison, Wisconsin
Another plant that always has a lot of beautiful flowers open at once. Non-daylily people seem to be quite taken with it.

STELLA DE ORO Should be categorized in Market 3 and 4 (in the humble opinion of the poll taker)

STRAWBERRY CANDY another great bloomer which shows off beautifully in the garden.

STRUTTER'S BALL, Moldovan
South Indiana

SUBLIME ENCHANTMENT
Belzoni Mississippi
For the past two years has been a winner, garden visitors just stop and look at it.

SUN'S FACE a brilliant gold by Hager

SUNSHINE MELODY
Brush Prairie, Washington
Chances are many of you have never heard of this. It is an Ed Brown one, a warm gold, kind of cantaloupe color. Pretty and smaller ruffly blooms. The reason it is so great is that it blooms early and long. Loaded with blooms. Blooms are spaced nicely, and they always look good.

SUPERLATIVE blooms for a good two months or more. The Gates and Kirchhoff reds I grow almost all look great at clump strength, but this is the most floriferous and has the best scapes for me.

SWIRLING SPIDER (Hite)
Denison, Texas

SWIRLING WATER this gorgeous purple from Kate Carpenter was one of the first "expensive" daylilies that I bought from the late Dick Bennett. I would visit his garden several times every summer and I always loved SW. At the time it was $10 and that sure did seem like a lot back then! I finally splurged one summer and I'm glad that I did! SW is a "catch your eye" purple with a white splash around the throat. It clumps up nicely, has several blooms open every day and blooms for a full month. Great plant.

TEXAS SUNLIGHT (Lewis-J. 1981)
Dallas, Texas
A 2.75" Gold self dormant 28" dip that also puts on a show. I have four clumps around a small tree in the middle of the back yard which great visitors with a show of golden color that they are attracted to constantly. It has lots of well-branched scapes and blooms and blooms...

TOTALLY AWESOME it has been awesome this year and makes a beautiful clump.

TOUCHED BY MIDAS (Ury Winniford, 1979) Ury outdid himself with this bright gold tetraploid. TOUCHED BY MIDAS shines like a beacon across the yard. Often, visitors to our garden ask, "What is that daylily glowing on the far side of the yard." That is usually from a distance of 80-100'. This daylily began blooming April 16th and is on its second set of scapes. Branching, bud count, and consistency of bloom quality make this a purple ribbon winner if not a show winner in most of the Region 6 flower shows. We have been growing TOUCHED BY MIDAS since 1990.

TREASURE OF LOVE

TRIPLE LAYER CAKE- Like the other two I mentioned, this one starts in the extra early season and blooms and blooms for months. Early blooms resemble WEDDING BAND for me, but this time of year, it is extremely double and I don't know what you call the doubling style it exhibits, but the extra petaloids stick out like stamens, with all sort of frills and fringe. Another Kirchhoff daylily.

TROPICAL DELIGHT for its bright orange color and while it does not have the branching or size of the other two has such intense scape density you would think it had fabulous branching and the size somehow no longer seems important.

TUSCAWILLA TIGRESS (Hansen 88)
Denison, Texas
Houston, Texas
Bright orange, well branched scapes with lots of blooms. Very vigorous plants that repeat well here.

TWO PART HARMONY - Kaskel/Trimmer Hard to find a better clump

UPPER CLASS PEACH - Klehm Hard to find a better clump

VALENTINE DAY (Pride 76) A warm red, huge flower stands up to sun and attracts so much attention that when I know I'm close to selling out I dead head it so folks (my walk ins) won't try to order it. tet I'm not saying it doesn't increase well. It is just very popular.

VANILLA FLUFF - Joiner
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Best double in the garden. Smells great. Blooms great. Laughs at heat. VANILLA FLUFF Would be my first choice....smells LOVELY and clumps up quickly so that the blooms can be seen from my kitchen window. Weather proof, opening at plus 4 or plus 24 and not spotted by rain. The smell is the "kicker" for me though.

VINO DI NOTTE Big, tall, purple DL. Plenty flowers, reblooms well, leek-sized fans, and fairly sun fast. Makes a great clump here. Has an almost operatic presence!

VINTAGE BORDEAUX Deep wine color, and it blooms profusely. Also holds the color all day..

WHOOPEREE
South Indiana

WILDFIRE TANGO - I have lots of this one, because I am using heavily for breeding purposes. Multiple blooms in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Sometimes it is as round as a donut, other times pinched, or even species tulip-shaped. David K, you should be very proud of this one!

WILMA TRIMPA An oldie blooming constantly since April 1. Clumps nicely - have had at least 1 bloom everyday and most days many, many more -- first to bloom in my garden and still blooming. Wilma has 7 blooms open today.

WINNING BABY Small nice pink, I took 68 blooms off of this 3 year old clump in one day for a friend's wedding luncheon and didn't make a dent in the volume. Easy to grow.

WOODSIDE FIRE DANCE (Apps) up for the AM this year, but hasn't a chance because too few gardeners try small flowers from people "out east." Rapid increase, distinctive red color, lots of buds, and a good look plant all season long. A real paragon. I've got gorgeous seedlings from a cross of it with CATHERINE NEAL.

WOUNDED HEART
Chico, California
Has the longer blooming period in my garden.

YAZOO ELSIE HINTSON surely an eye catcher, with it great, big yellow blooms. YAZOO ELSIE HINTSON The prettiest color of yellow and I love the form. It blooms a little later in the season and is breathtaking when 6 or 8 flowers are open at a time. It holds up well, too. --- Can you tell that's a top priority in this south Alabama climate!!!!

YAZOO MILDRED PRIMOS I often refer to this as my best $5 daylily; frankly, it is better than many of the $50-100 selections. A 3.5" flesh pink bordering on peach, YMP is another champion bloomer. However, my favorite trait is that the scapes vary in height, something I'm sure many hybridizers would consider a fault. But the height variation allows the flowers to bloom in a very graceful layering across the plant and it looks great among other perennials. Did I mention the 5 way branching and bud count of 50?

YELLOW BOUQUET (Webster 83) Z5
Houston, Missouri
A clear yellow double that last year started blooming June 11 and bloomed into October when frost finally got it. Being one of my first purchases, I bought three of these, planted in a triangle as I had read that was the best way to get a good garden showing. I have since run out of space to buy three of everything , but I am not sorry I did on this one.

YELLOW EXPLOSION (Oakes 89)
King of Prussia, PA

YELLOW LOLLIPOP
Watkinsville, Georgia

YESTERDAY MEMORIES
New Bern, North Carolina

ZARAHEMLA (Roberson 79) Z5
Houston, Missouri
A very pretty rose pink. FFO was June 17 and bloomed into late August. Has buds now but may be later this year. Dry weather?? I don't think I have seen this one mentioned in either the Journals or Robin.